Last night, the Science Fiction Writers of America held its first-ever virtual Nebula Awards, handing out prizes for excellence in the field that had been voted on by its members - the writers' own peers.
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As ever, the list is a brilliant tour through the year's work, and I'm especially pleased by the best novel winner, @SarahPinsker, who won for "A Song for a New Day," which I reviewed and blurbed.
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"Song" has a bit of (un?)fortunate timing, in that it is about gig economy workers in an oligarchic, locked-down world where pandemic and terrorist have everyone in the country locked inside, permanently, dependent on an Amazon-like company for drone deliveries.
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It's a great rock-n-roll novel, about the underground club scene that flourishes in this all-too-familiar totalitarian world - and how it is co-opted by entertainment corporations - and how it ultimately resists co-option and fights a war of liberation.
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Congrats to all the winners and nominees!
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