2006 Nebula Awards 105
Embedded Geek writes "Locus is reporting on the winners of the 2006 Nebula Awards (as determined by voting by fellow SF authors). Joe Haldeman picked up the Novel award for Camouflage while Kelly Link took home both the Novella ("Magic for Beginners") and Novelette ("The Faery Handbag"). Off the printed page, Joss Whedon beat out Battlestar Galactica with his script for Serenity. You can check out the final ballot here or look at past winners here."
Haldeman stories in COMICS. (Score:2, Informative)
Marvano is responsible for the artwork.
http://www.bibliotheek.haacht.be/Mijn%20afbeeldin
Re:Meh. (Score:5, Informative)
They are also available online:
- Magic for Beginners [sfsite.com]
- The Faery Handbag [lcrw.net]
Haldeman deserves it for sure... (Score:4, Informative)
Reading the finalist listing though, I've seen that there is the damn fine novel 'Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell' by Susanna Clarke. Very amazing book, superbly written, it even has annotations in essay style, definitely a contender which I recommend to anyone interested in reading a good novel and as a fantasy genre initiation (though I would never define it as 'fantasy').
Even though I put off my judgement until I have read Camouflage, if S. Clarke lost to Haldeman, then it must be a damn fine novel indeed.
(Speaking of runners-up, John C. Wright is also quite good, his Golden Age series give some needed fresh-air to the hard-sf speculative fiction genre.)
Re:Haldeman deserves it for sure... (Score:4, Informative)
I recently finished reading this novel, and it was outstanding. I highly recommend it. Incidentally, it won several other awards, including the Locus Award, the 2005 World Fantasy Award, and the 2005 Hugo Award. You can find out more about it here: http://www.jonathanstrange.com/ [jonathanstrange.com]
ok I'm stupid what's the difference between... (Score:5, Informative)
From:
http://www.sfwa.org/awards/faq.htm#6 [sfwa.org]
* Novel -- 40,000 words or more
* Novella -- 17,500-39,999 words
* Novelette -- 7,500-17,499 words
* Short Story -- 7,499 words or fewer
* Script -- a professionally produced audio, radio, television, motion picture, multimedia, or theatrical script