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Nebula Award Stories
FOUR AWARD-WINNING STORIES
THE SALIVA TREE, by Brian W. Aldiss
An invasion of invisible monsters strikes terror on an English farm.
HE WHO SHAPES, by Roger Zelazny
The science of tomorrow makes possible a new kind of psychiatrist--one who can enter another human mind and reshape it...if he dares!
THE DOORS OF HIS FACE, THE LAMPS OF HIS MOUTH, by Roger Zelazny
A man measures his courage against a Venusian sea monster the size of a thirty-story building.
"REPENT, HARLEQUIN!" SAID THE TICKTOCKMAN, by Harlan Ellison
A John Birch world of the future where tardiness takes time off your life, and a joker who's never on time throws jelly-beans into the clockworks.
Four Distinguised
THE DROWNED GIANT, by J.G. Ballard
COMPUTERS DON'T ARGUE, by Gordon R. Dickson
BECALMED IN HELL, by Larry Niven
BALANCED ECOLOGY, by James H. Schmitz
"The stories in this book...show the quality of modern science fiction, its range, and, I think, its growing depth and maturity. Science fiction has come a long way." --DAMON KNIGHT
Contents
ix Introduction (Nebula Award Stories) (1966) essay by Damon Knight
1 The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth (1965) novelette by Roger Zelazny
34 Balanced Ecology (1965) shortstory by James H. Schmitz
53 "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman (1965) shortstory by Harlan Ellison
65 He Who Shapes (1965) novella by Roger Zelazny
151 Computers Don't Argue (1965) shortstory by Gordon R. Dickson
165 Becalmed in Hell [Known Space] (1965) shortstory by Larry Niven
178 The Saliva Tree (1965) novella by Brian W. Aldiss
234 The Drowned Giant (1964) shortstory by J. G. Ballard
THE SALIVA TREE, by Brian W. Aldiss
An invasion of invisible monsters strikes terror on an English farm.
HE WHO SHAPES, by Roger Zelazny
The science of tomorrow makes possible a new kind of psychiatrist--one who can enter another human mind and reshape it...if he dares!
THE DOORS OF HIS FACE, THE LAMPS OF HIS MOUTH, by Roger Zelazny
A man measures his courage against a Venusian sea monster the size of a thirty-story building.
"REPENT, HARLEQUIN!" SAID THE TICKTOCKMAN, by Harlan Ellison
A John Birch world of the future where tardiness takes time off your life, and a joker who's never on time throws jelly-beans into the clockworks.
Four Distinguised
THE DROWNED GIANT, by J.G. Ballard
COMPUTERS DON'T ARGUE, by Gordon R. Dickson
BECALMED IN HELL, by Larry Niven
BALANCED ECOLOGY, by James H. Schmitz
"The stories in this book...show the quality of modern science fiction, its range, and, I think, its growing depth and maturity. Science fiction has come a long way." --DAMON KNIGHT
Contents
ix Introduction (Nebula Award Stories) (1966) essay by Damon Knight
1 The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth (1965) novelette by Roger Zelazny
34 Balanced Ecology (1965) shortstory by James H. Schmitz
53 "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman (1965) shortstory by Harlan Ellison
65 He Who Shapes (1965) novella by Roger Zelazny
151 Computers Don't Argue (1965) shortstory by Gordon R. Dickson
165 Becalmed in Hell [Known Space] (1965) shortstory by Larry Niven
178 The Saliva Tree (1965) novella by Brian W. Aldiss
234 The Drowned Giant (1964) shortstory by J. G. Ballard
224 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published January 1, 1969
About the author
Damon Knight
607 books100 followersDamon Francis Knight was an American science fiction author, editor, and critic.
Knight's first professional sale was a cartoon drawing to a science-fiction magazine, Amazing Stories. His first story, "Resilience", was published in 1941. He is best known as the author of "To Serve Man", which was adapted for The Twilight Zone. He was a recipient of the Hugo Award, founder of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), cofounder of the National Fantasy Fan Federation, cofounder of the Milford Writer's Workshop, and cofounder of the Clarion Writers Workshop. Knight lived in Eugene, Oregon, with his wife Kate Wilhelm.
Knight's first professional sale was a cartoon drawing to a science-fiction magazine, Amazing Stories. His first story, "Resilience", was published in 1941. He is best known as the author of "To Serve Man", which was adapted for The Twilight Zone. He was a recipient of the Hugo Award, founder of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), cofounder of the National Fantasy Fan Federation, cofounder of the Milford Writer's Workshop, and cofounder of the Clarion Writers Workshop. Knight lived in Eugene, Oregon, with his wife Kate Wilhelm.
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February 17, 2019
As with any collection, some of the short stories are great and others are not so great. But worth a read.
February 1, 2021
An anthology of the short fiction winners (novella, novelette and short story) for the 1966 Nebula Awards. Also includes four runners-up. The winners will all be reviewed below as I wanted to keep a record of my thoughts on them for an upcoming podcast episode. The Ellison short story is the only overlap winner with the Hugo (the Nebulas had three shorter fiction categories and the Hugos one). The winners here are all worthy stories though the non-winners show a real drop-off in quality. Zelazny had a BIG year in 1965, winning a novel Hugo and two short fiction Nebulas. If you are at all interested in the sf prize winners for a particular year this is an essential anthology series.
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September 18, 2021
A good collection of old Sci-Fi short stories
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