Nebula Awards 31

1997 anthology edited by Pamela Sargent
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Nebula Awards 31 is an anthology of science fiction short works edited by Pamela Sargent, the third of three successive volumes under her editorship. It was first published in hardcover and trade paperback by Harcourt Brace in April 1997, and reprinted in trade paperback in July 1999.[1]

Summary

The book collects pieces that won or were nominated for the Nebula Awards for novella, novelette and short story for the year 1996, a profile of 1996 Grand Master award winner A. E. van Vogt with a representative early story by him, and various other nonfiction pieces related to the awards, together with the Rhysling Award-winning poems for 1995 and an introduction by the editor. Not all nominees for the various awards are included.

Contents

  • "Introduction" [essay] (Pamela Sargent)
  • "Rumaging Through the Giant Purse" [essay] (Paul Di Filippo)
  • "Touchstones for Gender-Benders" [essay] (Nancy Springer)
  • "Planet Deseret" [essay] (Judith Moffett)
  • "The British Scene" [essay] (Ian Watson)
  • "Gresham's Law and Science Fiction" [essay] (Robert Silverberg)
  • "Family Values" [essay] (Michaela Roessner)
  • "Solitude" [Best Novelette winner, 1996] (Ursula K. Le Guin)
  • "Death and the Librarian" [Best Short Story winner, 1996] (Esther M. Friesner)
  • "Alien Jane" [Best Short Story nominee, 1996] (Kelley Eskridge)
  • "Think Like a Dinosaur" [Best Novelette winner, 1996] (James Patrick Kelly)
  • "In Memoriam: John Brunner and Roger Zelazny" [essay] (Ian Watson, Jack Dann and Jack C. Haldeman, II)
  • "The Lincoln Train" [Best Short Story nominee, 1996] (Maureen F. McHugh)
  • "The Resurrection Man's Legacy" [Best Novelette nominee, 1996] (Dale Bailey)
  • "Pilot, Pilot" [Rhysling Award - Best Long Poem winner, 1995] (David Lunde)
  • "Skin of Glass" [Rhysling Award - Best Short Poem winner, 1995] (Dan Raphael)
  • "You See But You Do Not Observe" [short story] (Robert J. Sawyer)
  • "Old Legends" [essay] (Gregory Benford)
  • "A. E. van Vogt: Prefatory Remarks" [essay] (Harlan Ellison)
  • "A. E. van Vogt: An Appreciation" [essay] (Charles L. Harness)
  • "Enchanted Village" [short story] (A. E. van Vogt)
  • "It'll Float, but Can It Fly? Science Fiction and Fantasy Films of 1995" [essay] (Kathi Maio)
  • "The Narcissus Plague" [Best Short Story nominee, 1996] (Lisa Goldstein)
  • "Last Summer at Mars Hill" [Best Novella winner, 1996] (Elizabeth Hand)

Reception

Kirkus Reviews called the anthology "another excellent compendium," with "[f]ine fiction along with valuable insights." The van Vogt piece (also "excellent") and Benford essay ("splendid") were singled out for brief comment.[2]

The collection was also reviewed by Gary K. Wolfe in Locus no. 436, May 1997, Michael M. Levy in The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 1997, and Diana Jackson in Pirate Writings no. 16, 1998.[1]

Awards

The anthology placed ninth in the 1998 Locus Poll Award for Best Anthology.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Nebula Awards 31 title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  2. ^ Review in Kirkus Reviews, Mar. 1, 1997
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  1. Nebula Award Stories 1965 (1966) (Damon Knight)
  2. Nebula Award Stories Two (1967) (Brian W. Aldiss, Harry Harrison)
  3. Nebula Award Stories 3 (1968) (Roger Zelazny)
  4. Nebula Award Stories 4 (1969) (Poul Anderson)
  5. Nebula Award Stories 5 (1970) (James Blish)
  6. Nebula Award Stories 6 (1971) (Clifford D. Simak)
  7. Nebula Award Stories 7 (1972) (Lloyd Biggle, Jr.)
  8. Nebula Award Stories Eight (1973) (Isaac Asimov)
  9. Nebula Award Stories 9 (1974) (Kate Wilhelm)
  10. Nebula Award Stories 10 (1975) (James E. Gunn)
  11. Nebula Award Stories 11 (1976) (Ursula K. Le Guin)
  12. Nebula Winners Twelve (1978) (Gordon R. Dickson)
  13. Nebula Winners Thirteen (1980) (Samuel R. Delany)
  14. Nebula Winners Fourteen (1980) (Frederik Pohl)
  15. Nebula Winners Fifteen (1981) (Frank Herbert)
  16. Nebula Award Stories Sixteen (1982) (Jerry Pournelle, John F. Carr)
  17. Nebula Award Stories Seventeen (1983) (Joe Haldeman)
  18. The Nebula Awards #18 (1983) (Robert Silverberg)
  19. The Nebula Awards #19 (1984) (Marta Randall)
  20. Nebula Awards 20 (1985) (George Zebrowski)
  21. Nebula Awards 21 (1986) (George Zebrowski)
  22. Nebula Awards 22 (1988) (George Zebrowski)
  23. Nebula Awards 23 (1989) (Michael Bishop)
  24. Nebula Awards 24 (1990) (Michael Bishop)
  25. Nebula Awards 25 (1991) (Michael Bishop)
  26. Nebula Awards 26 (1992) (James Morrow)
  27. Nebula Awards 27 (1993) (James Morrow)
  28. Nebula Awards 28 (1994) (James Morrow)
  29. Nebula Awards 29 (1995) (Pamela Sargent)
  30. Nebula Awards 30 (1996) (Pamela Sargent)
  31. Nebula Awards 31 (1997) (Pamela Sargent)
  32. Nebula Awards 32 (1998) (Jack Dann)
  33. Nebula Awards 33 (1999) (Connie Willis)
  34. Nebula Awards Showcase 2000 (2000) (Gregory Benford)
  35. Nebula Awards Showcase 2001 (2001) (Robert Silverberg)
  36. Nebula Awards Showcase 2002 (2002) (Kim Stanley Robinson)
  37. Nebula Awards Showcase 2003 (2003) (Nancy Kress)
  38. Nebula Awards Showcase 2004 (2004) (Vonda N. McIntyre)
  39. Nebula Awards Showcase 2005 (2005) (Jack Dann)
  40. Nebula Awards Showcase 2006 (2006) (Gardner Dozois)
  41. Nebula Awards Showcase 2007 (2007) (Mike Resnick)
  42. Nebula Awards Showcase 2008 (2008) (Ben Bova)
  43. Nebula Awards Showcase 2009 (2009) (Ellen Datlow)
  44. Nebula Awards Showcase 2010 (2010) (Bill Fawcett)
  45. The Nebula Awards Showcase 2011 (2011) (Kevin J. Anderson)
  46. Nebula Awards Showcase 2012 (2012) (James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel)
  47. Nebula Awards Showcase 2013 (2013) (Catherine Asaro)
  48. Nebula Awards Showcase 2014 (2014) (Kij Johnson)
  49. Nebula Awards Showcase 2015 (2015) (Greg Bear)
  50. Nebula Awards Showcase 2016 (2016) (Mercedes Lackey)
  51. Nebula Awards Showcase 2017 (2017) (Julie E. Czerneda)
  52. Nebula Awards Showcase 2018 (2018) (Jane Yolen)
  53. Nebula Awards Showcase 2019 (2019) (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
  54. Nebula Awards Showcase 54 (2020) (Nibedita Sen)
  55. Nebula Awards Showcase 55 (2021) (Catherynne M. Valente)