Publishers Weekly calls the book a "delectable anthology fittingly honor[ing] the most recent Nebula Award recipients."

Individual works commented on include those of Kim Stanley Robinson, Nancy Kress, Andy Duncan, Grand Master recipient Gene Wolfe, E.C.

[2] Reviewed on: 03/17/2014 Release date: 05/13/2014 Glenn Dallas in the San Francisco Book Review praises the anthology's "impressively weird, thought-provoking, and challenging reads, as well as some singularly engaging poetry and a marvelous tribute to Gene Wolfe," as well as de Bodard's "wonderful story 'Immersion,'" which he counts among "a few unexpected surprises."

Overall, however, the book "left me a little cold" and that while "[t]he Nebula Awards exemplify the finest traditions of speculative fiction ... this particular showcase underwhelms."

In particular he criticizes how Nancy Kress's novella "dominates nearly a third of the book," and deems "that space would've been better served by offering glimpses of a few more nominees in order to give a greater sense of the year’s accomplishments, trends, and aspirations.