''Nebula Awards 33'' is an

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science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...

short works edited by

Connie Willis Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis (born December 31, 1945), commonly known as Connie Willis, is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. She has won eleven Hugo Awards and seven Nebula Awards for particular works—more major SF awards than ...

. It was first published in hardcover and trade paperback by

Harcourt Brace Harcourt () was an American publishing firm with a long history of publishing fiction and nonfiction for adults and children. It was known at different stages in its history as Harcourt Brace, & Co. and Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. From 1919 to 1 ...

in April 1999.

Summary

The book collects pieces that won or were nominated for the

Nebula Award The Nebula Awards annually recognize the best works of science fiction or fantasy published in the United States. The awards are organized and awarded by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA), a nonprofit association of pr ...

s for best novel,

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, novelette and

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for the year 1999, profiles of 1998 Author Emeritus

Nelson Bond Nelson Slade Bond (November 23, 1908 – November 4, 2006) was an American writer. His works included books, magazine articles, and scripts used in radio, for television and on the stage. The 1998 recipient of the Nebula Author Emeritus award ...

and 1998 Grand Master award winner

Poul Anderson Poul William Anderson ( ; November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American fantasy and science fiction author who was active from the 1940s until his death in 2001. Anderson also wrote historical novels. He won the Hugo Award seven times an ...

with representative early stories by them, and various other nonfiction pieces related to the awards, together with the

Rhysling Award __NOTOC__ The Rhysling Awards are an annual award given for the best speculative poetry, science fiction, fantasy, or horror poem of the year. The award name was dubbed by Andrew Joron in reference to a character in a science fiction story: the bl ...

-winning poems for 1997 and an introduction by the editor. Not all nominees for the various awards are included, and the best novel is represented by an excerpt.

*"Introduction" (

) *"Sister Emily's Lightship" est Short Story winner, 1998(

Jane Yolen Jane Hyatt Yolen (born February 11, 1939) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and children's books. She is the author or editor of more than 400 books, of which the best known is '' The Devil's Arithmetic'', a Holocaust novella. H ...

) *"Itsy Bitsy Spider" est Short Story nominee, 1998(

James Patrick Kelly James Patrick Kelly (born April 11, 1951) is an American science fiction author who has won both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award. Biography Kelly made his first fiction sale in 1975. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of N ...

) *"The Nebula Award for Best Novel" ssay(

) *"An Excerpt from '' The Moon and the Sun'' est Novel winner, 1998(

Vonda N. McIntyre Vonda Neel McIntyre () was an American science fiction writer and biologist. Early life and education Vonda N. McIntyre was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the daughter of H. Neel and Vonda B. Keith McIntyre, who were born in Poland, Ohio. She s ...

) *"The Flowers of Aulit Prison" est Novelette winner, 1998(

Nancy Kress Nancy Anne Kress (born January 20, 1948) is an American science fiction writer. She began writing in 1976 but has achieved her greatest notice since the publication of her Hugo- and Nebula-winning novella '' Beggars in Spain'' (1991), which becam ...

) *"The Crab Lice" est Short Story nominee, 1998( Gregory Feeley) *"The 1997 Author Emeritus: Nelson Bond" ssay(

) *"The Bookshop" hort story(

) *"Three Hearings on the Existence of Snakes in the Human Bloodstream" est Novelette nominee, 1998(

James Alan Gardner James Alan Gardner (born January 10, 1955) is a Canadian science fiction author. Early life and education Born in Simcoe, Ontario, he attended the University of Waterloo, where he published his first story, "The Phantom of the Operator", in 19 ...

) *"

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" est Short Story nominee, 1998(

Michael Swanwick Michael Swanwick (born November 18, 1950) is an American list of fantasy authors, fantasy and List of science-fiction authors, science fiction author who began publishing in the early 1980s. Writing career Swanwick's fiction writing began w ...

) *"Rhysling Award Winners" ssay(

) *"Day Omega" hysling Award - Best Short Poem winner, 1997( W. Gregory Stewart) *"Spotting UFOs While Canning Tomatoes" hysling Award – Best Long Poem winner, 1997( Terry A. Garey) *"The Elizabeth Complex" est Short Story nominee, 1998(

Karen Joy Fowler Karen Joy Fowler is an American author of science fiction, fantasy, and literary fiction. Her work often centers on the 19th century, nineteenth century, the Woman, lives of women, and social alienation. She is best known as the author of the b ...

) *"Abandon in Place" est Novella winner, 1998(

Jerry Oltion Jerry Oltion (born 1957) is an American science fiction author from Eugene, Oregon, known for numerous novels and short stories, including books in the ''Star Trek'' series. He is a member of the Wordos writers' group and also writes under the pe ...

) *"The Grand Master Award: Poul Anderson" ssay(

) *"A Tribute to Poul Anderson" ssay(

Jack Williamson John Stewart Williamson (April 29, 1908 – November 10, 2006) was an American list of science fiction authors, science fiction writer, one of several called the "Dean of Science Fiction". He is also credited with one of the first uses of the t ...

) *"The Martyr" ovelette(

) *"Alive and Well: Messages from the Edge (almost) of the Millennium" ssay(

Kim Stanley Robinson Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952) is an American science fiction writer best known for his ''Mars'' trilogy. Many of his novels and stories have ecological, cultural, and political themes and feature scientists as heroes. Robinson has ...

Michael Cassutt Michael Joseph Cassutt (born April 13, 1954) is an American television producer, screenwriter, and author. His notable TV work includes producing or writing, or both, for '' The Outer Limits'', '' Eerie, Indiana'', ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', and '' ...

Sheila Williams Sheila Williams (born 1956) is an American science fiction editor who is the editor of '' Asimov's Science Fiction'' magazine. Early life and education Sheila Williams grew up in a family of five in western Massachusetts. Her mother had a mas ...

Christie Golden Christie Golden (born November 21, 1963) is an American author. She has written many novels and several short stories in fantasy, horror and science fiction. Career Golden has written many novels and several short stories in the fields of science ...

Cynthia Felice Cynthia Felice (born October 12, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American science fiction writer. She is best known for her complex, carefully plotted stories and expansive universes. Her first novel, ''Godsfire'', and her first short story, " ...

Ellen Datlow Ellen Datlow (born December 31, 1949) is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror editor and anthologist. She is a winner of the World Fantasy Award and the Bram Stoker Award ( Horror Writers Association). Career Datlow began her car ...

Beth Meacham Beth Meacham (born 1951) is an American writer and editor, best known as a longtime top editor with Tor Books. Life, education and family Meacham was born November 14, 1951, in Newark, Licking County, Ohio. She studied Communications in Antio ...

, Wil McCarthy and

Geoffrey A. Landis Geoffrey Alan Landis (; born May 28, 1955) is an American aerospace engineer and author, working for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on planetary exploration, interstellar propulsion, solar power and photovoltaics. He h ...

) *"A Few Last Words to Put It All in Perspective" ssay(

)

Reception

Kirkus Reviews ''Kirkus Reviews'' is an American book review magazine founded in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus. The magazine's publisher, Kirkus Media, is headquartered in New York City. ''Kirkus Reviews'' confers the annual Kirkus Prize to authors of fiction, no ...

'' called the anthology's fiction " rrific," singling out McIntyre's novel as "splendid historical fantasy", the finalist pieces as "impressive", and the Anderson selection as "typically brilliant". The reviewer has "a Bronx cheer for the nonfiction," however, characterizing them as a "thumping disappointment... just anodyne scraps (the redoubtable Kim Stanley Robinson honorably excepted)". It also notes the omission of both Bill Warren's film criticism and any obituaries, given the 1997 passings of Jerome Bixby, Judith Merrill, and George Turner. "Maybe somebody decided that last year's opinionated and thoroughly refreshing growls and hisses Simply Wouldn't Do."Review
in ''Kirkus Reviews'', Mar. 1, 1999. The collection was also reviewed by

Gary K. Wolfe Gary K. Wolfe (born Gary Kent Wolfe in 1946) is an American science fiction editor, critic and biographer. He is an emeritus Professor of Humanities in Roosevelt University's Evelyn T. Stone College of Professional Studies. Life Wolfe was bo ...

in '' Locus'' no. 459, April 1999, Clinton Lawrence in '' Science Fiction Weekly'', Apr. 12, 1999, and

John Clute John Frederick Clute (born 12 September 1940) is a Canadian-born author and critic specializing in science fiction and fantasy literature who has lived in both England and the United States since 1969. He has been described as "an integral part ...

in ''

The New York Review of Science Fiction ''The New York Review of Science Fiction'' is a monthly literary magazine of science fiction that was established in 1988. It includes works of science fiction criticism, essays, and in-depth critical reviews of new works of fiction and scholarsh ...

'', July 1999.

Awards

The anthology placed twelfth in the 2000 Locus Poll Award for Best Anthology.

Notes

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