2005 Preliminary Nebula Ballot

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| Novels | | Novellas | | Novelettes | | Short Stories | | Scripts | | Andre Norton Award |

Novels

The Hallowed Hunt, by Lois McMaster Bujold
(Eos, May05)

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
(Bloomsbury, Holtzbrinck Publishers, Sep04)

Survival (Species Imperative 1), by Julie E. Czerneda
(DAW, May04)

The Rebel: An Imagined Life of James Dean, by Jack Dann
(William Morrow, Dec04)

Camouflage, by Joe Haldeman (Fictionwise download)
(Analog, May04 (Serialized in Analog Mar-May04, also Ace book Aug 2004))

Mortal Love, by Elizabeth Hand
(William Morrow, Jun04)

The Child Goddess, by Louise Marley (Fictionwise download)
(Ace, May04)

Polaris, by Jack McDevitt (Fictionwise download)
(Ace, Nov04)

Cusp, by Robert A. Metzger (Fictionwise download)
(Ace, Jan05)

Iron Council, by China Miéville (Fictionwise download)
(Del Rey, Jul04)

Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett
(HarperCollins, Oct04)

Forty Signs of Rain, by Kim Stanley Robinson (Fictionwise download)
(Bantam Spectra, Jun04)

Air, by Geoff Ryman
(St. Martin's Press, Sep04)

Trash, Sex, Magic, by Jennifer Stevenson (Fictionwise download)
(Small Beer Press, Jun04)

Dread Empire's Fall: The Sundering, by Walter Jon Williams (free copy on Private Edition)
(HarperTorch, Mar04)

Novellas

"The Tribes of Bela," by Albert Cowdrey (Fictionwise download)
(F&SF, Aug04)

"Magic for Beginners," by Kelly Link
(Magic for Beginners, Small Beer Press, Jul05)

"Identity Theft," by Robert J. Sawyer (link to Private Edition)
(Down These Dark Spaceways, Mike Resnick, Ed., Science Fiction Book Club, May05)

"Clay's Pride," by Bud Sparhawk (Fictionwise download)
(Analog, Aug04 (In July/August issue))

"Left of the Dial," by Paul Witcover
(SCI FICTION, Sep04)

Novelettes

"Flat Diane," by Daniel Abraham
(F&SF, Nov04 (Oct/Nov 2004 issue))

"The People of Sand and Slag," by Paolo Bacigalupi
(F&SF, Feb04)

"Harvest Moon," by William Barton
(Asimov's, Sep05)

"The Ocean of the Blind," by James L. Cambias
(F&SF, Apr04)

"Anda's Game," by Cory Doctorow
(Salon.com, Nov04 (Online 15 Nov 04))

"Nirvana High," by Eileen Gunn and Leslie What
(Stable Strategies and Others, Tachyon Press, Sep04)

"Men are Trouble," by Jim Kelly
(Asimov's, Jun04)

"The Faery Handbag," by Kelly Link
(The Faery Reel: Tales From the Twilight Realm, Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, Ed., Viking Press, Aug04)

"Keyboard Practice Consisting of an Aria with Diverse Variations for the Harpsichord with Two Manuals," by John G. McDaid
(F&SF, Jan05)

"Strength Alone," by Paul Melko
(Asimov's, Dec04)

"Dragon's Eye," by Beth Shope (link to Private Edition)
(Lords of Swords, Daniel E. Blackston, Ed., Pitch-Black Books, Dec04)

Short Stories

"Rough Draft," by Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta
(Analog, Feb05 (Jan/Feb 2005 issue.))

"The End of the World as We Know It," by Dale Bailey (Fictionwise download)
(F&SF, Nov04 (Oct/Nov 2004 issue))

"There's a Hole in the City," by Richard Bowes
(SCI FICTION, Jun05)

"I Live with You," by Carol Emshwiller
(F&SF, Mar05)

"Still Life With Boobs," by Anne Harris
(Talebones, Aug05 (In Summer 2005 issue))

"Small Moments in Time," by John G. Hemry
(Analog, Dec04)

"My Mother, Dancing," by Nancy Kress
(Asimov's, Jun04)

"Super Goat Man," by Jonathan Lethem
(New Yorker, Apr04 (Appeared 5 Apr2004))

"A Princess of Earth," by Mike Resnick (Fictionwise download)
(Asimov's, Dec04)

"Cold Fires," by M. Rickert
(F&SF, Nov04 (Oct/Nov 2004 issue))

"Start the Clock," by Benjamin Rosenbaum
(F&SF, Aug04)

"The Sky's the Limit," by Lawrence M. Schoen (link to Private Edition)
(All Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories, David Moles and Jay Lake, Ed., Wheatland Press, Nov04)

"Glinky," by Ray Vukcevich
(F&SF, Jun04)

"Christus Destitutus," by Bud Webster (link to Private Edition)
(Crossroads: Tales of the Southern Literary Fantastic, F. Brett Cox and Andy Duncan, Ed., Tor, Aug04)

"Born-Again," by K.D. Wentworth
(F&SF, May05)

Scripts

The Old Negro Space Program, by Andy Bobrow (script: link to Private Edition)
(web, Apr05 (Andy Bobrow writer/director))
[Note: the eligibility of this work has been questioned and has yet to be ruled on by the rules committee.]

Serenity, by Joss Whedon
Serenity: The Official Visual Companion (Paperback, including shooting script)
(Universal Pictures, Sep05).

Andre Norton Award

Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie, by Holly Black
(Simon & Schuster, Jun05)

Note that the Novel, Short Fiction, and Script juries may each add one work to the final ballot in their categories; the Norton jury may add up to three works to the Norton final ballot.