1990 Nebula Awards®
Presented at Roosevelt Hotel, New York, New York on April 27, 1991
There was a last minute hotel change from the Omni because the Omni had rented the room out from under SFWA, which didn’t have a contract for the space. The Roosevelt didn’t receive their payment from SFWA in time and Tom Doherty sent over a check to cover it. The Business Meeting was moved to Saturday morning from the traditional Sunday morning, but the change was announced at the last minute and it was opposite a mass autographing at Forbidden Planet. SFWA President Ben Bova served as emcee and the main speaker was Hugh Downs. The after-banquet party spilled out into the hall and almost got SFWA thrown out of the hotel, but the hotel agreed to let SFWA move from sleeping rooms to unused function space. There was nothing scheduled for Sunday except a Tor 10th Anniversary party . For the first time, there were bids to host the next year’s Nebulas outside of New York and California, with Atlanta beating a New Orleans bid.
Best Novel
- The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons, published by Doubleday
- Only Begotten Daughter by James Morrow, published by Morrow
- Redshift Rendezvous by John E. Stith, published by Ace
- Winner: Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin, published by Macmillan Atheneum
- Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin, published by Doubleday
- White Jenna by Jane Yolen, published by Tor
Best Novella
- “Weatherman” by Lois McMaster Bujold, published by Analog
- “Fool to Believe” by Pat Cadigan, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “Mr. Boy” by James Patrick Kelly, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “Bones” by Pat Murphy, published by Asimov’s Magazine
Best Novelette
- “The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr. Skunk” by Dafydd ab Hugh, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- Winner: “Tower of Babylon” by Ted Chiang, published by Omni
- “The Shobies’ Story” by Ursula K. Le Guin, published by Universe 1
- “1/72nd Scale” by Ian R. MacLeod, published by Weird Tales
- “The Manamouki” by Mike Resnick, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “A Time for Every Purpose” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, published by Amazing Stories
- “Loose Cannon” by Susan M. Schwartz
- “Over the Long Haul” by Martha Soukup, published by Amazing Stories
Best Short Story
- Winner: “Bears Discover Fire” by Terry Bisson, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “The Power and the Passion” by Pat Cadigan, published by Omni
- “Lieserl” by Karen Joy Fowler, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “Love and Sex Among the Invertebrates” by Pat Murphy
- “Before I Wake” by Kim Stanley Robinson, published by Interzone
- “Story Child” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch