Congratulations to Jeff VanderMeer, who won the 2014 Nebula Award for Best Novel for his book – Annihilation: A Novel (The Southern Reach Trilogy). The book takes place in a dystopic future, where expeditions into Area X have led to death, murder and worse. His first part of the Southern Reach Trilogy is about the 12th expedition.

The awards were announced recently in Chicago. For a complete list of winners, click here.

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