1999 Hugo Nominations

The nominations for this year's Hugo awards have been announced

This year's Hugo nominations have been announced, for the Hugos to be presented at Aussiecon 3 in Melbourne. Vote early, vote often and vote for Plokta.

Best Novel

• Children of God, Mary Doria Russell (Villard)
• Darwinia, Robert Charles Wilson (Tor)
• Distraction, Bruce Sterling (Bantam Spectra)
• Factoring Humanity, Robert J. Sawyer (Tor)
• To Say Nothing of the Dog, Connie Willis (Bantam Spectra)

Best Novella

• "Aurora in Four Voices", Catherine Asaro (Analog, Dec 1998)
• "Get Me to the Church On Time", Terry Bisson (Asimov's, May 1998)
• "Oceanic", Greg Egan (Asimov's, Aug 1998)
• "Story of Your Life", Ted Chiang (Starlight 2, Tor, Nov 1998)
• "The Summer Isles", Ian R. MacLeod (Asimov's, Oct/Nov 1998)

Best Novelette

• "Divided by Infinity", Robert Charles Wilson (Starlight 2, Tor, Nov 1998)
• "Echea", Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Asimov's, Jul 1998)
• "The Planck Dive", Greg Egan (Asimov's, Feb 1998)
• "Steamship Soldier on the Information Front", Nancy Kress (Future Histories 1997; Asimov's, Apr 1998)
• "Taklamakan", Bruce Sterling (Asimov's, Oct/Nov 1998)
• "Time Gypsy", Ellen Klages (Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction Overlook, Sep 1998)
• "Zwarte Piet's Tale", Allen Steele (Analog, Dec 1998)

Best Short Story

• "Cosmic Corkscrew", Michael A. Burstein (Analog, Jun 1998)
• "Maneki Neko", Bruce Sterling (F&SF, May 1998)
• "Radiant Doors", Michael Swanwick (Asimov's, Sep 1998)
• "The Very Pulse of the Machine", Michael Swanwick (Asimov's, Feb 1998)
• "Whiptail", Robert Reed (Asimov's, Oct/Nov 1998)
• "Wild Minds", Michael Swanwick (Asimov's, May 1998)

Best Related Book

• The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World, Thomas M. Disch (The Free Press)
• Hugo, Nebula & World Fantasy Awards, Howard DeVore (Advent:Publishers)
• Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years, Everett F. Bleiler (Kent State University Press)
• Spectrum 5: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood Books)
• The Works of Jack Williamson: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide, Richard A. Hauptmann (The NESFA Press)

Best Dramatic Presentation

• Babylon 5: "Sleeping in Light"
• Dark City
• Pleasantville
• Star Trek: Insurrection
• The Truman Show

Best Professional Editor

• Gardner Dozois
• Scott Edelman
• David G. Hartwell
• Patrick Nielsen Hayden
• Stanley Schmidt
• Gordon Van Gelder

Best Professional Artist

• Jim Burns
• Bob Eggleton
• Donato Giancola
• Don Maitz
• Nick Stathopoulos
• Michael Whelan

Best Semiprozine

• Interzone, David Pringle, ed.
• Locus, Charles N. Brown, ed.
• The New York Review of Science Fiction, Kathryn Cramer, Ariel Haméon, David G. Hartwell & Kevin Maroney, eds.
• Science Fiction Chronicle, Andrew I. Porter, ed.
• Speculations, Kent Brewster, ed.

Best Fanzine

• Ansible, Dave Langford, ed.
• File 770, Mike Glyer, ed.
• Mimosa, Richard & Nikki Lynch, eds.
• Plokta, Alison Scott & Steve Davies, eds.
• Tangent, David A. Truesdale, ed.
• Thyme, Alan Stewart, ed.

Best Fan Writer

• Bob Devney
• Mike Glyer
• Dave Langford
• Evelyn C. Leeper
• Maureen Kincaid Speller

Best Fan Artist

• Freddie Baer
• Brad Foster
• Ian Gunn
• Teddy Harvia
• Joe Mayhew
• D. West

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (Not a Hugo)

• Kage Baker*
• Julie E. Czerneda*
• Nalo Hopkinson*
• Susan R. Matthews*
• James Van Pelt*

(* denotes second year of eligibility)

-- Mike Scott

23 Apr 1999