Nebula Award Stories
Product Description In 1965, Damon Knight founded the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA), whose membership consisted of only seventy-eight writers at the time, and established the annual presentation of the Nebula Awards. Over thirty-five years later SFWA continues the tradition of awarding the best in the science fiction field, chosen by the active members of the organization. It was the SFWA's first secretary-treasurer, Lloyd Biggle, Jr., who suggested the publication of an annual anthology collecting the best stories of the year. In Roger Zelazny's "The Doors of his Face, The Lamps of his Mouth", a man is given one last chance at capturing a legendary sea serpent in the oceans of Venus. A clownish figure disrupts productivity in a future where loss of time equals loss of life in Harlan Ellisons "'Repent Harlequin!' said the Ticktockman". Larry Niven's "Becalmed in Hell" asks the question whether a spaceshipís malfunction is mechanical...or psychological. In "Balanced Ecology" by James H. Schmitz, only two children can prevent the cutting and clearing of a diamondwood forest...with a little help from Mother Nature. From Library Journal This is the first volume in Stealth's new series of quality hardcover reprints of all the Nebula Award anthologies. This volume features 1965's top sf and includes such gold as Roger Zelazny's "The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth" and "He Who Shapes," James H. Schmitz's "Balanced Ecology," Harlan Ellison's "'Repent Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman," Gordon R. Dickson's "Computers Don't Argue," Larry Niven's "Becalmed in Hell," Brian W. Aldiss's "The Saliva Tree," and J.G. Ballard's "The Drowned Giant," plus an introduction by editor Knight. Top shelf all the way, this series will delight all fans of the genre and is essential for sf collections. Order online at www.stealthpress.com. Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.