ネビュラ賞

アメリカSF作家協会が選ぶネビュラ賞の候補作が発表されました。
http://www.sfwa.org/2011/02/2010-nebula-nominees/

Short Story

•‘‘Arvies’’, Adam-Troy Castro (Lightspeed Magazine 8/10)
•‘‘How Interesting: A Tiny Man’’, Harlan Ellison® (Realms of Fantasy 2/10)
•‘‘Ponies’’, Kij Johnson (Tor.com 1/17/10)
•‘‘I’m Alive, I Love You, I’ll See You in Reno’’, Vylar Kaftan (Lightspeed Magazine 6/10)
•‘‘The Green Book’’, Amal El-Mohtar (Apex Magazine 11/1/10)
•‘‘Ghosts of New York’’, Jennifer Pelland (Dark Faith)
•‘‘Conditional Love’’, Felicity Shoulders (Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine 1/10)
Novelette

•‘‘Map of Seventeen’’, Christopher Barzak (The Beastly Bride)
•‘‘The Jaguar House, in Shadow’’, Aliette de Bodard Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine 7/10)
•‘‘The Fortuitous Meeting of Gerard van Oost and Oludara’’, Christopher Kastensmidt (Realms of Fantasy 4/10)
•“Plus or Minus’’, James Patrick Kelly (Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine 12/10)
•‘‘Pishaach’’, Shweta Narayan (The Beastly Bride)
•‘‘That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made’’, Eric James Stone (Analog Science Fiction and Fact 9/10)
•‘‘Stone Wall Truth’’, Caroline M. Yoachim (Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine 2/10)
Novella

•The Alchemist, Paolo Bacigalupi (Audible; Subterranean)
•‘‘Iron Shoes’’, J. Kathleen Cheney (Alembical 2)
•The Lifecycle of Software Objects, Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
•‘‘The Sultan of the Clouds’’, Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine 9/10)
•‘‘Ghosts Doing the Orange Dance’’, Paul Park (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1-2/10)
•‘‘The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window’’, Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Magazine Summer ’10)
Novel

•The Native Star, M.K. Hobson (Spectra)
•The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit UK; Orbit US)
•Shades of Milk and Honey, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
•Echo, Jack McDevitt (Ace)
•Who Fears Death, Nnedi Okorafor (DAW)
•Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis (Spectra)
The Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation

•Despicable Me, Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud (directors), Ken Daurio & Cinco Paul (screenplay), Sergio Pablos (story) (Illumination Entertainment)
•Doctor Who: ‘‘Vincent and the Doctor’’, Richard Curtis (writer), Jonny Campbell (director)
•How to Train Your Dragon, Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders (directors), William Davies, Dean DeBlois, & Chris Sanders (screenplay) (DreamWorks Animation)
•Inception, Christopher Nolan (director), Christopher Nolan (screenplay) (Warner)
•Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Edgar Wright (director), Michael Bacall & Edgar Wright (screenplay) (Universal)
•Toy Story 3, Lee Unkrich (director), Michael Arndt (screenplay), John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, & Lee Unkrich (story) (Pixar/Disney)
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy

•Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown)
•White Cat, Holly Black (McElderry)
•Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press; Scholastic UK)
•Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, Barry Deutsch (Amulet)
•The Boy from Ilysies, Pearl North (Tor Teen)
•I Shall Wear Midnight, Terry Pratchett (Gollancz; Harper)
•A Conspiracy of Kings, Megan Whalen Turner (Greenwillow)
•Behemoth, Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse; Simon & Schuster UK)

個人的なお薦め作品がいくつも落ちているのは毎年のことなのですが、ヒューゴー賞と意識的に変えようとする姿勢はやはり衰えているようです。残念ながらハイカソルで翻訳された作品など日本勢は今年は見送られました。