Something pretty incredible just happened.
My novella, “The Regular,” which was originally published in Upgraded, edited by Neil Clarke, has been nominated for a Nebula Award! (You can read the novella for free thanks to Neil Clarke here). This is a huge honor, and I’m super pleased to be in the company of my fellow nominees (congrats to them!):
- We Are All Completely Fine, Daryl Gregory (Tachyon)
- Yesterday’s Kin, Nancy Kress (Tachyon)
- “The Regular,” Ken Liu (Upgraded)
- “The Mothers of Voorhisville,” Mary Rickert (Tor.com 4/30/14)
- Calendrical Regression, Lawrence Schoen (NobleFusion)
- “Grand Jeté (The Great Leap),” Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Summer ’14)
In addition, The Three-Body Problem, by Liu Cixin, has been nominated for a Nebula in the novel category. I translated this novel, and I understand that this is only the second translated novel in the history of the Nebulas to be nominated (the previous one was Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities). It is a huge honor for me to have had the chance to work on the translation of this novel, and I’m really pleased for Liu Cixin, Liz Gorinsky, my editor, Tor Books, and all my beta readers who helped me in the process. Congrats, Da Liu! And congrats to the other novel nominees as well.
- The Goblin Emperor, Katherine Addison (Tor)
- Trial by Fire, Charles E. Gannon (Baen)
- Ancillary Sword, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
- The Three-Body Problem, Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu (Tor)
- Coming Home, Jack McDevitt (Ace)
- Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer (FSG Originals; Fourth Estate; HarperCollins Canada)
Congrats to all the nominees on the list in other categories. You’re all amazing and it’s a pleasure to see so many friends and fresh voices on the list this year.
Full announcement can be seen on the SFWA web site.