Congratulations to the Nebula Award Nominees!

[scarlettina]

This year's Nebula Award nominees have been announced. Congratulations to everyone who was nominated. In particular I want to single out my peeps for their achievements:

papersky for her magnificent novel, Among Others
maryrobinette for her novella, "Kiss Me Twice"
kijjohnson for her novella, "The Man Who Bridged the Mist"
Adam-Troy Castro for his double nomination, his novella "With Unclean Hands" and his short story "Her Husband's Hands"

Huge congratulations and good luck to you all.

Interesting to see the Dramatic Award nominees. I didn't see the Captain America movie, but I find myself surprised to see it on the list. I'm delighted that Midnight in Paris and The Adjustment Bureau made the cut; I knew that the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor's Wife" would would. The appearance of Hugo on the ballot is interesting to me because it's not technically science fiction or fantasy, though it has the distinct flavor of the genre. (Don't get me wrong; I agree with the nomination. I just think it's interesting that, when critically examined, the film's fantastic and/or speculative elements are minimal and yet here it is on the ballot.) I'm curious to hear people's thoughts on its inclusion.

Comments

[madrobins]

You know, it never occurred to me, while I was working on the nominations, that Hugo wasn't genre. When another Nebula-worker said exactly what you said, it brought me up short. I mean: automatons. Flights to the moon. That ridiculous contraption on the stationmaster's leg. Gears, clock parts--it feels deliciously steampunk (and I'm not a steampunk lover).

It's a very good list, representing writers old and new, traditional, small press, and online publishers.

And I got to write emails to Woody Allen and Martin Scorcese telling them about their nominations. And call Kij and Charlie Jane Anders and a couple of other people to tell them. Now that is a perk of the job.

[e-bourne.livejournal.com]

The Captain America movie surprised us with how good it was. It's worth seeing, especially if you have plans to see The Avengers movie when it comes out.

Thor was awful, although it had eye candy. However, I fear it's going to be a necessary piece of the puzzle, alas.

[allanh.livejournal.com]

I posit that Hugo is a meta-genre SF&F film, which promotes the history and dissemination of SF&F, and should therefore qualify for the ballot.

[overratedomac.livejournal.com]

All as an aside -- I actually thought Thor was okay (not great or anything, but okay) and thought Captain America was dreadful. But then, in general I think Marvel mostly misses the mark w/ their films (the first Spiderman being a notable exception) and DC mostly hits (the Burton Batman films all being notable exceptions). *Mostly* being the very operative word, since both houses have brought forth some utter dreck...

[ghilledhu.livejournal.com]

Captain America imo managed the very neat trick of capturing a period feel and playing what could have been an incredibly hokey character in a way that was both straight (as in, non-ironic) and engaging. The USO sequence alone was worth the price of admission.

Thor the movie wasn't wonderful; Thor the half-nekkid blond...was. Yum.