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Michael Chabon and Nancy Kress Top the List of Nebula Winners

Over the weekend, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America presented its annual Nebula Awards for best works of science fiction and fantasy. Held in Austin, the Nebula Award weekend is celebration of the speculative literary scene, including everyone from the most literary to the most pulpy authors around. Unlike the Hugo Awards, which are won by popular vote, the Nebulas are chosen by a committee — sort of Academy Awards style. This year, nobody was surprised when Michael Chabon's alternate history novel The Yiddish Policeman's Union took the coveted "best novel" award. More winners below, plus links to the stories for your week's lunchtime reading. More »

10:44 AM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By Annalee Newitz
2,027 views, 19 comments

Latest by riotnrrd: Apparently Rowling has ever won a Nebula before. About time. Well, the Andre Norton award is only two years old, and as a writer of "young adult" fiction, she always had the deck stacked against her for winning best novel. Although I more »