2015 Nebula Award Winners Announced (sfwa.org)

Dave Knott writes: The winners of the 2015 Nebula Awards (presented 2016) have been announced. The Nebulas are voted on by members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and (along with the Hugos) are considered to be one of the two most prestigious awards in science fiction. This year's winners are:

Best Novel: Uprooted , Naomi Novik
Best Novella: Binti , Nnedi Okorafor
Best Novelette: "Our Lady of the Open Road," Sarah Pinsker
Best Short Story: "Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers," Alyssa Wong
Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation: Mad Max: Fury Road , Written by George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nick Lathouris
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy: Updraft , Fran Wilde
Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award: Sir Terry Pratchett
Kevin O'Donnell Jr. Service Award: Lawrence M. Schoen
2016 Damon Knight Grand Master Award: C.J. Cherryh

Comments

Re:Fury Road

[Salgak1]

Which is a pity. Still, "Fury Road" was probably the second-best "Mad Max" movie, after "The Road Warrior".

I suspect Andy Weir will get the Campbell this year, and "The Martian" will likely get the Hugo for Best Long-Form Dramatic Presentation. . .

Re:Fury Road

[Anonymous Coward]

"Fury Road" was probably the second-best "Mad Max" movie, after "The Road Warrior".

What about "Thunderdome"?

"Please, Crow, can't we just get beyond Thunderdome?"

Re:Wow!

[serviscope_minor]

I see. You're one of those raving nutcases who is simply prepared to invent your own facts when the real ones don't support you point.

You see that nebula award winning film this year? Directed and created by a straight white dude.

Re:Wow!

[Anonymous Coward]

God forbid they ever give another award to a straight white male.

Like Sir Terry Pratchett, who is right in the list in the summary.

But please, don't let facts interfere with your butthurt. MRA teardrops taste so sweet in the morning.

Re:Wow!

[Kierthos]

Nope. But are you aware that last year, four out of the six nominees were guys? And one of them one. Here's a thought (I know, that might be strange to you), maybe.... maybe the reason they won this year was because they were voted as the best?

That it's not some overarching conspiracy to make you feel frustrated and upset from the depths of your mom's basement?

Re:I haz puppies?

[mukinrestak]

Oh honey, I'm not a puppy of either stripe, I just enjoy watching them upset a bunch of tight-arses. As for Ms. Quinn, I expect to have a sensible chuckle in the unlikely event that Mr. Tingle actually wins and has her accept his award.

BTW, has it ever occurred to you that what really fuels the anti-SJW movement is you guys insisting on labeling anyone who disagrees with you as creeps, harassers, neckbeards, racists, man-children, bigots, misogynerds, etc. when 99% of the time the targets of your rage are in fact not those things? The gamergaters didn't get set off by a woman daring to whatever she did, but by the flood of stereotyping attack articles pushed by gamejournopros.

Re:Wow!

[AmiMoJo]

Mad Max got some praise for not having the typical "helpless damsel in distress" stuff and instead having female characters who could actually do something for themselves. Same with Star Wars, because Leia was damseled in all three films (at least she fought back a bit).

Both were great films, not trying to make any particular point about women, just treating them like actual adult human beings rather than a mere plot device to give the male characters something to do. I don't see that harming men in any way, if anything it's good for us because we are starting to see the same thing with other character types who were previously just there for the plot, like geeks and engineers.