Hugo Awards 1990
science fiction awards database
Where and When:
ConFiction,
The Hague, Netherlands :
August 23, 1990
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August 27, 1990
Eligibility Year: 1989
Associated Awards: John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Worldcon Special Convention Award (also listed below)
Eligibility Year: 1989
Associated Awards: John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Worldcon Special Convention Award (also listed below)
Novel
- Winner: Hyperion, Dan Simmons (Doubleday Foundation)
- The Boat of a Million Years, Poul Anderson (Tor)
- A Fire in the Sun, George Alec Effinger (Doubleday Foundation)
- Grass, Sheri S. Tepper (Doubleday Foundation)
- Prentice Alvin, Orson Scott Card (Tor)
Novella
- Winner: “The Mountains of Mourning”, Lois McMaster Bujold (Analog May 1989)
- The Father of Stones, Lucius Shepard (WSFA Press; Asimov's Sep 1989)
- “Time-Out”, Connie Willis (Asimov's Jul 1989)
- “Tiny Tango”, Judith Moffett (Asimov's Feb 1989)
- “A Touch of Lavender”, Megan Lindholm (Asimov's Nov 1989)
Novelette
- Winner: “Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another”, Robert Silverberg (Asimov's Jun 1989; Time Gate)
- “At the Rialto”, Connie Willis (The Microverse; Omni Oct 1989)
- “Dogwalker”, Orson Scott Card (Asimov's Nov 1989)
- “Everything But Honor”, George Alec Effinger (Asimov's Feb 1989; What Might Have Been? Vol. 1: Alternate Empires)
- “For I Have Touched the Sky”, Mike Resnick (F&SF Dec 1989)
- “The Price of Oranges”, Nancy Kress (Asimov's Apr 1989)
Short Story
- Winner: “Boobs”, Suzy McKee Charnas (Asimov's Jul 1989)
- “Computer Friendly”, Eileen Gunn (Asimov's Jun 1989)
- “Dori Bangs”, Bruce Sterling (Asimov's Sep 1989)
- “The Edge of the World”, Michael Swanwick (Full Spectrum 2)
- “Lost Boys”, Orson Scott Card (F&SF Oct 1989)
- “The Return of William Proxmire”, Larry Niven (What Might Have Been? Vol. 1: Alternate Empires)
Nonfiction Book
- Winner: The World Beyond the Hill: Science Fiction and the Quest for Transcendence, Alexei Panshin & Cory Panshin (Jeremy P. Tarcher)
- Astounding Days, Arthur C. Clarke (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra)
- Dancing at the Edge of the World, Ursula K. Le Guin (Grove)
- Grumbles from the Grave, Robert A. Heinlein (Ballantine Del Rey)
- Harlan Ellison's Watching, Harlan Ellison (Underwood-Miller)
- Noreascon Three Souvenir Book, Greg Thokar, ed. (MCFI Press)
Dramatic Presentation
- Winner: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- The Abyss
- The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen
- Batman
- Field of Dreams
Professional Editor
Professional Artist
Semi-prozine
- Winner: Locus, Charles N. Brown, ed.
- Interzone, David Pringle, ed.
- The New York Review of Science Fiction, Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell & Gordon Van Gelder, eds.
- Science Fiction Chronicle, Andrew Porter, ed.
- Thrust, D. Douglas Fratz, ed.
Fanzine
- Winner: The Mad 3 Party, Leslie Turek, ed.
- File 770, Mike Glyer, ed.
- FOSFAX, Timothy Lane, ed.
- Lan's Lantern, George "Lan" Laskowski, ed.
- Pirate Jenny, Pat Mueller, ed.
Fan Writer
Fan Artist
— Associated Awards —
Winner
Original Artwork
- Winner: Don Maitz for Rimrunners by C. J. Cherryh (Warner Questar)
- Gary Ruddell for Hyperion by Dan Simmons (Doubleday Foundation)
- Michael Whelan for Paradise by Mike Resnick (Tor)
- James Gurney for Quozl by Alan Dean Foster (Ace)
- Michael Whelan for The Renegades of Pern by Anne McCaffrey (Ballantine Del Rey)
- James Gurney for The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers (Ace)
Remarks:
The original artwork category listed above was not a Hugo, but a special one-time category proposed by the ConFiction committee. Two years later it did become an official Hugo category, and lasted five years. (Though listed on this page, results in this special category are not figured in Hugo records and tallies.)
The original artwork category listed above was not a Hugo, but a special one-time category proposed by the ConFiction committee. Two years later it did become an official Hugo category, and lasted five years. (Though listed on this page, results in this special category are not figured in Hugo records and tallies.)
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