La SWFA (Asociación americana de escritores de ciencia ficción) acaba de dar a conocer la lista de candidatos que optan este año a los prestigiosos Premios Nebula.

Los ganadores se anunciaran durante el transcurso del tradicional Banquete de los Premios Nébula que tendrá lugar en el fin de semana del 13 al 16 de mayo de 2010 en Cocoa Beach, Florida (EE.UU).

Los candidatos en las diferentes categorías son:

• The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade)

• The Love We Share Without Knowing, Christopher Barzak (Bantam)

• Flesh and Fire, Laura Anne Gilman (Pocket)

• The City & The City, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan UK)

• Boneshaker, Cherie Priest (Tor)


Novela corta

• "The Women of Nell Gwynne’s", Kage Baker (Subterranean)

• "Arkfall", Carolyn Ives Gilman (F&SF 9/08)

• "Act One", Nancy Kress (Asimov’s 3/09)

• "Shambling Towards Hiroshima", James Morrow (Tachyon)

• "Sublimation Angels", Jason Sanford (Interzone 9-10/09)

• "The God Engines", John Scalzi (Subterranean)

Relato

• "The Gambler", Paolo Bacigalupi (Fast Forward 2)

• "Vinegar Peace, or, the Wrong-Way Used-Adult Orphanage", Michael Bishop (Asimov’s 7/08)

• "I Needs Must Part, the Policeman Said", Richard Bowes (F&SF 12/09)

• "Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast", Eugie Foster (Interzone 2/09)

• "Divining Light", Ted Kosmatka (Asimov’s 8/08)

• "A Memory of Wind", Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com 11/09)

Relato corto

• "Hooves and the Hovel of Abdel Jameela", Saladin Ahmed (Clockwork Phoenix 2)

• I Remember the Future", Michael A. Burstein (I Remember the Future)

• "Non-Zero Probabilities", N.K. Jemisin (Clarkesworld 9/09)

• "Spar", Kij Johnson (Clarkesworld 10/09)

• "Going Deep", James Patrick Kelly (Asimov’s 6/09)

• "Bridesicle", Will McIntosh (Asimov’s 1/09)

Premio Ray Bradbury

• Star Trek, J.J. Abrams (Paramount)

• Distrito 9, Neill Blomkamp y Terri Tatchell (Tri-Star)

• Avatar, James Cameron (Fox)

• Moon, Duncan Jones y Nathan Parker (Sony)

• Up, Bob Peterson y Pete Docter (Disney/Pixar)

• Coraline, Henry Selick (Laika/Focus)

Premio Andre Norton

• Hotel Under the Sand, Kage Baker (Tachyon)

• Ice, Sarah Beth Durst (McElderry)

• Ash, Malinda Lo (Little, Brown)

• Eyes Like Stars, Lisa Mantchev (Feiwel & Friends)

• Zoe’s Tale, John Scalzi (Tor)

• When You Reach Me, Rebecca Stead (Wendy Lamb)

• The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, Catherynne M. Valente (www.catherynnemvalente.com)

• Leviathan, Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse; Simon & Schuster UK) 

Más información en la web de la SFWA.

(Fuente: Locus)