SFWA presented the 2013 Nebula Awards on May 17 in San Jose.
Best Novel
- Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Best Novella
- ‘‘The Weight of the Sunrise,’’ Vylar Kaftan (Asimov’s 2/13)
Best Novelette
- ‘‘The Waiting Stars,’’ Aliette de Bodard (The Other Half of the Sky)
Best Short Story
- ‘‘If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love,’’ Rachel Swirsky (Apex 3/13)
Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
- Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, director; Alfonso Cuarón & Jonás Cuarón, writers) (Warner Bros.)
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Sister Mine, Nalo Hopkinson (Grand Central)
Gravity winning the Nebula is proof positive that even science fiction writers are drinkers of the CGI Kool-aid. The movie is certainly spectacular to view, but the premise and plot are as smelly as a fresh pile of dog doo. Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke must be turning in their graves.