http://www.sfwa.org/news/nebula_ballot04.htm *************************************************** 2004 SFWA Nebula Awards® Final Ballot *************************************************** Brook West, Nebula Award Report editor, announced the Final Ballot for the Nebula Awards® for 2004. The Nebula Awards® are voted on, and presented by, active members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. Founded as the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1965 by Damon Knight, the organization began with a charter membership of 78 writers; it now has over 1,400 members, among them most of the leading writers of science fiction and fantasy. The Awards will be announced at the 2004 Nebula Awards® Banquet to be held at the Allegro Hotel in the heart of Chicago's Loop Theater District on Saturday, April 30, 2004. 2004 Final Nebula Ballot Novels -- Paladin of Souls -- Lois McMaster Bujold (Eos, Oct03) Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom -- Cory Doctorow (Tor, Feb03) Omega -- Jack McDevitt (Ace, Nov03) Cloud Atlas : A Novel -- David Mitchell (Sceptre, Jan 2004) Perfect Circle -- Sean Stewart (Small Beer Press, Jun04) The Knight -- Gene Wolfe (Tor, Jan04) Novellas -- Walk in Silence -- Catherine Asaro (Analog, Apr03) The Tangled Strings of the Marionettes -- Adam-Troy Castro (F&SF, Jul03) The Cookie Monster -- Vernor Vinge (Analog, Oct03) The Green Leopard Plague -- Walter Jon Williams (Asimov's, Oct/Nov 2003) Just Like the Ones We Used to Know -- Connie Willis (Asimov's, Dec03) Novelettes -- Zora and the Zombie -- Andy Duncan (SCI FICTION, 2/4/04) Basement Magic -- Ellen Klages (F&SF, May03) The Voluntary State -- Christopher Rowe (SCI FICTION, May04) Dry Bones -- William Sanders (Asimov's, May03) The Gladiator's War: A Dialogue -- Lois Tilton (Asimov's, Jun04) Short Stories -- Coming to Terms -- Eileen Gunn (Stable Strategies and Others, Tachyon Publications, Sep 2004) The Strange Redemption of Sister Mary Anne -- Mike Moscoe (Analog, Nov04) Travels With my Cats -- Mike Resnick (Asimov's, Feb04) Embracing-The-New -- Benjamin Rosenbaum (Asimov's, Jan04) In the Late December -- Greg van Eekhout (Strange Horizons, 12/22/03) Aloha -- Ken Wharton (Analog, Jun03) Scripts -- The Incredibles -- Brad Bird (Pixar, Nov04) The Butterfly Effect -- J. Mackye Gruber and Eric Bress (New Line Cinema, Jan 2004) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind -- Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry (Anonymus Content/Focus Features, First aired 3/18/04) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson (New Line Cinema, First aired 17 Dec 03. Based on the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien) Posted February 15, 2005 I feel really out of it. I've only read Gene Wolfe's _The Knight_ out of all of that (but liked it very well). -- johne cook | johne.cook at gmail.com | http://www.phywriter.com |