Nebula Award Stories 9
ISBN 0-575-01899-2 | | |
Preceded by | Nebula Award Stories Eight | |
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Followed by | Nebula Award Stories 10 |
Nebula Award Stories 9 is an
Summary
The book collects pieces published in 1973 that won or were nominated for the Nebula Awards for novella, novelette and short story for the year 1974 and nonfiction pieces related to the awards, together with an introduction by the editor. Several of the non-winning pieces nominated for Best Novella, Novelette and Best Short Story were omitted, and one story not nominated for any of the awards was included.
Contents
- "Introduction" (Kate Wilhelm)
- "The Death of Dr. Island" [Best Novella winner, 1974] (Gene Wolfe)
- "Shark" [Best Short Story nominee, 1974] (Edward Bryant)
- "With Morning Comes Mistfall" [Best Short Story nominee, 1974] (George R. R. Martin)
- "The Future of Science: Prometheus, Apollo, Athena" (Ben Bova)
- "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand" [Best Novelette winner, 1974] (Vonda N. McIntyre)
- "The Deathbird" [Best Novelette nominee, 1974] (Harlan Ellison)
- "A Thing of Beauty" [Best Short Story nominee, 1974] (Norman Spinrad)
- "James Tiptree, Jr.)
- "1973: The Year in Science Fiction" (Damon Knight)
- "The Childhood of the Human Hero" (Carol Emshwiller)
- "The Nebula Winners, 1965-1973"
- "The Authors"
Reception
Martin Hillman, surveying several then-current science fiction anthologies in the Tribune, noted "there are jewels too, of course, in Nebula Award Stories 9, edited by Kate Wilhelm (Gollancz, £3), including those by Gene Wolfe, James Tiptree and the remarkable Carol Emshwiller."[2]
The anthology was also reviewed by Frederick Patten in Delap's F & SF Review, May 1975, Philippa Grove-Stephensen in Paperback Parlour, February 1977, and David A. Truesdale in the Tribune, Blackpool, Science Fiction Review, January-February 1979.[1]
Awards
The book placed fifth in the 1975 Locus Poll Award for Best Reprint Anthology.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c Nebula Award Stories 9 title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- ^ Hillman, Martin. "Science fiction. Collected nostalgia." Review in the Tribune v. 39, iss. 2, January 10, 1975, p. 7.