Nebula Awards Showcase 2010

The year's best science fiction and fantasy in one essential volume. An annual commemoration, the Nebula Awards are presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America to those members whose imaginations refine and re-define the infinite storytelling possibilities found within the genre. The Nebula Awards Showcase represents the best of the best in fantasy in one indispensible collection. This year's compilation includes stories by: •Ursula K. LeGuin •Catherine Asaro •John Kessel •Nina Kiriki Hoffman •Harry Harrison, this year's Grandmaster Contents 1 • Introduction (Nebula Awards Showcase 2010) • essay by Bill Fawcett 17 • Early SF in the Pulp Magazines • essay by Robert Weinberg 23 • The Space Time Pool • (2008) • novella by Catherine Asaro (aka The Spacetime Pool) 115 • The Golden Age • essay by David Drake 119 • Powers (excerpt) • novella by Ursula K. Le Guin 163 • Science Fiction in the Fifties • essay by Robert Silverberg 175 • Selected Commentaries • essay by Algis Budrys 195 • Rules of the Game • (1996) • shortstory by Kate Wilhelm 207 • A Chance Remark • essay by Martin H. Greenberg 211 • Writing SF in the 60s • essay by Frederik Pohl and Elizabeth Anne Hull 219 • Pride and Prometheus • (2008) • novelette by John Kessel 263 • Science Fiction in the 1970s: The Tale of the Nerdy Duckling • essay by Kevin J. Anderson 269 • Trophy Wives • (2008) • novelette by Nina Kiriki Hoffman 293 • Into the Eighties • essay by Lynn Abbey 301 • Talking About Fangs • (1995) • shortstory by M. J. Engh 307 • Science Fiction in the 1990s: Waiting for Godot...or Maybe Nosferatu • essay by Mike Resnick 313 • Place Mat by Moebius • (2007) • poem by Greg Beatty 317 • Eating Light • (2007) • poem by F. J. Bergmann 319 • The Seven Devils of Central California • (2007) • poem by Catherynne M. Valente 335 • Flora's Dare (excerpt) • shortstory by Ysabeau S. Wilce 371 • Medium with a Message • essay by Jody Lynn Nye 375 • WALL-E (excerpt from script) • shortfiction by Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon 381 • The Acceptance Speech of the Bradbury Award Winner • essay by Joss Whedon 383 • An Appreciation of the Grand Master Harry Harrison • essay by Tom Doherty 385 • The Streets of Ashkelon • (1962) • shortstory by Harry Harrison View Less