Nebula Awards 29: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year by Pamela Sargent, Pamela Sargent (Introduction)

From the Publisher

Each of the Nebula winners and finalists featured here displays its own (often highly idiosyncratic) excellence. This volume, which represents the best of 1993, includes offerings from Harlan Ellison, Kim Stanley Robinson, and Lisa Goldstein.

Publishers Weekly

As in previous years, this excellent 1993 collection of Nebula Award winners covers a broad range of styles, treatments and subjects. Selected SF authors, in short essays, bemoan the state of the genre, yet these stories and novellas (and even a poem or two) give the lie to any pessimism. Connie Willis's ``Death on the Nile'' describes a bizarre vacation to Egypt in which a group of tourists gains firsthand knowledge of the Pyramids' original purpose. ``Georgia on My Mind'' shines with the excitement of scientific discovery as Charles Sheffield rewrites computer history to introduce another inventor of Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine. And for those who love their cars more than they do people, Jack Cady's novella ``The Night We Buried Road Dog'' offers a psychological and supernatural mystery celebrating the freedom of the road. Sargent also includes memorial tributes to SF greats Avram Davidson, Lester del Rey and Chad Oliver. Essential reading for anyone who enjoys science fiction, this collection goes a long way toward demonstrating that, now and then, those who engage in the sometimes thankless task of bestowing writing awards really do know how to pick winners. (Apr.)

Library Journal

Members of the Science Fiction Writers Association (SFWA) annually read and vote on the best fiction from their peers. This 1995 compilation includes not only a Nebula Award-winning novella by Elizabeth Hand and a novelette by Ursula K. LeGuin but short stories, poetry, and essays from the annual symposium assessing the state of science fiction, among other riches. Essential for science fiction collections not only for the winning entries but for the evaluative essays by some of the genre's top writers.

Booknews

The Nebula Awards are presented by popular vote of the members of the Science-fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. This anthology of 12 works of fiction provides a diverse sampling of 1993's award finalists. Includes comments by eight writers from a symposium reviewing 1993's contributions to SF and fantasy writing. Paper edition (unseen), $13.00. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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