Prémios Nébula 2013: as nomeações

Já foram reveladas as obras nomeadas nas várias categorias dos Prémios Nébula 2013 - um dos mais prestigiados prémios de ficção científica e fantasia, atribuídos pela Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America - um prémio de autores para autores, portanto. A cerimónia de entrega dos prémios terá lugar no 48º Nebula Awards Weekend, que decorrerá de 16 a 19 de Maio de 2013 na cidade de San Jose, na Califórnia (EUA). Na cerimónia, para além das quatro categorias dos Prémios Nébula ("Best Novel", "Best Novella", "Best Novelette" e "Best Short Story"), são também atribuídos dois outros prémios: o "Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation" e "Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy". Abaixo, a lista das obras nomeadas:

Best Novel

• Throne of the Crescent Moon, Saladin Ahmed (DAW; Gollancz ’13)
• Ironskin, Tina Connolly (Tor) 
• The Killing Moon, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK) 
• The Drowning Girl, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc) 
• Glamour in Glass, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor) 
• 2312, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

Best Novella

• On a Red Station, Drifting, Aliette de Bodard (Immersion Press) 
• After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall, Nancy Kress (Tachyon) 
• The Stars Do Not Lie, Jay Lake (Asimov’s 10-11/12) 
• All the Flavors, Ken Liu (GigaNotoSaurus 2/1/12) 
• Katabasis, Robert Reed (F&SF 11-12/12) 
• Barry’s Tale, Lawrence M. Schoen (Buffalito Buffet)

Best Novelette

• The Pyre of New Day, Catherine Asaro (The Mammoth Books of SF Wars) 
• Close Encounters, Andy Duncan (The Pottawatomie Giant & Other Stories) 
• The Waves, Ken Liu (Asimov’s 12/12) 
• The Finite Canvas, Brit Mandelo (Tor.com 12/5/12) 
• Swift, Brutal Retaliation, Meghan McCarron (Tor.com 1/4/12) 
• Portrait of Lisane da Patagnia, Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com 8/22/12) 
• Fade to White, Catherynne M. Valente (Clarkesworld 8/12)

Best Short Story

• Robot, Helena Bell (Clarkesworld 9/12) 
• Immersion, Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld 6/12) 
• Fragmentation, or Ten Thousand Goodbyes, Tom Crosshill (Clarkesworld 4/12) 
• Nanny’s Day, Leah Cypess (Asimov’s 3/12) 
• Give Her Honey When You Hear Her Scream, Maria Dahvana Headley (Lightspeed 7/12) 
• The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species, Ken Liu (Lightspeed 8/12) 
• Five Ways to Fall in Love on Planet Porcelain, Cat Rambo (Near + Far)

Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation

• The Avengers, Joss Whedon (realizador) and Joss Whedon e Zak Penn (argumentistas), (Marvel/Disney)
• Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin (realizador), Benh Zeitlin e Lucy Abilar (argumentistas), (Journeyman/Cinereach/Court 13/Fox Searchlight ) 
• The Cabin in the Woods, Drew Goddard (realizador), Joss Whedon e Drew Goddard (argumentistas) (Mutant Enemy/Lionsgate) 
• The Hunger Games, Gary Ross (realizador), Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins e Billy Ray (argumentistas), (Lionsgate)
• John Carter, Andrew Stanton (realizador), Michael Chabon, Mark Andrews e Andrew Stanton (argumentistas), (Disney)
• Looper, Rian Johnson (realizador), Rian Johnson (argumentista), (FilmDistrict/TriStar)

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy

• Iron Hearted Violet, Kelly Barnhill (Little, Brown) 
• Black Heart, Holly Black (S&S/McElderry; Gollancz) 
• Above, Leah Bobet (Levine) 
• The Diviners, Libba Bray (Little, Brown; Atom) 
• Vessel, Sarah Beth Durst (S&S/McElderry) 
• Seraphina, Rachel Hartman (Random House; Doubleday UK) 
• Enchanted, Alethea Kontis (Harcourt) 
• Every Day, David Levithan (Alice A. Knopf Books for Young Readers) 
• Summer of the Mariposas, Guadalupe Garcia McCall (Tu Books) 
• Railsea, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan) 
• Fair Coin, E.C. Myers (Pyr) 
• Above World, Jenn Reese (Candlewick)

Fontes: SF Signal / Whatever (John Scalzi) / Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America