explorer / books · 2009
Superpowers
David J. Schwartz’s only award entry in this dataset.
Published 2008 by Three Rivers Press · 384 pages
Nebula · 2009
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This book is recorded on the Nebula ballot only. Each row shows the full Best Novel ballot for that award and ceremony year. Winners appear first.
Synopsis
Five college students in Madison, Wisconsin wake up one morning with superpowers — flight, invisibility, super strength, telepathy, and super speed. Set against the backdrop of the early days of the Iraq War, they try to be heroes but discover that real-world problems don’t have comic book solutions.
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