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In Memoriam
Karl Kroeber
1926-2009
Nebula Suggested Reading
The Nebula Suggested Reading database was created in compliance with the New Nebula Rules. It provides a way for members to remember the amazing stories that they've read during the year and to share those stories with other readers. While not part of the formal Nebula voting process, this does provide a valuable tool for seeing the breadth of fiction our members read. All SFWA members are eligible to add works to the suggested reading list. Suggestions are moderated for accuracy and to prevent duplicate entries.
This page contains all the works with the most recently submitted stories at the top. Check back often to see what's been added.
To sort the list by category, click one of the links on the left.
“Housework” by Doselle Young
August 2008, “Darker Mask” Tor, Gary Phillips and
Christopher Chambers, eds.
“Ballad of the Groupie Everlasting” by Robert T. Jeschonek
November 2009, “The Trouble With Heroes,” DAW
“The Wish of a Wish” by Robert T. Jeschonek
February 2009, Crime Spells
“The Love Quest of Smidgen the Snack Cake” by Robert T. Jeschonek
Fall 2009, Space & Time Magazine
“Forced Retirement” by Robert T. Jeschonek
November 2009, A Thousand Faces,
The Quarterly Journal of Superhuman Fiction
“Blood Kin” by Maria Lima
November 2009, Pocket Books
“Shiver” by Maggie Stiefvater
July 2009, Scholastic Press
“Ballad: A Gathering of Faerie” by Maggie Stiefvater
October 2009, Flux
“The Other Lands” by David Anthony Durham
September 2009, Doubleday, Inc.
“The Year of the Flood” by Margaret Atwood
September 2009, Random House
“Early Winter, Near Jenli Village” by J. Kathleen Cheney
Fantasy Magazine, April 2009
“Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom” by David Moles
November 2009, Eclipse Two, Night Shade Books, Jonathan Strahan, ed.
“The Calling” by David Mack
July 2009, Simon and Schuster
“I Needs Must Part the Policeman Said” by Richard Bowes
December 2009, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
“Generosity” by Richard Powers
Sepember 2009, FS&G
“The Love We Share Without Knowing” by Christopher Barzak
November 2008, Bantam Books
“Under the Dome” by Stephen King
2009, Scribner
“An Orchid for Valdis” by Russell Davis
September 2008, “Imaginary Friends”, DAW Books
John Marco & Martin H. Greenberg, Eds.
“Elegy Beach” by Steven R. Boyett
November 2009, Ace
“Decisions” by Michael A. Burstein
June 2009, The Chronic Rift Podcast
“Eyes Like Stars” by Lisa Mantchev
August 2009, Feiwel and Friends
“Where the Wild Things Are” by David Eggers
2009, Directed by Spike Jonze
“A Memory of Wind” by Rachel Swirsky
Tor.com, November, 2009
“Two Boys” by Steven Popkes
August, 2009, Asimov’s Science Fiction
“Angel Dust” by Ian McHugh
July 2009, Clockwork Phoenix 2
Mike Allen, ed.
“Red-Headed Stepchild” by Jaye Wells
April 2009, Orbit
“Nor Idolatry Blind the Eye” by Charles Ardai
August 2009, Dorchester Publishing
“Mermaid” by Robert Reed
October/November 2009 F&SF
“Blocked” by Geoff Ryman
October/November 2009, F&SF
“The Demon’s Lexicon” by Sarah Rees Brennan
June 2009, Margaret K. McElderry
“Winds of Mars” by Bud Sparhawk
June 2009, Baen’s Universe
“Warbreaker” by Brandon Sanderson
July 2009, Tor
“Cold Words” by Juliette Wade
October 2009, Analog
“And Their Lips Rang with the Sun” by Amal El-Mohtar
October 2009, Strange Horizons
“Chanel Surfing in Amnesiaville” by Justin Howe
September 2009, Brain Harvest
“Tio Gilberto and the Twenty-Seven Ghosts” by Ben Francisco
October 2009, Realms of Fantasy
“Of Shifting Skin and Certainty” by Justin Howe
September 2009, Beneath Ceaseless Skies
“No Cord or Cable” by Bud Sparhawk
April 2009, Abyss and Apex
“The Price of Spring” by Daniel Abraham
Tor, July 2009
“When You Reach Me” by Rebecca Stead
July 2009, Wendy Lamb Books, Random House
“The Far Shore” by Elizabeth Hand
October/November 2009, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
“The President’s Book Tour” by M. Rickert
October/November 2009, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
“The Beardresser’s Secret” by Richard Bowes
Spring 2009, Electric Velocipede
“The Ghosthunters Beautiful Daughter” by Christoper Barzak
October 2009, Asimov’s
“Non-Zero Probabilities” by N.K. Jemisin
September 2009, Clarkesworld
“The Sea of Dreams” by William Barton
October, 2009 Asimov’s Science Fiction
“Hooves and the Hovel of Abdel Jameela” by Saladin Ahmed
Clockwork Phoenix 2, July, 2009, Mike Allen, ed.
“Stone Flowers” by Mike Allen
September 2009, Cabinet des Fées
“Before My Last Breath” by Robert Reed
Asimov’s Oct./Nov. 2009
“Living With Ghosts’ by Kari Sperring
2009, DAW
“Dragon in Chains” by Daniel Fox
2009, Del Rey
“The Radiant Car Thy Sparrows Drew” by Catherynne M. Valente
August 2009, Clarkesworld
“The Convalescent” by Jessica Anthony
June 2009, McSweeney’s
“Nowhere-Land” by A.W. Hill
June 2009, Counterpoint Press
“The Island” by Peter Watts
2009, The New Space Opera 2, Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan eds.
“Ponyo” by Hayao Miyazaki
August, 2009
“James and the Dark Grimoire” by Kevin Lauderale
March 2009, Cthulhu Unbound, Thomas Brannan and John
Sunseri eds.
“The Dragon of Trelian” by Michelle Knudsen
April 2009, Candlewick Press
“Healing Benjamin” by Dennis Danvers
August 2009, Realms of Fantasy
“Give Up the Ghost” by Megan Crewe
Sept 2009, Henry Holt & Co.
“The Miles Between” by Mary E. Pearson
Sept. 2009, Henry Holt & Co.
“Waiting for the Green Woman” by Sean Markey
May 2009, Sybil’s Garage #6, Matthew Kressel, ed.
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
August 2009, Night Shade Books
“Advection” by Genevieve Valentine
August 2009, Clarkesworld
Dial by Kristen Cashore
October 2009, Dial Books/Penguin
Revise the World by Brenda Clough
January 2009, Book View Cafe
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
August 2009, Viking Adult
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
September 2009, Scholastic
Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon
May 2009, Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins
Soul Enchilada by David Macinnis Gill
April 2009, Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins
“The Parable of the Shower” by Leah Bobet
Lone Star Stories, June 2009
“Up the Down Beanstalk” by Peter S. Beagle
Troll’s Eye View, Viking, April 2009, Datlow/Windling, eds
“A Delicate Architecture” by Catherine M. Valente
Troll’s Eye View, Viking, Apr 2009, Datlow/Windling eds.
“The Consciousness Problem” by Mary Robinette Kowal
Asimov’s, August 2009
“The Cinderella Game” by Kelly Link
Troll’s Eye View, Viking, Apr 2009, Datlow/Windling, eds.
“When Thorns are the Tips of Trees” by Jason Sanford
Apex Magazine, May 2009
“Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask,
Gentleman, Beast” by Eugie Foster
Apex Magazine, August, 2009
“Gunfight on Farside” by Adam-Troy Castro
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 2009
Enclave by Kit Reed
Tor, 2009
“Polly!” by Stephen Goldin
Midnight Showcase Fiction, November 2008
“The Promise of Touch” by Steven Mohan, Jr.,
Ideomancer, March 2009
“The Art of the Dragon” by Sean McMullen,
F&SF, Aug-Sept. 2009
“Strappado” by Laird Barron,
Solaris/ Poe/ed. Datlow, 01/09 2009
“Sleeping with Angels” by M. Rickert,
Solaris/ Poe/ed. Datlow, 01/09 2009
“One Bright Star To Guide Them” by John C. Wright,
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April/May 2009
“Lowland Sea” by Suzy McKee Charnas,
Solaris/ Poe/ed. Datlow, 01/09 2009
“Illimitable Domain” by Kim Newman,
Solaris/ Poe/ed. Datlow, 01/09 2009
“Hindsight, in Neon” by Jamie Todd Rubin,
Apex Magazine, April 2009
“Echoes of Aurora” by Ellen Klages,
What Remains, Aqueduct Press, 2009
“Bespoke” by Genevieve Valentine,
Strange Horizons, July 2009
“The Radio Magician” by James Van Pelt,
Realms of Fantasy, February 2009
“The Weeping Czar Beholds the Fallen Moon” by Ken Scholes,
Tor.com, February 2009
“The Shangri-La Affair” by Lavie Tidhar,
Strange Horizons, Jan. 2009
“Technicolor” by John Langan,
Solaris/ Poe/ed. Datlow, 01/09 2009
“Esoteric City” by Bruce Sterling,
Fantasy and Science Fiction, August/September 2009
“But It Does Move” by Harry Turtledove,
ANALOG SF, June 2009
“Act One” by Nancy Kress,
Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, March 2009
The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist,
Other Press, June 2009
The Spiral Hunt by Margaret Ronald.
Eos, January 2009
The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon,
Doubleday, June 2009