Nebula Awards 1996
science fiction awards database
Where and When:
Queen Mary, Long Beach CA :
April 27, 1996
Eligibility Year: 1994-1995
Associated Awards: SFWA Grand Master Award, SFWA Awards (also listed below)
Eligibility Year: 1994-1995
Associated Awards: SFWA Grand Master Award, SFWA Awards (also listed below)
Novel
- Winner: The Terminal Experiment (serial title “Hobson's Choice“), Robert J. Sawyer (HarperPrism; Analog mid-Dec 1994,Jan,Feb,Mar 1995)
- Beggars and Choosers, Nancy Kress (Tor)
- Caldé of the Long Sun, Gene Wolfe (Tor)
- Celestis, Paul Park (Tor)
- Metropolitan, Walter Jon Williams (HarperPrism)
- Mother of Storms, John Barnes (Tor)
Novella
- Winner: “Last Summer at Mars Hill”, Elizabeth Hand (F&SF Aug 1994)
- “Bibi”, Mike Resnick & Susan Shwartz (Asimov's mid-Dec 1995)
- “Mortimer Gray's History of Death”, Brian Stableford (Asimov's Apr 1995)
- “Soon Comes Night”, Gregory Benford (Asimov's Aug 1994)
- “Yaguara”, Nicola Griffith (Asimov's Mar 1995)
- “The Perseids”, Robert Charles Wilson (Realms of Fantasy Dec 1995) [nomination deleted]
Novelette
- Winner: “Solitude”, Ursula K. Le Guin (F&SF Dec 1994)
- “Home for Christmas”, Nina Kiriki Hoffman (F&SF Jan 1995)
- “Jesus at the Bat”, Esther M. Friesner (F&SF Jul 1994)
- “The Resurrection Man's Legacy”, Dale Bailey (F&SF Jul 1995)
- “Tea and Hamsters”, Michael Coney (F&SF Jan 1995)
- “Think Like a Dinosaur”, James Patrick Kelly (Asimov's Jun 1995)
- “When the Old Gods Die”, Mike Resnick (Asimov's Apr 1995)
Short Story
- Winner: “Death and the Librarian”, Esther M. Friesner (Asimov's Dec 1994)
- “Alien Jane”, Kelley Eskridge (Century #1 Mar/Apr 1995)
- “Grass Dancer”, Owl Goingback (Excalibur)
- “The Kingdom of Cats & Birds”, Geoffrey A. Landis (Science Fiction Age Sep 1994)
- “The Lincoln Train”, Maureen F. McHugh (F&SF Apr 1995)
- “The Narcissus Plague”, Lisa Goldstein (Asimov's Jul 1994)
- “Short Timer”, Dave Smeds (F&SF Dec 1994)
— Associated Awards —
Winner
Author Emeritus
- Winner: Wilson Tucker
Service To Sfwa Award
- Winner: Chuq Von Rospach
Remarks:
Robert Charles Wilson's "The Perseids", added to the final ballot by the short fiction jurors, was found to be miscategorized (it was novelette-length, not novella) and so was removed. The story was nominated in the proper category the following year.
Robert Charles Wilson's "The Perseids", added to the final ballot by the short fiction jurors, was found to be miscategorized (it was novelette-length, not novella) and so was removed. The story was nominated in the proper category the following year.
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