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Nebula Awards Showcases #23
Nebula Awards 23
SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 1987. The book collects pieces that won or were nominated for the Nebula Awards for novella, novelette and short story for the year 1988 and various nonfiction pieces related to the awards, together with a tribute to 1988 Grand Master award winner and recently decreased author Alfred Bester, the three Rhysling Award-winning poems for 1987, a couple other pieces, and an introduction by the editor. Cover: Nebula Awards 23 by Paul Silverman. Not all nominees for the various awards are included.
Contents:
* Introduction (Nebula Awards 23) • essay by Michael Bishop
* The World Renews Itself: A View on the SF and Fantasy of 1987 • essay by Ian Watson
* In Memoriam: Alfred Bester 1913-1987 • essay by Isaac Asimov
* Forever Yours, Anna (1987) / short story by Kate Wilhelm
* Flowers of Edo (1987) / novelette by Bruce Sterling
* Schwarzschild Radius (1987) / short story by Connie Willis
* Witness [Wild Cards] (1986) / novella by Walter Jon Williams
* Judgment Call (1987) / novelette by John Kessel
* The Glassblower's Dragon (1987) / short story by Lucius Shepard
* Rachel in Love (1987) / novelette by Pat Murphy
* Rhysling Poetry Award Winners (1987) • essay by Michael Bishop
* Before the Big Bang: News from the Hubble Large Space Telescope (1986) • poem by Jonathan V. Post
* A Dream of Heredity (1986) • poem by John Calvin Rezmerski
* Daedalus (1986) • poem by W. Gregory Stewart
* Angel (1987) / short story by Pat Cadigan
* Freezeframe (1986) / short story by Gregory Benford
* The Blind Geometer (1986) / novella by Kim Stanley Robinson
* Spelling God with the Wrong Blocks (1987) / short story by James Morrow
* DX (1987) • poem by Joe Haldeman
* Science Fiction Movies of 1987 • essay by Bill Warren
* About the Nebula Award • essay by Michael Bishop
* Past Nebula Award Winners • essay by editor
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Contents:
* Introduction (Nebula Awards 23) • essay by Michael Bishop
* The World Renews Itself: A View on the SF and Fantasy of 1987 • essay by Ian Watson
* In Memoriam: Alfred Bester 1913-1987 • essay by Isaac Asimov
* Forever Yours, Anna (1987) / short story by Kate Wilhelm
* Flowers of Edo (1987) / novelette by Bruce Sterling
* Schwarzschild Radius (1987) / short story by Connie Willis
* Witness [Wild Cards] (1986) / novella by Walter Jon Williams
* Judgment Call (1987) / novelette by John Kessel
* The Glassblower's Dragon (1987) / short story by Lucius Shepard
* Rachel in Love (1987) / novelette by Pat Murphy
* Rhysling Poetry Award Winners (1987) • essay by Michael Bishop
* Before the Big Bang: News from the Hubble Large Space Telescope (1986) • poem by Jonathan V. Post
* A Dream of Heredity (1986) • poem by John Calvin Rezmerski
* Daedalus (1986) • poem by W. Gregory Stewart
* Angel (1987) / short story by Pat Cadigan
* Freezeframe (1986) / short story by Gregory Benford
* The Blind Geometer (1986) / novella by Kim Stanley Robinson
* Spelling God with the Wrong Blocks (1987) / short story by James Morrow
* DX (1987) • poem by Joe Haldeman
* Science Fiction Movies of 1987 • essay by Bill Warren
* About the Nebula Award • essay by Michael Bishop
* Past Nebula Award Winners • essay by editor
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374 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1989
62 people want to read
About the author
Michael Bishop
306 books105 followersMichael Lawson Bishop was an award-winning American writer. Over four decades & thirty books, he created a body of work that stands among the most admired in modern sf & fantasy literature.
Bishop received a bachelor's from the Univ. of Georgia in 1967, going on to complete a master's in English. He taught English at the US Air Force Academy Preparatory School in Colorado Springs from 1968-72 & then at the Univ. of Georgia. He also taught a course in science fiction at the US Air Force Academy in 1971. He left teaching in 1974 to become a full-time writer.
Bishop won the Nebula in 1981 for The Quickening (Best Novelette) & in 1982 for No Enemy But Time (Best Novel). He's also received four Locus Awards & his work has been nominated for numerous Hugos. He & British author Ian Watson collaborated on a novel set in the universe of one of Bishop’s earlier works. He's also written two mystery novels with Paul Di Filippo, under the joint pseudonym Philip Lawson. His work has been translated into over a dozen languages.
Bishop has published more than 125 pieces of short fiction which have been gathered in seven collections. His stories have appeared in Playboy, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, the Missouri Review, the Indiana Review, the Chattahoochee Review, the Georgia Review, Omni & Interzone.
In addition to fiction, Bishop has published poetry gathered in two collections & won the 1979 Rhysling Award for his poem For the Lady of a Physicist. He's also had essays & reviews published in the NY Times, the Washington Post, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Omni Magazine & the NY Review of Science Fiction. A collection of his nonfiction, A Reverie for Mister Ray, was issued in 2005 by PS Publishing. He's written introductions to books by Philip K. Dick, Theodore Sturgeon, James Tiptree, Jr., Pamela Sargent, Gardner Dozois, Lucius Shepard, Mary Shelley, Andy Duncan, Paul Di Filippo, Bruce Holland Rogers & Rhys Hughes. He's edited six anthologies, including the Locus Award-winning Light Years & Dark & A Cross of Centuries: 25 Imaginative Tales about the Christ, published by Thunder’s Mouth Press shortly before the company closed.
In recent years, Bishop has returned to teaching & is writer-in-residence at LaGrange College located near his home in Pine Mountain, GA. He & his wife, Jeri, have a daughter & two grandchildren. His son, Christopher James Bishop, was one of the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre on 4/16/07.
Bishop received a bachelor's from the Univ. of Georgia in 1967, going on to complete a master's in English. He taught English at the US Air Force Academy Preparatory School in Colorado Springs from 1968-72 & then at the Univ. of Georgia. He also taught a course in science fiction at the US Air Force Academy in 1971. He left teaching in 1974 to become a full-time writer.
Bishop won the Nebula in 1981 for The Quickening (Best Novelette) & in 1982 for No Enemy But Time (Best Novel). He's also received four Locus Awards & his work has been nominated for numerous Hugos. He & British author Ian Watson collaborated on a novel set in the universe of one of Bishop’s earlier works. He's also written two mystery novels with Paul Di Filippo, under the joint pseudonym Philip Lawson. His work has been translated into over a dozen languages.
Bishop has published more than 125 pieces of short fiction which have been gathered in seven collections. His stories have appeared in Playboy, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, the Missouri Review, the Indiana Review, the Chattahoochee Review, the Georgia Review, Omni & Interzone.
In addition to fiction, Bishop has published poetry gathered in two collections & won the 1979 Rhysling Award for his poem For the Lady of a Physicist. He's also had essays & reviews published in the NY Times, the Washington Post, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Omni Magazine & the NY Review of Science Fiction. A collection of his nonfiction, A Reverie for Mister Ray, was issued in 2005 by PS Publishing. He's written introductions to books by Philip K. Dick, Theodore Sturgeon, James Tiptree, Jr., Pamela Sargent, Gardner Dozois, Lucius Shepard, Mary Shelley, Andy Duncan, Paul Di Filippo, Bruce Holland Rogers & Rhys Hughes. He's edited six anthologies, including the Locus Award-winning Light Years & Dark & A Cross of Centuries: 25 Imaginative Tales about the Christ, published by Thunder’s Mouth Press shortly before the company closed.
In recent years, Bishop has returned to teaching & is writer-in-residence at LaGrange College located near his home in Pine Mountain, GA. He & his wife, Jeri, have a daughter & two grandchildren. His son, Christopher James Bishop, was one of the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre on 4/16/07.
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March 25, 2016
-Ajustado al palmarés e irregular.-
Género. Relatos.
Lo que nos cuenta. Con presentación de Miquel Barceló, introducción de Michael Bishop (responsable de la antología), un artículo de Ian Watson sobre el estado del género (y de la Fantasía) en 1987, un artículo de Asimov sobre el fallecido Alfred Bester y otro sobre el cine de género ese año firmado por Bill Warren, recopilación de trabajos breves ganadores y finalistas ese año del prestigioso premio, que nos llevarán a conocer la Edo imperial, la labor de unos misioneros muy especiales, la persecución de la autora de unos escritos, la visión de un ciego de muchas cosas, la intervención durante la Primera Guerra Mundial de un científico que después tendría fama mundial, a la invasión tecnológica y genética de la concepción y la crianza de los hijos o a la caza de brujas de McCarthy en una ucronía, entre otros temas.
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Género. Relatos.
Lo que nos cuenta. Con presentación de Miquel Barceló, introducción de Michael Bishop (responsable de la antología), un artículo de Ian Watson sobre el estado del género (y de la Fantasía) en 1987, un artículo de Asimov sobre el fallecido Alfred Bester y otro sobre el cine de género ese año firmado por Bill Warren, recopilación de trabajos breves ganadores y finalistas ese año del prestigioso premio, que nos llevarán a conocer la Edo imperial, la labor de unos misioneros muy especiales, la persecución de la autora de unos escritos, la visión de un ciego de muchas cosas, la intervención durante la Primera Guerra Mundial de un científico que después tendría fama mundial, a la invasión tecnológica y genética de la concepción y la crianza de los hijos o a la caza de brujas de McCarthy en una ucronía, entre otros temas.
¿Quiere saber más de este libro, sin spoilers? Visite:
http://librosdeolethros.blogspot.com....
February 5, 2019
7/10. Pues eso, los Nebula del 87. Te podrán gustar más o menos, pero por cultura CF siempre viene bien leerlos.
Si se llegan a leer varias de estas colecciones de premios es interesante ver la evolución.
Si se llegan a leer varias de estas colecciones de premios es interesante ver la evolución.
April 25, 2018
Tiene algunos relatos muy muy buenos, como el del ciego o el que da la abertura a la saga wildcards, pero el resto de relatos hunden bastante la puntuación global.
October 3, 2015
Notas entre 0 y 7
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