The Nebula Awards Showcase 2011
Cover of first edition
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| Author | edited by Kevin J. Anderson |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Nebula Awards Showcase |
| Genre | Science fiction short stories |
| Publisher | Tor Books |
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2011 |
| Media type | Print (paperback & ebook) |
| Pages | 412 pp. |
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| Preceded by | Nebula Awards Showcase 2010 |
| Followed by | Nebula Awards Showcase 2012 |
The Nebula Awards Showcase 2011 is an anthology of award-winning science fiction short works edited by Kevin J. Anderson. It was first published in trade paperback and ebook by Tor Books in May 2011. The first British edition was published in trade paperback and ebook by Robinson in February 2012 under the alternate title The Mammoth Book of Nebula Awards SF.
The book collects pieces that won or were nominated for the Nebula Awards for best novella, novelette and short story for the year 2010, profiles of 2010 Grand Master winner Joe Haldeman and Author Emeritus Neal Barrett, Jr., and representative early stories by each, various other nonfiction pieces and bibliographical material related to the awards, and the three Rhysling and Dwarf Stars Award-winning poems for 2009, together with an introduction by the editor. Not all nominees for the various awards are included.
Kirkus Reviews commends the book to "readers who like their fantasy and science fiction short and punchy," calling Paolo Bacigalupi's contribution "[t]he best of a spiffy bunch," as well as singling out Kosmatka's, Bakers, Johnson's, Foster's and McIntosh's pieces for special comment, while rating the remainder "[n]o less worthy."
Regina Schroeder in Booklist rated the volume "[u]nsurprisingly, ... an excellent collection of thought-provoking, entertaining, and varied work from both masters at the height of their careers and rising stars," and "a pleasing cross-section of what the genre has to offer." Haldeman's and Johnson's pieces were singled out for comment.
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