R-SPEC's 2009 Nebula Poll

In our April 7 meeting we'll be discussing the 2008 Nebula awards. (Yes, they are the 2008 awards. Even though this is 2009. But this is our 2009 poll.) In preparation for our discussion, we're asking you to pick your own favorites. We'll report the results here after the awards have been given.

If you're not familiar with the stories, you can find links to the full text of many at SFSignal.com (thank you, Ruhan). I'll try to roll up a bunch of them in the sidebar to the right, along with links to hardcopy for purchase on Amazon.

We can't make this process as lovely and exotic as a real Nebula ballot because it's hard to code up support for an Australian Ballot. But you can still vote "No Award" in each category. (Please don't vote "No Award" unless you really truly feel that nothing in that category merits recognition.) This year, I've also added a "no opinion" option, for those of us who just don't have the time to keep up with our reading.

Please feel free to add a comment on any of the work that's been nominated -- or any that hasn't!

(Please note: Please, only vote once! If you'll want to change your vote, please do register.)

Awarded for works from 17,500 to 39,999 words in length.

Awarded for works from 7,500 to 17,499 words in length.

Awarded for works up to 7,499 words in length.

This award honors outstanding SF&F novels for the YA market, in memory of the late Andre Norton.

F&SF Stories Available

On March 14th, 2009 Anonymous says:

Just in case the existing links don't get there, here is a link for the F&SF stories that were nominated: http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/fiction/neb08.htm

 

This comment showed up as from Anonymous, but it's posted by eDave.

'No Opinion' on all but scripts

On March 4th, 2009 escoles says:

 I haven't been keeping up on my reading. When do I ever? Trying to write, instead... I've read Little Brother (ripping yarn, wot!), but not likely to get to any of the other Novel picks. 

I've seen WALL-E and Dark Knight twice each (I love the way the Nolans deal with moral ambiguity in their films, and Ledger was brilliant, but I have to go with WALL-E). I enjoyed "Mars: A Traveller's Guide", and didn't so much enjoy "Tomb Wife" because it just never quite came together for me.