Science Fiction Today

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America has announced the nominees for the 2011 Nebula Awards:

Novel

• God’s War, Kameron Hurley (Night Shade)
• The Kingdom of Gods, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• Firebird, Jack McDevitt (Ace)
• Embassytown, China Miéville (Del Rey)
• Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti, Genevieve Valentine (Prime)
• Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor)

Novella

• ‘‘With Unclean Hands’’, Adam-Troy Castro (Analog 11/11)
• ‘‘The Ice Owl’’, Carolyn Ives Gilman (F&SF 11-12/11)
• ‘‘The Man Who Bridged the Mist’’, Kij Johnson (Asimov’s 10-11/11)
• ‘‘Kiss Me Twice’’, Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s 6/11)
• ‘‘The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary’’, Ken Liu (Panverse Three)
• Silently and Very Fast, Catherynne M. Valente (WSFA)

Novelette

•  ‘‘Six Months, Three Days’’, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor.com 6/8/11)
• ‘‘The Old Equations’’, Jake Kerr (Lightspeed 7/11)
• ‘‘What We Found’’, Geoff Ryman (F&SF 9-10/11)
• ‘‘The Migratory Pattern of Dancers’’, Katherine Sparrow (GigaNotoSaurus 7/11)
• ‘‘Sauerkraut Station’’, Ferrett Steinmetz (GigaNotoSaurus 11/11)
• ‘‘Fields of Gold’’, Rachel Swirsky (Eclipse 4)
• ‘‘Ray of Light’’, Brad R. Torgersen (Analog 12/11)

Short Story

• ‘‘Her Husband’s Hands’’, Adam-Troy Castro (Lightspeed 10/11)
• ‘‘Mama, We Are Zhenya, Your Son’’, Tom Crosshill (Lightspeed 4/11)
• ‘‘Shipbirth’’, Aliette de Bodard (Asimov’s 2/11)
• ‘‘Movement’’, Nancy Fulda (Asimov’s 3/11)
• ‘‘The Axiom of Choice’’, David W. Goldman (New Haven Review Winter ’11)
• ‘‘The Paper Menagerie’’, Ken Liu (F&SF 3-4/11)
• ‘‘The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees’’, E. Lily Yu (Clarkesworld 4/11)

Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation

• The Adjustment Bureau
• Attack the Block
• Captain America: The First Avenger
• Doctor Who: ‘‘The Doctor’s Wife’’
• Hugo
• Midnight in Paris
• Source Code

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Book

• Ultraviolet, R.J. Anderson (Orchard UK; Carolrhoda)
• Chime, Franny Billingsley (Dial)
• The Girl of Fire and Thorns, Rae Carson (Greenwillow; Gollancz as Fire and Thorns)
• The Boy at the End of the World, Greg van Eekhout (Bloomsbury USA)
• Everybody Sees the Ants, A.S. King (Little, Brown)
• Akata Witch, Nnedi Okorafor (Viking)
• The Freedom Maze, Delia Sherman (Big Mouth House)
• Daughter of Smoke & Bone, Laini Taylor (Little, Brown)

The winners will be announced at SFWA’s 47^th Annual Nebula Awards Weekend, Thursday through Sunday, May 17 - May 20, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia.