Nebula Awards 23


Nebula Awards 23 is an anthology of award winning science fiction short works edited by Michael Bishop, the first of three successive volumes under his editorship. It was first published in hardcover and trade paperback by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in April 1989.

Summary

The book collects pieces that won or were nominated for the Nebula Awards for novella, novelette and short story for the year 1988 and various nonfiction pieces related to the awards, together with a tribute to 1988 Damon Knight [Memorial Grand Master Award|Grand Master award winner] and recently decreased author Alfred Bester, the three Rhysling Award-winning poems for 1987, a couple other pieces, and an introduction by the editor. Not all nominees for the various awards are included.

Contents

  • "Introduction"
  • "The World Renews Itself: A View on the SF and Fantasy of 1987"
  • "In Memoriam: Alfred Bester 1913 1987"
  • "Forever Yours, Anna"
  • "Flowers of Edo"
  • "Schwarzschild Radius" Best Novelette nominee, 1988
  • "Witness"
  • "Judgment Call"
  • "The Glassblower's Dragon"
  • "Rachel in Love"
  • "Rhysling Poetry Award Winners"
  • "Before the Big Bang: News from the Hubble Large Space Telescope"
  • "A Dream of Heredity"
  • "Daedalus"
  • "Angel"
  • "Freezeframe"
  • "The Blind Geometer"
  • "Spelling God with the Wrong Blocks"
  • "DX"
  • "Science Fiction Movies of 1987"
  • "About the Nebula Award"
  • "Past Nebula Award Winners"

    Reception

Kirkus Reviews called the anthology "olid and dependable overall, measuring up to the high standards set in previous years." Singled out as "the most noteworthy entries" are the pieces by Kate Wilhelm, Bruce Sterling, Gregory Benford, Kim Stanley Robinson, and James Morrow.

Awards

The book placed thirteenth in the 1990 Locus Poll Award for Best Anthology.