''Nebula Award Stories 10'' is an

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of award-winning

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short works edited by

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. It was first published in the United Kingdom in hardcover by Gollancz in November 1975. The first American edition was published in hardcover by

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in December of the same year. Paperback editions followed from

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in the U.S. in December 1976, and

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in the U.K. in June 1977. The American editions bore the variant title ''Nebula Award Stories Ten''. The book has also been published in

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Summary

The book collects pieces published in 1973 and 1974 that won or were nominated for the

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s for

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, novelette and

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for the year 1975 and nonfiction pieces related to the awards, together with an introduction by the editor. The essays by Dickson and Scholes appeared in the American editions only. The non-winning pieces nominated for Best Novella were omitted from all editions.

*"Introduction" (

) *"The Engine at Heartspring's Center" est Short Story nominee, 1975(

Roger Zelazny Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American poet and writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for ''The Chronicles of Amber''. He won the Nebula Award three times (out of 14 nomin ...

) *"If the Stars Are Gods" est Novelette winner, 1975(

Gordon Eklund Gordon Eklund (born July 24, 1945 in Seattle, Washington) is an American science fiction author whose works include the "Lord Tedric" series and two of the earliest original novels based on the 1960s '' Star Trek'' TV series. He has written under ...

and

Gregory Benford Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941) is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is professor emeritus at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a contributing editor of ''Reason ...

) *"Twilla" est Novelette nominee, 1975(

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) *"Ten Years of Nebula Awards" (

Gordon R. Dickson Gordon Rupert Dickson (November 1, 1923 – January 31, 2001) was a Canadian-American science fiction writer. He was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2000. Biography Dickson was born in Edmonton, Alberta, ...

) *"As the Wall Crumbles" (

Robert Scholes Robert E. Scholes (1929 – December 9, 2016) was an American literary critic and theorist. He is known for his ideas on fabulation and metafiction. Education and career Robert Scholes was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1929. After taking his ...

) *"After King Kong Fell" est Short Story nominee, 1975(

Philip José Farmer Philip José Farmer (January 26, 1918 – February 25, 2009) was an American author known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. Obituary. Farmer is best known for his sequences of novels, especially the ''World of Tiers ...

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The Day Before the Revolution "The Day Before the Revolution" is a science fiction short story by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, first published in 1974. It is considered a short story prologue to ''The Dispossessed'' and represents an idealized anarchy by following the ...

" est Short Story winner, 1975(

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) *"The Rest is Silence" est Novelette nominee, 1975( C. L. Grant) *"Born with the Dead" est Novelette winner, 1975(

Robert Silverberg Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is an American author and editor, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple winner of both Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and a Grand ...

) *"The Nebula Winners, 1965-1974" *"The Hugo Winners"

Reception

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'' noted the anthology's appearance with an almost entirely descriptive review, observing that " 1974 the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America chose for the 10th year the stories they felt deserved the coveted Nebula Award; and the winners (except for the novel) are in this collection." It briefly surveys the Silverberg, Eklund/Benford and Le Guin pieces while listing the remainder (and erroneously categorizing the Dickson piece as a story).Review in ''Publishers Weekly'' pp. 62, 64. A review in ''

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'' strongly recommended the collection, highlighting Silverberg's "Born with the Dead" as "outstanding". The anthology was also reviewed by Martin Last in ''The Science Fiction Review Monthly'', January 1976 and Richard Delap in ''Delap's F & SF Review'', March 1976.

Awards

The book placed ninth in the 1976 Locus Poll Award for Best Anthology.

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