Este 19 de mayo de 2019, en la conferencia anual de la asociación de escritores de ciencia ficción y fantasía americanos celebrada la pasada noche, se han hecho públicos los premios Nebula 2018, anunciando los ganadores de este año. En este evento se eligen los mejores escritores de ciencia ficción y fantasía del año 2018.
La novela que se ha llevado el más alto galardón es The Calculating Stars, de Mary Robinette Kowal, en la primera entrega de la saga Lady Astronaut. La obra está ambientada en una ucronía en la que un asteroide que aterrizó en la costa de América del Norte por allá en 1952 provoca una catástrofe climática.
Además de la ganadora en la categoría de novela, se premian otros tipos de categorías. Aquí tienes la lista de ganadores y finalistas. En cada listado, la primera obra en negrita es la ganadora:
Novela (Novel)
- The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
- The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US; Harper Voyager UK)
- Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller (Ecco; Orbit UK)
- Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (Del Rey; Macmillan)
- Witchmark by C.L. Polk (Tor.com Publishing)
- Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)
Novela corta (Novella)
- The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean)
- Fire Ant by Jonathan P. Brazee (Semper Fi)
- The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark (Tor.com Publishing)
- Alice Payne Arrives by Kate Heartfield (Tor.com Publishing)
- Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson (Tor.com Publishing)
- Artificial Condition by Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)
Relato (Novelette)
- The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander (Tor.com Publishing)
- The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections by Tina Connolly (Tor.com July 11th, 2018)
- An Agent of Utopia by Andy Duncan (An Agent of Utopia)
- The Substance of My Lives, the Accidents of Our Births by José Pablo Iriarte (Lightspeed Jan. 2018)
- The Rule of Three by Lawrence M. Schoen (Future Science Fiction Digest Dec. 2018)
- Messenger by Yudhanjaya Wijeratne and R.R. Virdi (Expanding Universe, Volume 4)
Relato corto (Short Story)
- “The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington”by Phenderson Djèlí Clark (Fireside Feb. 2018)
- “Interview for the End of the World” by Rhett C. Bruno (Bridge Across the Stars)
- “Going Dark” by Richard Fox (Backblast Area Clear)
- “And Yet” by A.T. Greenblatt (Uncanny March-April 2018)
- “A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies” by Alix E. Harrow (Apex Feb. 6th, 2018)
- “The Court Magician” by Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed Jan. 2018)
Premio Ray Bradbury por una representación dramática extraordinaria (The Ray Bradbury Award for outstanding dramatic presentation)
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, screenplay by Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman
- The Good Place: “Jeremy Bearimy,” written by Megan Amram
- Black Panther, written by Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole
- A Quiet Place, screenplay by John Krasinski, Bryan Woods, and Scott Beck
- Dirty Computer, written by Janelle Monáe and Chuck Lightning
- Sorry to Bother You, written by Boots Riley
Premio Andre Norton por un libro de fantasía o ciencia ficción juvenil extraordinario (Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy)
- Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (Henry Holt; Macmillan)
- Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi (Rick Riordan Presents)
- A Light in the Dark by A.K. DuBoff (BDL)
- Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman (Random House)
- Dread Nation by Justina Ireland (Balzer + Bray)
- Peasprout Chen, Future Legend of Skate and Sword by Henry Lien (Henry Holt)
Guión de juegos (Game writing)
- Black Mirror: Bandersnatch by Charlie Brooker (House of Tomorrow & Netflix)
- The Road to Canterbury by Kate Heartfield (Choice of Games)
- God of War by Matt Sophos, Richard Zangrande Gaubert, Cory Barlog, Orion Walker, and Adam Dolin (Santa Monica Studio / Sony / Interactive Entertainment)
- Rent-A-Vice by Natalia Theodoridou (Choice of Games)
- The Martian Job by M. Darusha Wehm (Choice of Games)
Así que ya sabes. Toca ahorrar y seguir la pista a todos estos extraordinarios trabajos.
Fuente: página oficial de Nebula Awards
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