Nebula Awards
The Nebula Awards were first given in 1965. They are sponsored by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. The first Nebula Best Novel award went to Frank Herbert for Dune ... one of my favorite science fiction books. The basic rules for the award are as follows: - The Best Novel must contain at least 40,000 words - A book is eligible for 12 months from the month of publication - Books published in 2008-2009 will be eligible for the 2009 awards which will be presented in 2010 The 2010 convention will be held in Cocoa Beach, Florida from May 14-16. Here are the final nominees for Best Novel for the 2009 Nebula Awards:
| Paolo Bacigulupi ... winner! | The Windup Girl | Night Shade Books | | Christopher Barzak | The Love We Share Without Knowing | Bantam | | Laura Ann Gilman | Flesh and Fire | Pocket | | China Mieville | The City and The City | Del Rey | | Cherie Priest | Boneshaker | Tor | | Jeff Vandermeer | Finch | Underland Press |
Here is the list of winners of the Best Novel dating back to 1975:
| Year | Author | Book | | 2009 | Paolo Bacigulupi | The Windup Girl | | 2008 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Powers | | 2007 | Michael Chabon | The Yiddish Policemen's Union | | 2006 | Jack McDevitt | Seeker | | 2005 | Joe Haldeman | Camouflage | | 2004 | Lois McMaster Bujold | Paladin of Souls | | 2003 | Elizabeth Moon | The Speed of Dark | | 2002 | Neil Gaiman | American Gods | | 2001 | Catherine Asaro | The Quantum Rose | | 2000 | Greg Bear | Darwin's Radio | | 1999 | Octavia E. Butler | Parable of the Talents | | 1998 | Joe Haldeman | Forever Peace | | 1997 | Vonda N. Mcintyre | The Moon and the Sun | | 1996 | Nicola Griffith | Slow River | | 1995 | Robert J. Sawyer | The Terminal Experiment | | 1994 | Greg Bear | Moving Mars | | 1993 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Red Mars | | 1992 | Connie Willis | Doomsday Book | | 1991 | Michael Swanwick | Stations of the Tide | | 1990 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Tehanu | | 1989 | Elizabeth Ann Scarborough | The Healer's War | | 1988 | Lois Mcmaster Bujold | Falling Free | | 1987 | Pat Murphy | The Falling Woman | | 1986 | Orson Scott Card | Speaker for the Dead | | 1985 | Orson Scott Card | Ender's Game | | 1984 | William Gibson | Neuromancer | | 1983 | David Brin | Startide Rising | | 1982 | Michael Bishop | No Enemy But Time | | 1981 | Gene Wolfe | Claw of the Conciliator: New Sun 2 | | 1980 | Gregory Benford | Timescape | | 1979 | Arthur Charles Clarke | The Fountains of Paradise | | 1978 | Vonda N. Mcintyre | Dreamsnake | | 1977 | Frederik Pohl | Gateway | | 1976 | Frederik Pohl | Man Plus | | 1975 | Joe Haldeman | The Forever War |
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