1999 Hugo Awards

The 1999 Hugos have been awarded at Aussiecon 3

The live Webcast failed us, but the slightly lower tech phone system let Steve Davies call Plokta Central with the Hugo results:

Best Novel

• To Say Nothing of the Dog, Connie Willis (Bantam Spectra)

Best Novella

• "Oceanic", Greg Egan (Asimov's, Aug 1998)

Best Novelette

• "Taklamakan", Bruce Sterling (Asimov's, Oct/Nov 1998)

Best Short Story

• "The Very Pulse of the Machine", Michael Swanwick (Asimov's, Feb 1998)

Best Related Book

• The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World, Thomas M. Disch (The Free Press)

Best Dramatic Presentation

• The Truman Show

Best Professional Editor

• Gardner Dozois

Best Professional Artist

• Bob Eggleton

Best Semiprozine

• Locus, Charles N. Brown, ed.

Best Fanzine

• Ansible, Dave Langford, ed.

Best Fan Writer

• Dave Langford

Best Fan Artist

• Ian Gunn

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

• Nalo Hopkinson*

(* denotes second year of eligibility)

Our congratulations to all of the winners.

Full breakdowns of the nominations and voting figures can be found on the 1999 Hugo website.

-- Mike Scott

4 September 1999