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by Julie E. Czerneda


  And a handful of weeks ago Tabini had found unprecedented whimsy in arming him and giving him two hours of personal instruction at his personal retreat. They had joked, and shot melons on poles, and had supper together, and Tabini had had all the time he could possibly want to warn him if something was coming up besides the routine councils and committee meetings that involved the paidhi.

  They turned the corner. Banichi, he did not fail to note, hadn’t noticed his question. They walked out onto the colonnade, with the walls of the ancient Bu-javid pale and regular beyond them, the traffic flow on the steps reversed, now, downward bound. Atevi who had filed for hearing had their numbers, and the aiji would receive them in their established order.

  But when they walked into the untrafficked hall that led toward the garden apartments, Banichi gave him two keys. “These are the only valid ones,” Banichi said. “Kindly don’t mix them up with your old ones. The old ones work. They just don’t turn off the wires.”

  He gave Banichi a disturbed stare—which, also, Banichi didn’t seem to notice. “Can’t you just shock the bastard? Scare him? He’s not a professional. There’s been no notice . . .”

  “I’m within my license,” Banichi said. “The Intent is filed. Didn’t you say so? The intruder would be very foolish to try again.”

  A queasy feeling was in his stomach. “Banichi, damn it . . .”

  “I’ve advised the servants. Honest and wise servants, capable of serving in this house, will request admission henceforth. Your apartment is no different than mine, now. Or Jago’s. I change my own sheets.”

  As well as he knew Jago and Banichi, he had had no idea of such hazards in their quarters. It made sense in their case or in Tabini’s. It didn’t, in his.

  “I trust,” Banichi said, “you’ve no duplicate keys circulating. No ladies. No—hem—other connections. You’ve not been gambling, have you?”

  “No!” Banichi knew him, too, knew he had female connections on ­Mospheira, one and two not averse to what Banichi would call a one-candle night. The paidhi-aiji hadn’t time for a social life, otherwise. Or for long romantic maneuverings or hurt feelings, lingering hellos or good-byes—most of all, not for the peddling of influence or attempts to push this or that point on him. His friends didn’t ask questions. Or want more than a bouquet of flowers, a phone call, and a night at the theater.

  “Just mind, if you’ve given any keys away.”

  “I’m not such a fool.”

  “Fools of that kind abound in the Bu-javid. I’ve spoken severely to the aiji.”

  Give atevi a piece of tech and sometimes they put it together in ways humans hadn’t, in their own history—inventors, out of their own social framework, connected ideas in ways you didn’t expect, and never intended, either in social consequence, or in technical ramifications. The wire was one. Figure that atevi had a propensity for inventions regarding personal protection, figure that atevi law didn’t forbid lethal devices, and ask how far they’d taken other items and to what uses they didn’t advertise.

  The paidhi tried to keep ahead of it. The paidhi tried to keep abreast of every technology and every piece of vocabulary in the known universe, but bits and tags perpetually got away and it was accelerating—the escape of knowledge, the recombination of items into things utterly out of human control.

  Most of all, atevi weren’t incapable of making technological discoveries completely on their own . . . and had no trouble keeping them prudently under wraps. They were not a communicative people.

  They reached the door. He used the key Banichi had given him. The door opened. Neither the mat nor the wire was in evidence.

  “Ankle high and black,” Banichi said. “But it’s down and disarmed. You did use the right key.”

  “Your key.” He didn’t favor Banichi’s jokes. “I don’t see the mat.”

  “Under the carpet. Don’t walk on it barefoot. You’d bleed. The wire is an easy step in. You can walk on it while it’s off. Just don’t do that barefoot, either.”

  He could scarcely see it. He walked across the mat. Banichi stayed the other side of it.

  “It cuts its own way through insulation,” Banichi said. “And through boot leather, paidhi-ji, if it’s live. Don’t touch it, even when it’s dead. Lock the door and don’t wander the halls.”

  “I have an energy council meeting this afternoon.”

  “You’ll want to change coats, nadi. Wait here for Jago. She’ll escort you.”

  “What is this? I’m to have an escort everywhere I go? I’m to be leapt upon by the minister of Works? Assaulted by the head of Water Management?”

  “Prudence, prudence, nadi Bren. Jago’s witty company. She’s fascinated by your brown hair.”

  He was outraged. “You’re enjoying this. It’s not funny, Banichi.”

  “Forgive me.” Banichi was unfailingly solemn. “But humor her. Escort is so damned boring.”

  PAST NEBULA AWARD WINNERS

  1965

  Novel: Dune by Frank Herbert

  Novella: “He Who Shapes” by Roger Zelazny and “The Saliva Tree” by Brian Aldiss (tie)

  Novelette: “The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth” by Roger Zelazny

  Short Story: “‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman” by Harlan Ellison

  1966

  Novel: Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany and Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (tie)

  Novella: “The Last Castle” by Jack Vance

  Novelette: “Call Him Lord” by Gordon R. Dickson

  Short Story: “The Secret Place” by Richard McKenna

  1967

  Novel: The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany

  Novella: “Behold the Man” by Michael Moorcock

  Novelette: “Gonna Roll the Bones” by Fritz Leiber

  Short Story: “Aye, and Gomorrah” by Samuel R. Delany

  1968

  Novel: Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin

  Novella: “Dragonrider” by Anne McCaffrey

  Novelette: “Mother to the World” by Richard Wilson

  Short Story: “The Planners” by Kate Wilhelm

  1969

  Novel: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

  Novella: “A Boy and His Dog” by Harlan Ellison

  Novelette: “Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones” by Samuel R. Delany

  Short Story: “Passengers” by Robert Silverberg

  1970

  Novel: Ringworld by Larry Niven

  Novella: “Ill Met in Lankhmar” by Fritz Leiber

  Novelette: “Slow Sculpture” by Theodore Sturgeon

  Short Story: No Award

  1971

  Novel: A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg

  Novella: “The Missing Man” by Katherine MacLean

  Novelette: “The Queen of Air and Darkness” by Poul Anderson

  Short Story: “Good News from the Vatican” by Robert Silverberg

  1972

  Novel: The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov

  Novella: “A Meeting with Medusa” by Arthur C. Clarke

  Novelette: “Goat Song” by Poul Anderson

  Short Story: “When It Changed” by Joanna Russ

  1973

  Novel: Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke

  Novella: “The Death of Doctor Island” by Gene Wolfe

  Novelette: “Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand” by Vonda N. McIntyre

  Short Story: “Love Is the Plan, the Plan Is Death” by James Tiptree Jr.

  Dramatic Presentation: Soylent Green

  1974

  Novel: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

  Novella: “Born with the Dead” by Robert Silverberg

  Novelette: “If the Stars Are Gods” by Gordon Eklund and Gregory Benford

  Short Story: “The Day before the Revolution” by Ursula K. Le Guin

  Dramatic Presentation: Sleeper by Woody Allen

  Grand Master: Robert Heinlein

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  Novel: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

  Novella: “Home Is the Hangman” by Roger Zelazny

  Novelette: “San Diego Lightfoot Sue” by Tom Reamy

  Short Story: “Catch That Zeppelin” by Fritz Leiber

  Dramatic Presentation: Young Frankenstein by Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder

  Grand Master: Jack Williamson

  1976

  Novel: Man Plus by Frederik Pohl

  Novella: “Houston, Houston, Do You Read?” by James Tiptree Jr.

  Novelette: “The Bicentennial Man” by Isaac Asimov

  Short Story: “A Crowd of Shadows” by C. L. Grant

  Grand Master: Clifford D. Simak

  1977

  Novel: Gateway by Frederik Pohl

  Novella: “Stardance” by Spider and Jeanne Robinson

  Novelette: “The Screwfly Solution” by Racoona Sheldon

  Short Story: “Jeffty Is Five” by Harlan Ellison

  1978

  Novel: Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre

  Novella: “The Persistence of Vision” by John Varley

  Novelette: “A Glow of Candles, A Unicorn’s Eye” by C. L. Grant

  Short Story: “Stone” by Edward Bryant

  Grand Master: L. Sprague de Camp

  1979

  Novel: The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke

  Novella: “Enemy Mine” by Barry B. Longyear

  Novelette: “Sandkings” by George R. R. Martin

  Short Story: “GiANTS” by Edward Bryant

  1980

  Novel: Timescape by Gregory Benford

  Novella: “Unicorn Tapestry” by Suzy McKee Charnas

  Novelette: “The Ugly Chickens” by Howard Waldrop

  Short Story: “Grotto of the Dancing Deer” by Clifford D. Simak

  Grand Master: Fritz Leiber

  1981

  Novel: The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe

  Novella: “The Saturn Game” by Poul Anderson

  Novelette: “The Quickening” by Michael Bishop

  Short Story: “The Bone Flute” by Lisa Tuttle [declined by author]

  1982

  Novel: No Enemy but Time by Michael Bishop

  Novella: “Another Orphan” by John Kessel

  Novelette: “Fire Watch” by Connie Willis

  Short Story: “A Letter from the Clearys” by Connie Willis

  1983

  Novel: Startide Rising by David Brin

  Novella: “Hardfought” by Greg Bear

  Novelette: “Blood Music” by Greg Bear

  Short Story: “The Peacemaker” by Gardner Dozois

  Grand Master: Andre Norton

  1984

  Novel: Neuromancer by William Gibson

  Novella: “Press Enter []” by John Varley

  Novelette: “Blood Child” by Octavia Butler

  Short Story: “Morning Child” by Gardner Dozois

  1985

  Novel: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

  Novella: “Sailing to Byzantium” by Robert Silverberg

  Novelette: “Portraits of His Children” by George R. R. Martin

  Short Story: “Out of All Them Bright Stars” by Nancy Kress

  Grand Master: Arthur C. Clarke

  1986

  Novel: Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card

  Novella: “R&R” by Lucius Shepard

  Novelette: “The Girl Who Fell into the Sky” by Kate Wilhelm

  Short Story: “Tangents” by Greg Bear

  Grand Master: Isaac Asimov

  1987

  Novel: The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy

  Novella: “The Blind Geometer” by Kim Stanley Robinson

  Novelette: “Rachel in Love” by Pat Murphy

  Short Story: “Forever Yours, Anna” by Kate Wilhelm

  Grand Master: Alfred Bester

  1988

  Novel: Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold

  Novella: “The Last of the Winne­bagos” by Connie Willis

  Novelette: “Schrödinger’s Kitten” by George Alec Effinger

  Short Story: “Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge” by James Morrow

  Grand Master: Ray Bradbury

  1989

  Novel: The Healer’s War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

  Novella: “The Mountains of Mourning” by Lois McMaster Bujold

  Novelette: “At the Rialto” by Connie Willis

  Short Story: “Ripples in the Dirac Sea” by Geoffrey A. Landis

  1990

  Novel: Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

  Novella: “The Hemingway Hoax” by Joe Haldeman

  Novelette: “Tower of Babylon” by Ted Chiang

  Short Story: “Bears Discover Fire” by Terry Bisson

  Grand Master: Lester del Rey

  1991

  Novel: Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick

  Novella: “Beggars in Spain” by Nancy Kress

  Novelette: “Guide Dog” by Mike Conner

  Short Story: “Ma Qui” by Alan Brennert

  1992

  Novel: Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

  Novella: “City Of Truth” by James Morrow

  Novelette: “Danny Goes to Mars” by Pamela Sargent

  Short Story: “Even the Queen” by Connie Willis

  Grand Master: Fred Pohl

  1993

  Novel: Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson

  Novella: “The Night We Buried Road Dog” by Jack Cady

  Novelette: “Georgia on My Mind” by Charles Sheffield

  Short Story: “Graves” by Joe Haldeman

  1994

  The 1994 Nebulas were awarded at a ceremony in New York City in late April 1995.

  Novel: Moving Mars by Greg Bear

  Novella: “Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge” by Mike Resnick

  Novelette: “The Martian Child” by David Gerrold

  Short Story: “A Defense of the Social Contracts” by Martha Soukup

  Grand Master: Damon Knight

  Author Emeritus: Emil Petaja

  1995

  Novel: The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer

  Novella: “Last Summer at Mars Hill” by Elizabeth Hand

  Novelette: “Solitude” by Ursula K. Le Guin

  Short Story: “Death and the Librarian” by Esther M. Friesner

  Grand Master: A. E. van Vogt

  Author Emeritus: Wilson “Bob” Tucker

  1996

  Novel: Slow River by Nicola Griffith

  Novella: “Da Vinci Rising” by Jack Dann

  Novelette: “Lifeboat on a Burning Sea” by Bruce Holland Rogers

  Short Story: “A Birthday” by Esther M. Friesner

  Grand Master: Jack Vance

  Author Emeritus: Judith Merril

  1997

  Novel: The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre

  Novella: “Abandon in Place” by Jerry Oltion

  Novelette: “Flowers of Aulit Prison” by Nancy Kress

  Short Story: “Sister Emily’s Lightship” by Jane Yolen

  Grand Master: Poul Anderson

  Author Emeritus: Nelson Slade Bond

  1998

  Novel: Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman

  Novella: “Reading the Bones” by Sheila Finch

  Novelette: “Lost Girls” by Jane Yolen

  Short Story: “Thirteen Ways to Water” by Bruce Holland Rogers

  Grand Master: Hal Clement (Harry Stubbs)

  Author Emeritus: William Tenn (Philip Klass)

  1999

  Novel: Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

  Novella: “Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang

  Novelette: “Mars Is No Place for Children” by Mary A. Turzillo

  Short Story: “The Cost of Doing Business” by Leslie What

  Script: The Sixth Sense by M. Night Shyamalan

  Grand Master: Brian W. Aldiss

  Author Emeritus: Daniel
Keyes

  2000

  Novel: Darwin’s Radio by Greg Bear

  Novella: “Goddesses” by Linda Nagata

  Novelette: “Daddy’s World” by Walter Jon Williams

  Short Story: “macs” by Terry Bisson

  Script: Galaxy Quest by Robert Gordon and David Howard

  Ray Bradbury Award: Yuri Rasovsky and Harlan Ellison

  Grand Master: Philip José Farmer

  Author Emeritus: Robert Sheckley

  2001

  Novel: The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro

  Novella: “The Ultimate Earth” by Jack Williamson

  Novelette: “Louise’s Ghost” by Kelly Link

  Short Story: “The Cure for Everything” by Severna Park

  Script: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by James Schamus, Kuo Jung Tsai, and Hui-Ling Wang

  President’s Award: Betty Ballantine

  2002

  Novel: American Gods by Neil Gaiman

  Novella: “Bronte’s Egg” by Richard Chwedyk

  Novelette: “Hell Is the Absence of God” by Ted Chiang

  Short Story: “Creature” by Carol Emshwiller

  Script: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by Frances Walsh, Phillipa Boyens, and Peter Jackson

  Grand Master: Ursula K. Le Guin

  Author Emeritus: Katherine MacLean

  2003

  Novel: Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon

  Novella: “Coraline” by Neil Gaiman

  Novelette: “The Empire of Ice Cream” by Jeffrey Ford

  Short Story: “What I Didn’t See” by Karen Joy Fowler

  Script: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by Frances Walsh, Phillipa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, and Peter Jackson

  Grand Master: Robert Silverberg

  Author Emeritus: Charles L. Harness

  2004

  Novel: Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold

  Novella: “The Green Leopard Plague” by Walter Jon Williams

  Novelette: “Basement Magic” by Ellen Klages

  Short Story: “Coming to Terms” by Eileen Gunn

  Script: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King by Frances Walsh, Phillipa Boyens, and Peter Jackson

  Grand Master: Anne McCaffrey

  2005

  Novel: Camouflage by Joe Haldeman

  Novella: “Magic for Beginners” by Kelly Link

 

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