Nebula Awards 30

1996 anthology edited by Pamela Sargent
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813.087608LC ClassPS648.S3 N43Preceded byNebula Awards 29 Followed byNebula Awards 31 

Nebula Awards 30 is an anthology of science fiction short works edited by Pamela Sargent, the second of three successive volumes under her editorship. It was first published in hardcover and trade paperback by Harcourt Brace in April 1996.[1]

Summary

The book collects pieces that won or were nominated for the Nebula Awards for novel, novella, novelette and short story for the year 1995, a representative early story by 1995 Grand Master award winner Damon Knight, and various nonfiction pieces related to the awards, together with the Rhysling Award-winning poems for 1994 and an introduction by the editor. Not all nominees for the various awards are included.

Contents

  • "Introduction" (Pamela Sargent)
  • "The Year in Science Fiction and Fantasy: A Symposium" [essay] (Paul Di Filippo, James Gunn, Pat Murphy, Sheila Finch, Jack Dann, Nicola Griffith, and John Kessel)
  • "Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge" [Best Novella winner, 1995] (Mike Resnick)
  • "Inspiration" [Best Short Story nominee, 1995] (Ben Bova)
  • "Virtual Love" [Best Short Story nominee, 1995] (Maureen F. McHugh)
  • "None So Blind" [Best Short Story nominee, 1995] (Joe Haldeman)
  • "Fortyday" [short story] (Damon Knight)
  • "In Memorium: Robert Bloch" [essay] (Frank M. Robinson)
  • "The Martian Child" [Best Novelette winner, 1995] (David Gerrold)
  • "Basement Flats: Redefining the Burgess Shale" [Rhysling Award - Long Poem winner, 1994] (Robert Frazier and W. Gregory Stewart)
  • "Flight Is for Those Who Have Not Yet Crossed Over" [Rhysling Award - Short Poem winner (tied), 1994] (Jeff VanderMeer)
  • "Spacer's Compass" [Rhysling Award - Short Poem winner (tied), 1994] (Bruce Boston)
  • "Understanding Entropy" [Best Short Story nominee, 1995] (Barry N. Malzberg)
  • "I Know What You're Thinking" [Best Short Story nominee, 1995] (Kate Wilhelm)
  • "A Defense of the Social Contracts" [Best Short Story winner, 1995] (Martha Soukup)
  • "From a Park Bench to the Great Beyond: The Science Fiction and Fantasy Films of 1994" [essay] (Kathi Maio)
  • "The Matter of Seggri" [Best Novelette nominee, 1995] (Ursula K. Le Guin)
  • Moving Mars [Best Novel winner, 1995 (excerpt)] (Greg Bear)

Reception

Kirkus Reviews called the anthology "[e]xcellent in all departments." The Resnick, Gerrold and Soukup pieces were singled out for brief comment, and the contributions to the "symposium" succinctly characterized.[2]

The collection was also reviewed by Gary K. Wolfe (1996) in Locus no. 422, March 1996, and Don D'Ammassa (1996) in Science Fiction Chronicle no. 190, October 1996.[1]

Awards

The anthology placed sixth in the 1997 Locus Poll Award for Best Anthology.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Nebula Awards 30 title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  2. ^ Review in Kirkus Reviews, Feb. 1, 1996.
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  1. Nebula Award Stories 1965 (1966) (Damon Knight)
  2. Nebula Award Stories Two (1967) (Brian W. Aldiss, Harry Harrison)
  3. Nebula Award Stories 3 (1968) (Roger Zelazny)
  4. Nebula Award Stories 4 (1969) (Poul Anderson)
  5. Nebula Award Stories 5 (1970) (James Blish)
  6. Nebula Award Stories 6 (1971) (Clifford D. Simak)
  7. Nebula Award Stories 7 (1972) (Lloyd Biggle, Jr.)
  8. Nebula Award Stories Eight (1973) (Isaac Asimov)
  9. Nebula Award Stories 9 (1974) (Kate Wilhelm)
  10. Nebula Award Stories 10 (1975) (James E. Gunn)
  11. Nebula Award Stories 11 (1976) (Ursula K. Le Guin)
  12. Nebula Winners Twelve (1978) (Gordon R. Dickson)
  13. Nebula Winners Thirteen (1980) (Samuel R. Delany)
  14. Nebula Winners Fourteen (1980) (Frederik Pohl)
  15. Nebula Winners Fifteen (1981) (Frank Herbert)
  16. Nebula Award Stories Sixteen (1982) (Jerry Pournelle, John F. Carr)
  17. Nebula Award Stories Seventeen (1983) (Joe Haldeman)
  18. The Nebula Awards #18 (1983) (Robert Silverberg)
  19. The Nebula Awards #19 (1984) (Marta Randall)
  20. Nebula Awards 20 (1985) (George Zebrowski)
  21. Nebula Awards 21 (1986) (George Zebrowski)
  22. Nebula Awards 22 (1988) (George Zebrowski)
  23. Nebula Awards 23 (1989) (Michael Bishop)
  24. Nebula Awards 24 (1990) (Michael Bishop)
  25. Nebula Awards 25 (1991) (Michael Bishop)
  26. Nebula Awards 26 (1992) (James Morrow)
  27. Nebula Awards 27 (1993) (James Morrow)
  28. Nebula Awards 28 (1994) (James Morrow)
  29. Nebula Awards 29 (1995) (Pamela Sargent)
  30. Nebula Awards 30 (1996) (Pamela Sargent)
  31. Nebula Awards 31 (1997) (Pamela Sargent)
  32. Nebula Awards 32 (1998) (Jack Dann)
  33. Nebula Awards 33 (1999) (Connie Willis)
  34. Nebula Awards Showcase 2000 (2000) (Gregory Benford)
  35. Nebula Awards Showcase 2001 (2001) (Robert Silverberg)
  36. Nebula Awards Showcase 2002 (2002) (Kim Stanley Robinson)
  37. Nebula Awards Showcase 2003 (2003) (Nancy Kress)
  38. Nebula Awards Showcase 2004 (2004) (Vonda N. McIntyre)
  39. Nebula Awards Showcase 2005 (2005) (Jack Dann)
  40. Nebula Awards Showcase 2006 (2006) (Gardner Dozois)
  41. Nebula Awards Showcase 2007 (2007) (Mike Resnick)
  42. Nebula Awards Showcase 2008 (2008) (Ben Bova)
  43. Nebula Awards Showcase 2009 (2009) (Ellen Datlow)
  44. Nebula Awards Showcase 2010 (2010) (Bill Fawcett)
  45. The Nebula Awards Showcase 2011 (2011) (Kevin J. Anderson)
  46. Nebula Awards Showcase 2012 (2012) (James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel)
  47. Nebula Awards Showcase 2013 (2013) (Catherine Asaro)
  48. Nebula Awards Showcase 2014 (2014) (Kij Johnson)
  49. Nebula Awards Showcase 2015 (2015) (Greg Bear)
  50. Nebula Awards Showcase 2016 (2016) (Mercedes Lackey)
  51. Nebula Awards Showcase 2017 (2017) (Julie E. Czerneda)
  52. Nebula Awards Showcase 2018 (2018) (Jane Yolen)
  53. Nebula Awards Showcase 2019 (2019) (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
  54. Nebula Awards Showcase 54 (2020) (Nibedita Sen)
  55. Nebula Awards Showcase 55 (2021) (Catherynne M. Valente)