Nebula Awards Showcase 2000 : The Year's Best SF and Fantasy Chosen by the Science-Fiction and Fantasy Writers

Year 2000
Pages 316

Worth buying if: You follow Nebula winners and want the 2000 shortlist in one Harcourt volume.

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Summary

Nebula Awards Showcase 2000, edited by Gregory Benford, gathers the Nebula winners, nominees, and essays from the year’s SF and fantasy field into a single 316-page volume, presenting short fiction, excerpts, and commentary from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers community.

Why this book now

This Harcourt edition lets readers revisit turn-of-the-century SF and the authors who shaped early-2000s genre conversations around the Nebula Awards.

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A 2000-era Nebula anthology edited by Gregory Benford collecting prize-winning and nominated SF and fantasy from that year.

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Best for readers who...

Good fit if you want...

  • You follow Nebula winners and want the 2000 shortlist in one Harcourt volume.
  • You study Gregory Benford's editorial choices and early-2000s SF trends.

Maybe skip if...

  • You seek a single novel—this is a short-fiction and excerpt anthology.
  • You expect contemporary 2020s diversity of voices.
  • this captures the 2000 Nebula field.

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retrospective award-focused speculative Medium length Published before 2020

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Exact edition: Edition shown · ISBN-13 9780156007054

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Skip it if: You seek a single novel—this is a short-fiction and excerpt anthology.

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Reading commitment

Balanced Moderate time

At 316 pages, this collection is readably paced for short-story digestion—ideal for intermittent sessions focused on individual Nebula-nominated pieces.

What stands out here

This Harcourt 2000 Showcase emphasizes the Nebula winners and nominees of that year with Benford's selections and contextual essays from the SFWA community.

Best way to approach it

Approach it story-by-story: sample nominated works, read the winner pieces first, and consult the essays to frame the 2000 Nebula conversation.

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