Ah, le prix Nebula, un véritable incontournable, c'est le cas de le dire !
Après un premier écrémage voici un peu plus d'un mois, la liste définitive des finalistes a maintenant été dévoilée. Les récompenses seront remis à leurs vainqueurs respectifs lors du prochain banquet de l'association, le 26 avril prochain, à Austin, Texas.
On notera au passage plusieurs nouveaux venus, mais aussi la présence, une fois encore, d'un Joe Haldeman, déjà couronné à cinq reprises !

Meilleur roman

• The Accidental Time Machine, Joe Haldeman (Ace)
• The New Moon's Arms, Nalo Hopkinson (Warner)
• Odyssey, Jack McDevitt (Ace 2006)
• Ragamuffin, Tobias S. Buckell (Tor)
• The Yiddish Policeman's Union, Michael Chabon (HarperCollins)

Meilleure nouvelle :

• "Awakenings", Judith Berman (Black Gate Spr 2007)
• "The Fountain of Age", Nancy Kress (Asimov's Jul 2007)
• "The Helper and His Hero", Matt Hughes (F&SF Feb,Mar 2007)
• "Kiosk", Bruce Sterling (F&SF Jan 2007)
• "Memorare", Gene Wolfe (F&SF Apr 2007)
• "Stars Seen through Stone", Lucius Shepard (F&SF Jul 2007)

Novelette (entre 7,500 et 17 500 mots) :

• "Child, Maiden, Mother, Crone", Terry Bramlett (Jim Baen's Universe Jun 2007)
• "The Children's Crusade", Robin Wayne Bailey (Heroes in Training)
• "The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs Of North Park After the Change", Kij Johnson (The Coyote Road)
• "The Fiddler of Bayou Teche", Delia Sherman (The Coyote Road)
• "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate", Ted Chiang (F&SF Sep 2007)
• "Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy)", Geoff Ryman (F&SF Oct/Nov 2006)

"Safeguard", Nancy Kress (Asimov's Jan 2007)

Short story :

• "Always", Karen Joy Fowler (Asimov's Apr/May 2007)
• "Captive Girl", Jennifer Pelland (Helix #2 Fall 2006)
• "Pride", Mary Turzillo (Fast Forward 1)
• "The Story of Love", Vera Nazarian (Salt of the Air 2006)
• "Titanium Mike Saves the Day", David D. Levine (F&SF Apr 2007)
• "Unique Chicken Goes In Reverse", Andy Duncan (Eclipse One)

Meilleur scénario :

• Children of Men, Alfonso Cuaron, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby (Universal Studios)
• Doctor Who: Blink, Steven Moffat (BBC/The Sci-Fi Channel)
• Pan's Labyrinth, Guillermo del Toro (Time/Warner)
• The Prestige, Christopher Nolan & Jonathan Nolan (Newmarket Films, Oct06 based on the novel by Christopher Priest)
• Star Trek: New Voyages: World Enough and Time, Marc Scott Zicree & Michael Reaves (www.startreknewvoyages.com)
• V for Vendetta, Larry Wachowski & Andy Wachowski (Warner Films, based on the graphic novel illustrated by David Lloyd)

Prix Andre Norton :

• Flora Segunda, Ysabeau S. Wilce (Harcourt)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J. K. Rowling (Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books)
• Into the Wild, Sarah Beth Durst (Razorbill)
• The Lion Hunter, Elizabeth Wein (Viking Juvenile)
• The Shadow Speaker, Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu (Hyperion/Jump at the Sun)
• The True Meaning of Smekday, Adam Rex (Hyperion)
• Vintage: A Ghost Story, Steve Berman (Haworth)

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