1991 Nebula Awards®
Presented at Colony Square Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia on April 25, 1992
This was the first Nebula held outside of New York or California and the first one which was bid for. Concerns that it would turn into a fannish convention were unfounded. The hospitality suite, a penthouse with a spectacular view of the city, was sponsored by Amazing, Analog, IASFM, F&SF, Baen, DAW, Bantam, and Tor. No panels were held and the SFWA Business Meeting was held on Saturday afternoon, making the event a single-day event (although the hospitality suite was open on Friday). President Ben Bova asked all publishing personnel, including Active SFWA members, to leave the Business Meeting so that SFWA’s agent, Richard Curtis, could discuss several complaints against publishers. The keynote address was given by Georgia congressman and House Whip Newt Gingrich, which prompted a group of members to silently walk out. The banquet was a family style service of Southern delicacies. Although there was no script Nebula at the time, Ben Bova gave out the Bradbury Award, a president’s choice award, to Terminator 2.
Best Novel
- Orbital Resonance by John Barnes, published by Tor
- Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold, published by Analog and Baen
- Bone Dance by Emma Bull, published by Ace
- Synners by Pat Cadigan, published by Bantam Spectra
- The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling
- Winner: Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick, published by Asimov’s Magazine and Morrow
Best Novella
- “Man Opening a Door” by Paul Ash, published by Analog
- “Apartheid, Superstrings, and Mordecai Thubana” by Michael Bishop, published by Axolotl
- Winner: “Beggars in Spain” by Nancy Kress, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “Bully!” by Mike Resnick, published by Axolotl
- “The Gallery of His Dreams” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, published by Axolotl and Asimov’s Magazine
- “Jack” by Connie Willis, published by Asimov’s Magazine
Best Novelette
- “Gate of Faces” by Ray Aldridge, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- Winner: “Guide Dog” by Mike Conner, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “Black Glass” by Karen Joy Fowler
- “Standing in Line with Mister Jimmy” by James Patrick Kelly, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “The Happy Man” by Jonathan Lethem, published by Asimov’s Magazine
- “Getting Real” by Susan M. Schwartz
- “The All-Consuming” by Lucius Shepard and Robert Frazier, published by Playboy and Asimov’s Magazine
Best Short Story
- “They’re Made Out of Meat” by Terry Bisson, published by Omni
- Winner: “Ma Qui” by Alan Brennert, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “The Dark” by Karen Joy Fowler, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “Buffalo” by John Kessel, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
- “Dog’s Life” by Martha Soukup, published by Amazing Stories
- “the button, and what you know” by W. Gregory Stewart, published by Amazing Stories
Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
- Winner: Terminator 2: Judgment Day written by James Cameron and William Wisher, directed by James Cameron