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Nebula Awards Showcase 2019
''Nebula Awards Showcase 2019'' is an anthology of science fiction and fantasy short works edited by Mexican-Canadian writer Silvia Moreno-Garcia, first published in trade paperback and ebook by Parvus Press in October 2019. Summary The book collects pieces that won or were nominated for the Nebula Awards Nebula Award for Best Novella, novella, Nebula Award for Best Novelette, novelette and Nebula Award for Best Short Story, short story for the year 2018 (presented in 2019), together with an introduction by the editor.ONeill, John.Future Treasures: ''Nebula Awards Showcase 2019'' edited by Silvia Moreno-Garcia" On blackgate.com, Sep. 27, 2019. Some non-winning stories nominated for the awards are omitted. Contents *"Introduction" (Silvia Moreno-Garcia) *"The 2018 Nebula Award Finalists" *"Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™" [Best short story winner, 2018] (Rebecca Roanhorse) *"A Series of Steaks" [Best novelette nominee, 2018] (Vina Jie-Min Prasad) *"Weaponized Math" [B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is a Wikimedia movement affinity group for contributors with shared goals. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within sister projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by '' Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outside organizations relevant to the field at issue. For e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Series Of Steaks
"A Series of Steaks" is a science fiction story by Singaporean writer Vina Jie-Min Prasad. It was first published in '' Clarkesworld'', in January 2017. Plot summary Helena uses bioprinting to forge expensive cuts of beef... until she is blackmailed by a client with a particularly difficult request. Reception ''A Series of Steaks'' was a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Novelette of 2017,A Series of Steaks at Science Fiction Writers of America; retrieved April 21, 2018 the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novelette, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fran Wilde (author)
Fran Wilde is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and blogger. Her debut novel, ''Updraft'', was nominated for the 2016 Nebula Award, and won the 2016 Andre Norton Award and the 2016 Compton Crook Award. Her debut middle grade novel, ''Riverland'', won the 2019 Andre Norton Award, was named an NPR Best Book of 2019 and was a Lodestar Finalist. Wilde is the first person to win two Andre Norton Awards for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction. Her short fiction has appeared in ''Asimov's Science Fiction'', ''Nature'', Tor.com, ''Uncanny Magazine'', and elsewhere. Her fiction explores themes of social class, disability, disruptive technology, and empowerment against a backdrop of engineering and artisan culture. Early life Wilde was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1972. She attended the University of Virginia, earning a BA in English with honors in 1994. She then went on to earn a MFA in poetry from Warren Wilson College in 1996 and a master's degree in informatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Small Changes Over Long Periods Of Time
"Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time" is a 2017 horror fiction novelette by K.M. Szpara. It was first published in '' Uncanny Magazine''. Synopsis A trans man discovers that becoming a vampire has more consequences than he had expected. Reception "Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time" was a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Novelette of 2017,2017 Nebula Award Finalists Announced! at Science Fiction Writers of America; published February 20, 2018; retrieved March 31, 2018 and the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novelette. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline M
Caroline may refer to: People *Caroline (given name), a feminine given name * J. C. Caroline (born 1933), American college and National Football League player * Jordan Caroline (born 1996), American (men's) basketball player Places Antarctica * Caroline Bluff, a headland in the South Shetland Islands Australia *Caroline, South Australia, a locality in the District Council of Grant * Hundred of Caroline, a cadastral sub-unit of the County of Grey in South Australia Canada *Caroline, Alberta, a village Kiribati *Caroline Island, an uninhabited coral atoll in the central Pacific Micronesia *Caroline Islands an archipelago in the western Pacific, northeast of New Guinea *Caroline Plate, a small tectonic plate north of New Guinea United States *Caroline, New York, a town *Caroline, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Caroline, Wisconsin, an unincorporated census-designated place *Caroline County, Maryland *Caroline County, Virginia *Fort Caroline, the first French colony in what is now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Kressel
Matthew Kressel is a multiple Nebula, World Fantasy Award, and Eugie Award nominated author and coder. His short stories have been published in Tor.com, io9.com, Lightspeed Magazine, Clarkesworld, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Interzone, Apex Magazine, and many other magazines and anthologies. His first novel ''King of Shards'' was released in 2015. As a coder, he created the Moksha submissions system, a manuscript submissions system in use by some of the largest speculative fiction publishers today. He is the founder of the speculative fiction magazine Sybil's Garage and the publishing house Senses Five Press. Currently he is a member of the Altered Fluid writing group and the co-host of the Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series in Manhattan. Life Kressel grew up on Long Island in a conservative Jewish family. He currently lives in Brooklyn. Kressel worked in downtown Manhattan during the September 11 attacks. He said that prior to the attack he used to "look up at the Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Bowes
Richard "Rick" Dirrane Bowes (born 1944) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. Biography Bowes was born in 1944 in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended school both in Boston and on Long Island, New York. His brother is fine artist, David Bowes. In his third year, he took writing courses with Mark Eisenstein at Hofstra University. After graduation, Bowes moved to Manhattan where he has lived since 1965, doing the usual jumble of things that writers do in order to earn a living. He launched his Speculative Fiction writing career in the early 1980s and published novels ''Warchild'', ''Feral Cell'' and ''Goblin Market''. In 1992, Bowes began writing a series of semi-autobiographical stories narrated by Kevin Grierson. These stories were published primarily in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and later became the novel ''Minions of the Moon''. One story, "Streetcar Dreams," won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novella in 1998. The novel itself won the Lambd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Pinsker
Sarah Pinsker is an American science fiction and fantasy author. A nine-time finalist for the Nebula Award, Pinsker's debut novel '' A Song for a New Day'' won the 2019 Nebula for Best Novel2019 Nebula Awards Winners Locus Magazine, May 30, 2020. while her story ''Our Lady of the Open Road'' won 2016 award for Best Novelette.People Want These Stories': Women Win Big At The Nebula Awards by K. Tempest Bradford. NPR, May 16, 2016. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Wells
Martha Wells (born September 1, 1964) is an American writer of speculative fiction. She has published a number of fantasy novels, young adult novels, media tie-ins, short stories, and nonfiction essays on fantasy and science fiction subjects. Her novels have been translated into twelve languages. Wells has won four Hugo Awards, two Nebula Awards and three Locus Awards for her science fiction series ''The Murderbot Diaries''. She is also known for her fantasy series '' Ile-Rien'' and ''The Books of the Raksura.'' Wells is praised for the complex, realistically detailed societies she creates; this is often credited to her academic background in anthropology. Life Martha Wells was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and has a B.A. in Anthropology from Texas A&M University. She lives in College Station, Texas, with her husband. She was involved in SF/F fandom in college and was chairman of AggieCon 17. Career As an aspiring writer Wells attended many local writing workshops and conventions, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Systems Red
''All Systems Red'' is a 2017 science fiction novella by American author Martha Wells. The first in a series called ''The Murderbot Diaries'', it was published by Tor.com. The series is about an artificial construct designed as a Security Unit, which manages to override its governor unit, thus enabling it to develop independence. It calls itself Murderbot, and likes to watch unrealistic soap operas. As it spends more time with some caring humans, it starts developing feelings that it does not care for. Synopsis A scientific expedition on an alien planet goes awry when one of its members is attacked by a giant native creature. She is saved by the expedition's SecUnit (Security Unit), a cyborg security agent which has secretly named itself "Murderbot". Though it has hacked the governor module that allows it to be controlled by humans, and would much rather be watching soap operas, the SecUnit has a vested interest in keeping its human clients safe and alive, since it has an especial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fandom For Robots
"Fandom for Robots" is a 2017 science fiction short story by Vina Jie-Min Prasad. It was first published in ''Uncanny Magazine''. Synopsis Computron — the world's first and only sentient robot — discovers anime, online fandom, and fan fiction. Reception "Fandom for Robots" was a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story in 20172017 Nebula Award Finalists Announced! at Science Fiction Writers of America; published February 20, 2018; retrieved March 31, 2018 and the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Short Story. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Wahls
"Utopia, LOL" is a 2017 science fiction short story by Jamie Wahls. It was first published in '' Strange Horizons''. Synopsis After Charlie is revived from suspended animation, is his guide to the distant future. Reception "Utopia, LOL" was a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story of 2017.Utopia, LOL at Science Fiction Writers of America; published June 2, 2018 '' Tangent Online
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