Nancy Kress - GalleyCat http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat The First Word On the Book Publishing Industry Copyright 2013 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:37:04 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Free Samples of the Nebula Award Nominees The nominees for this year’s Nebula Awards have been revealed, and we’ve collected free samples of all the nominees below–the best science fiction books of 2012.

Many of these stories are available to read for free online. These are marked “COMPLETE” among the links.  Here’s more about the awards:

The Nebula Awards are voted on, and presented by, active members of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. Founded as the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1965 by Damon Knight, the organization began with a charter membership of 78 writers; it now has over 1,500 members, among them many of the leading writers of science fiction and fantasy.

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]]> Jason Boog http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/free-samples-of-the-nebula-award-nominees_b65704#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/free-samples-of-the-nebula-award-nominees_b65704 http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/?p=65704 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:23:47 +0000 Neil Gaiman Wins Best Novel Hugo Award graveyardbookcover.gifYesterday the World Science Fiction Society announced the coveted Hugo Award winners, giving the Best Novel award to Neil Gaiman for “The Graveyard Book.”

The annual prizes have been awarded to science fiction and fantasy writers since 1955. This year, the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer went to David Anthony Durham. View the complete list of winners here. But other celebrated authors included:

Best Novella: “The Erdmann Nexus” by Nancy Kress
Best Novelette: “Shoggoths in Bloom” by Elizabeth Bear (Asimov’s Mar 2008)
Best Short Story: “Exhalation” by Ted Chiang
Best Related Book: “Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008″ by John Scalzi
Best Graphic Story: “Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones;” written by Kaja Foglio & Phil Foglio, art by Phil Foglio, colors by Cheyenne Wright

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