Nebula Preliminary Ballot

Since every SFnal blogger is posting this today, I guess it's now my turn. I got it from Ellen Datlow:

Novels

• Ragamuffin, by Tobias Buckell (Tor, Jun07)
• The Yiddish Policemen's Union, by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins, May07)
• Species Imperative #3: Regeneration, by Julie E. Czerneda (full PDF on Private Edition)
• (DAW, May06)
• Vellum: The Book of All Hours, by Hal Duncan (Del Rey, Apr06 (Macmillan hardcover Nov05 (UK)))
• The Accidental Time Machine, by Joe Haldeman (Ace, Aug07)
• The New Moon's Arms, by Nalo Hopkinson (Warner Books, Feb07)
• Mainspring, by Jay Lake (Tor, Jun07)
• Odyssey, by Jack McDevitt (full PDF on Private Edition)(Ace, Nov06)
• The Outback Stars, by Sandra McDonald (Tor, May07)
• Strange Robby, by Selina Rosen (full PDF and hardcopy offer on Private Edition)
• (Meisha Merlin Publishing Jul06)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic Press, Jul07)
• Rollback, by Robert J. Sawyer (Analog, Feb07 (serialized in Oct06 through Jan/Feb07 issues; Tor book, Apr07))
• Blindsight, by Peter Watts (free Creative Commons versions)(Tor, Oct06)

I'm thrilled to see the Chabon there, and very happy for the recognition for people I know and like (Buckell, McDevitt, Sawyer, Hopkinson, Lake). And I'm very surprised to see the Rowling, which I'd bet large sums of money will not make the final ballot.

Novellas

• "The Helper and His Hero," by Matt Hughes (link to Private Edition) (F&SF, Mar07 (Feb07 & Mar07))
• "Fountain of Age," by Nancy Kress (Asimov's, Jul07)
• "Stars Seen Through Stone," by Lucius Shepard (link to Private Edition) (F&SF, Jul07)
• "Kiosk," by Bruce Sterling (link to Private Edition) (F&SF, Jan07)
• "Memorare," by Gene Wolfe (link to Private Edition) (F&SF, Apr07)

As far as I can tell, I haven't read any of these. So who's going to send me Year's Best books to review this year?

Novelettes

• "The Children's Crusade," by Robin Wayne Bailey (link to Private Edition) (Heroes in Training, Martin H. Greenberg and Jim C. Hines, Ed., DAW, Sep07)
• "A Flight of Numbers Fantastique Strange," by Beth Bernobich (link to Private Edition) (Asimov's, Jun06)
• "Things That Aren't," by Michael A. Burstein and Robert Greenberger (link to Private Edition) (Analog, Apr07)
• "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate," by Ted Chiang (F&SF, Sep07)
• "Sister of the Hedge," by Jim C. Hines (link to Private Edition) (Realms of Fantasy, Jun06)
• "The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs Of North Park After the Change," by Kij Johnson (link to Private Edition) (Coyote Road: Trickster Tales, Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, Ed., Viking Juvenile, Jul07)
• "The Sun God at Dawn, Rising from a Lotus Blossom," by Andrea Kail (link to Private Edition) (Writers of the Future Volume 23, Algis Budrys, Ed., Galaxy Press, Sep07)
• "Safeguard," by Nancy Kress (Asimov's, Jan07)
• "Alastair Baffle's Emporium of Wonders," by Mike Resnick (Asimov's, Jan08)
• "Tonino and the Incubus," by Peg Robinson (Helix: A Speculative Fiction Quarterly, WS & LWE, Ed., Oct06 (Fall06 issue -- #2))
• "Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter," by Geoff Ryman (link to Private Edition) (F&SF, Nov06)
• "The Fiddler of Bayou Teche," by Delia Sherman (link to Private Edition) (Coyote Road: Trickster Tales, Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, Ed., Viking Juvenile, Jul07)
• "Not of this Fold," by William Shunn (link to Private Edition) (An Alternate History of the 21st Century, Spilt Milk Press, Sep07)

More stuff I haven't read. (Yet, he added with hope.)

Short Stories

• "Unique Chicken Goes In Reverse," by Andy Duncan (link to Private Edition) (Eclipse 1: New Science Fiction And Fantasy, Jonathan Strahan, Ed., Night Shade Books, Oct07)
• "The Padre, the Rabbi, and the Devil His Own Self," by Melanie Fletcher (Helix: A Speculative Fiction Quarterly, WS & LWE, Ed., Oct06 (Fall06 issue -- #2))
• "Always," by Karen Joy Fowler (Asimov's, May07 (apr/may07 issue))
• "For Solo Cello, op. 12," by Mary Robinette Kowal (link to Private Edition) (Cosmos, Mar07 (Feb/Mar07))
• "Titanium Mike Saves the Day," by David D. Levine (link to Private Edition) (F&SF, Apr07)
• "The Story of Love," by Vera Nazarian (link to Private Edition) (Salt of the Air, Prime Books, Sep06)
• "Captive Girl," by Jennifer Pelland (Helix: A Speculative Fiction Quarterly, WS & LWE, Ed., Oct06 (Fall06 issue -- #2))

I'm going to root for "Unique Chicken Goes in Reverse," because I love that title -- even though I haven't read it. (Or even seen the book that it's in.) On the other hand, "Titanium Mike Saves the Day" is a pretty darn awesome title, too.

Scripts

• Children of Men, by Alfonso Cuaron, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, and Hawk Ostby (Universal Studios, Dec06)
• Pan's Labyrinth, by Guillermo del Toro (Time/Warner, Jan07)
• The Discarded, by Harlan Ellison and Josh Olson (script on Private Edition) (Masters of Science Fiction, ABC-TV, Apr07)
• Blink, by Steven Moffat (script on Private Edition) (Doctor Who, BBC/The Sci-Fi Channel, Sep07 (Aired on SciFi Channel 14 Sep07))
• The Prestige, by Christopher Nolan and Jonathon Nolan (Newmarket Films, Oct06 (Oct 20, 2006 -- based on the novel by Christopher Priest))
• V for Vendetta, by Larry Wachowski and Andy Wachowski (Warner Films, Mar06 (released 3/17/2006 -- Written by the Wachowski Brothers, based on the graphic novel illustrated by David Lloyd and published by Vertigo/DC Comics))
• World Enough and Time, by Marc Scott Zicree and Michael Reaves (script on Private Edition) (Star Trek: New Voyages, http://www.startreknewvoyages.com, Aug07 (Aired 8/23/07))

I still have no respect for this award, and I never will, until there's a report that SFWAns are actually reading the nominated scripts to decide between them. It's a "Best Dramatic Presentation" award under a false cloak.

Andre Norton Award

• Vintage: A Ghost Story, by Steve Berman (Haworth Positronic Press, Mar07)
• Into the Wild, by Sarah Beth Durst (Penguin Razorbill, Jun07)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic Press, Jul07)
• Flora Segunda: Being the Magickal Mishaps of a Girl of Spirit, Her Glass-Gazing Sidekick, Two Ominous Butlers (One Blue), a House with Eleven Thousand Rooms, and a Red Dog, by Ysabeau S. Wilce(Harcourt, Jan07)

Hooray for Sarah, and I hope to read Flora Segunda soon. (I have a hold on it at the library -- in fact, it may be the book they've just notified me about.)