Nebula Awards Showcase 2009 Author:Ellen Datlow (Editor) Michael Chabon, Michael Moorcock, Karen Joy Fowler, and more: The pulse of modern science fiction. (New York Times Book Review) — This annual tradition from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America collects the best of the year's stories, as well as essays and commentary on the current state of the genre and prediction... more »s of future science fiction and fantasy films, art, and more.
Contents:
* Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate / Ted Chiang;
* Always / Karen Joy Fowler;
* Where the Sidewalk Ends / Barry N. Malzberg;
* Why I Write Science Fiction / Kathleen Ann Goonan;
* Titanium Mike Saves the Day / David D. Levine;
* Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter / Geoff Ryman;
* Yiddish Policemen's Union / Michael Chabon;
* Last Unicorn / Jane Yolen;
* Graven Idol's Godheart / Rich Ristow;
* Journey to Kailash / Mike Allen;
* Stars Seen Through Stone / Lucius Shepard;
* What You Saw Was What You Got: The Year in Films / Howard Waldrop;
* Pan's Labyrinth: Dreaming With Eyes Wide Open / Tim Lucas;
* Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park After the Change / Kij Johnson;
* An Appreciation of Michael Moorcock / Kim Newman;
* Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittarius / Michael Moorcock;
* New Golden Age: The Rise of Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy / Gwenda Bond;
* Clubbing / Ellen Asher;
* Captive Girl / Jennifer Pelland;
* Unique Chicken Goes in Reverse / Andy Duncan;
* Fountain of Age / Nancy Kress;
* Ardath Mayhar, Talent from the Pines / Joe R. Lansdale.« less