The Complete Nebula Best Short Story Nominees 2008

April 2, 2009 by StarShipSofa

StarShipSofa delivers science fiction short stories from today best authors. This audio science fiction magazine podcast has played the very best of today’s sf, fantasy and horror. Writers from Michael Moorcock, Joe Haldeman to Bruce Sterling and Ted Chiang have all been narrated and played on this podcast.

This week StarShipSofa podcasts all Nebula Short Story nominees for 2008

StarShipSofa has, in one day, done what no other SF podcast has done before. In another unprecedented move, StarShipSofa has put out all seven Nebula Short Story 2008 nominees, all available as free audio podcasts for your listening pleasure. Tony, who helms the podcast, says, “The Nebula’s are a very special event in the SF world and I wanted the StarShipSofa to mark this occasion by doing something unique for this year’s awards. “I wanted to put out all the stories nominated in one day so people can, straight away, have them downloaded back to back… sitting on their iPod and, for the next few hours, submerge themselves in SF stories of the very best calibre. All for free. “Things are changing rapidly in this medium and this is one example of StarShipSofa pushing the boundaries of normal podcasting in both terms of quality and accessibility. “It’s what the StarShipSofa was built for.”

Link to the Nebula Awards site

Below are the links to all seven stories direct via iTunes. If you don’t use iTunes… check out each individual postings at StarShipSofa.

Super-fast iTunes download links:

Nebula Nominee Kij Johnson -26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss

Nebula Nominee Ruth Nestvold – Mars: A Traveler’s Guide

Nebula Nominee Mike Allen -The Button Bin

Nebular Nominee Jeffery Ford – The Dreaming Wind

Nebula Nominee Nina Kiriki Hoffman – Trophy Wives

Nebula Nominee James Patrick Kelly – Don’t Stop

Nebula Nominee Gwyneth Jones -Tomb Wife

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