Best Novella, 2008

All Seated on the Ground

Connie Willis (opens in a new tab)

196 pages

Aliens arrive and stand silently glaring at people, until a journalist notices how they react to a Christmas choir.

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Also on the ballot

Recovering Apollo 8Kristine Kathryn RuschAsimov’s Feb. 2007Runner-up
The Fountain of AgeNancy KressAsimov’s July 2007
MemorareGene WolfeF&SF April 2007
Stars Seen Through StoneLucius ShepardF&SF July 2007