Amerikan Bilimkurgu ve Fantastik Yazarlar Birliği‘nin 1965 yılından beri her yıl düzenlediği Nebula Ödülleri’nin 2018 yılı içindeki fantastik ve bilimkurgu yapımları arasından seçtiği en iyiler ödüllerine kavuştu.
Bu eserler arasında ilk dikkat çeken isim; The Lady Astronaut of Mars, Evil Robot Monkey, Kiss Me Twice, For Want of a Nail gibi başarılı kısa öykü ve romanları ile 2008 John W. Campbell “En İyi Yeni Yazar”, 2012 Hugo “En İyi Kısa Roman” ödüllerini kazanan başarılı yazar Mary Robinette Kowal oldu. Kowal, The Calculating Stars kitabı ile 2018 Nebula Ödülleri “En İyi Roman” ödülünün sahibi oldu.
Ray Bradbury Özel Ödülü ise, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse filminin görüntü yönetmenleri Phil Lord’a ve Rodney Rothman’a gitti.
Kazananlara (renkli işaretlenenler) ve finalistlere bir göz atalım:
En İyi Roman
The Calculating Stars, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
The Poppy War, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US; Harper Voyager UK)
Blackfish City, Sam J. Miller (Ecco; Orbit UK)
Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik (Del Rey; Macmillan)
Witchmark, C.L. Polk (Tor.com Publishing)
Trail of Lightning, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)
En İyi Kısa Roman
Fire Ant, Jonathan P. Brazee (Semper Fi)
The Black God’s Drums, P. Djèlí Clark (Tor.com)
The Tea Master and the Detective, Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean)
Alice Payne Arrives, Kate Heartfield (Tor.com Publishing)
Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, Kelly Robson (Tor.com)
Artificial Condition, Martha Wells (Tor.com)
En İyi Mini Roman
The Only Harmless Great Thing, Brooke Bolander (Tor.com Publishing)
“The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections”, Tina Connolly (Tor.com 7/11/18)
“An Agent of Utopia”, Andy Duncan (An Agent of Utopia)
“The Substance of My Lives, the Accidents of Our Births”, José Pablo Iriarte (Lightspeed 1/18)
“The Rule of Three”, Lawrence M. Schoen (Future Science Fiction Digest 12/18)
“Messenger”, Yudhanjaya Wijeratne ve R.R. Virdi (Expanding Universe, Volume 4)
En İyi Kısa Öykü
“Interview for the End of the World”, Rhett C. Bruno (Bridge Across the Stars)
“The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington”, Phenderson Djèlí Clark (Fireside 2/18)
“Going Dark”, Richard Fox (Backblast Area Clear)
“And Yet”, A.T. Greenblatt (Uncanny 3-4/18)
“A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies”, Alix E. Harrow (Apex 2/6/18)
“The Court Magician”, Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed 1/18)
Dijital Senaryo Yazarlığı
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, Charlie Brooker (House of Tomorrow & Netflix)
The Road to Canterbury, Kate Heartfield (Choice of Games)
God of War, Matt Sophos, Richard Zangrande Gaubert, Cory Barlog, Orion Walker ve Adam Dolin (Santa Monica Studio/Sony/Interactive Entertainment)
Rent-A-Vice, Natalia Theodoridou (Choice of Games)
The Martian Job, M. Darusha Wehm (Choice of Games)
Ray Bradbury ÖZEL ÖDÜLÜ
The Good Place: “Jeremy Bearimy” (Yazar: Megan Amram)
Black Panther (Yazar: Ryan Coogler ve Joe Robert Cole)
A Quiet Place (Görüntü: John Krasinski, Bryan Woods ve Scott Beck)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Görüntü: Phil Lord ve Rodney Rothman)
Dirty Computer (Yazar: Janelle Monáe ve Chuck Lightning)
Sorry to Bother You (Yazar: Boots Riley)
Andre Norton ÖZEL ÖDÜLÜ
Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi (Henry Holt; Macmillan)
Aru Shah and the End of Time, Roshani Chokshi (Rick Riordan Presents)
A Light in the Dark, A.K. DuBoff (BDL)
Tess of the Road, Rachel Hartman (Random House)
Dread Nation, Justina Ireland (Balzer + Bray)
Peasprout Chen: Future Legend of Skate and Sword, Henry Lien (Henry Holt)