1975 Nebula Awards®
Presented at Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, California, April 10, 1976
1976 saw a two-day Nebula event held in Los Angeles at the Century Plaza Hotel, although few people attended for more than just the banquet, which hosted around 140 people. Terry Carr served as toastmaster and George Pal was the keynote speaker, talking about his early science fiction films, including Destination Moon, Them, and others. Further talks were given after dinner by Laurence J. Peter, who had written The Peter Principle and John McCarthy, who spoke about artificial intelligence. The presenters did not know they would be presenting the awards until their names were called, so they were as surprised as the winners.
Best Novel
- A Midsummer Tempest by Poul Anderson, published by Doubleday
- The Computer Connection by Alfred Bester, published by Analog and Berkley
- A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire by Michael Bishop, published by Ballantine
- Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, published by Harcourt
- Autumn Angels by Arthur Byron Cover, published by Pyramid
- Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow, published by Random House
- Winner: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman, published by St. Martin’s
- The Female Man by Joanna Russ, published by Bantam
- The Mote in God’s Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, published by Simon & Schuster
- The Birthgrave by Tanith Lee, published by DAW
- Missing Man by Katherine MacLean, published by Berkley
- Guernica Night by Barry N. Malzberg, published by Bobbs-Merrill
- The Heritage of Hastur by Marion Zimmer Bradley, published by DAW
- The Exile Waiting by Vonda N. McIntyre, published by Nelson Doubleday
- Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany, published by Bantam
- The Stochastic Man by Robert Silverberg, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and Harper & Row
- The Embedding by Ian Watson, published by Scribner’s
- Doorways in the Sand by Roger Zelazny, published by Analog
Best Novella
- “Sunrise West” by William K. Carlson
- “A Momentary Taste of Being” by James Tiptree Jr.
- “The Storms of Windhaven” by Lisa Tuttle and George R.R. Martin, published by Analog
- Winner: “Home is the Hangman” by Roger Zelazny, published by Analog
Best Novelette
- “The Warlord of Saturn’s Moons” by Eleanor Arnason
- “Blooded on Arachne” by Michael Bishop
- “The Custodians” by Richard Cowper, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “The Bleeding Man” by Craig Strete, published by Galaxy Science Fiction
- “The Dybbuk Dolls” by Jack Dann
- “Polly Charms, the Sleeping Woman” by Avram Davidson, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “The Final Fighting of Fion Mac Cumhail” by Randall Garrett, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “The New Atlantis” by Ursula K. Le Guin
- “A Galaxy Called Rome” by Barry N. Malzberg, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- Winner: “San Diego Lightfoot Sue” by Tom Reamy, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “Retrograde Summer” by John Varley, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Best Short Story
- “Doing Lennon” by Gregory Benford, published by Analog
- “White Creatures” by Gregory Benford
- “A Scraping at the Bones” by Algis Budrys, published by Analog
- “White Wolf Calling” by Charles L. Grant, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “Time Deer” by Craig Strete, published by If
- “Attachment” by Phyllis Eisenstein, published by Amazing Stories
- “Shatterday” by Harlan Ellison, published by Gallery
- “Utopia of a Tired Man” by Jorge Luis Borges, published by The New Yorker
- Winner: “Catch That Zeppelin!” by Fritz Leiber, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “Find the Lady” by Nicholas Fisk
- “Child of All Ages” by P. J. Plauger, published by Analog
- “Growing Up in Edge City” by Frederik Pohl
- “Sail the Tide of Mourning” by Richard Lupoff
Best Dramatic Presentation
- Winner: Young Frankenstein by Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder
- Dark Star by John Carpenter and Dan O’Bannon
- Rollerball by William Harrison
- A Boy and His Dog (film) by L. Q. Jones