Nebula Award Stories 1 Author:Damon Knight (Editor) This eight-story anthology represents the FIRST set of Nebula award winners (from 1965) and features that year's winners as well as honorable mentions in the areas of short story, novella, and novellete. There were thirty nominations in 1965 for short story alone and eighteen nominations for novelette. — Best novella was a tie between R... more »oger Zelazny's "He Who Shapes" (Amazing) and Brian W. Aldiss's "The Saliva Tree" (Fantasy and Science Fiction). The best novelette also went to Roger Zelazny for his "The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth" (F&SF). And best short story to Harlan Ellison's "'Repent Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman" (Galaxy). Plus four "honorable mentions," all of short story length: James H. Schmitz's "Balanced Ecology" (Analog), Gordon R. Dickson's "Computers Don't Argue" (Analog), Larry Niven's "Becalmed in Hell" (F&SF), and J.G. Ballard's "The Drowned Giant" (as "Souvenir," Playboy).
Contents:
Introduction / Damon Knight.
The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth / Roger Zelazny;
Balanced Ecology / James H. Schmitz;
"Repent, Harlequin!" said the Ticktockman / Harlan Ellison;
He Who Shapes / Roger Zelazny;
Computers Don't Argue / Gordon R. Dickson;
Becalmed in Hell / Larry Niven;
The Saliva Tree / Brian W. Aldiss;
The Drowned Giant / J.G. Ballard.
The Nebula Awards were first presented in 1965 as an alternative to the Hugo Awards for the best science fiction novels and short fiction of the year, chosen by professional ballot by members of the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA).« less