Where and When:
Westercon,
Spokane WA :
July 3, 1999
Eligibility Year:
1998
Sf Novel
- Winner: To Say Nothing of the Dog, Connie Willis (Bantam Spectra)
- Darwinia, Robert Charles Wilson (Tor)
- The Alien Years, Robert Silverberg (HarperCollins Voyager; HarperPrism)
- Distraction, Bruce Sterling (Bantam Spectra)
- The Golden Globe, John Varley (Ace)
- Cosm, Gregory Benford (Avon Eos)
- Children of God, Mary Doria Russell (Villard)
- Parable of the Talents, Octavia E. Butler (Seven Stories Press)
- Ports of Call, Jack Vance (Underwood Books; Tor)
- Starfarers, Poul Anderson (Tor)
- (tie): Dinosaur Summer, Greg Bear (Warner Aspect)
- (tie): Six Moon Dance, Sheri S. Tepper (Avon Eos)
- Maximum Light, Nancy Kress (Tor)
- Moonseed, Stephen Baxter (HarperCollins Voyager; HarperPrism)
- Komarr, Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
- Mission Child, Maureen F. McHugh (Avon Eos)
- Vast, Linda Nagata (Bantam Spectra)
- Child of the River, Paul J. McAuley (Gollancz; Avon Eos 1998)
- Deepdrive, Alexander Jablokov (Avon Eos)
- Girl in Landscape, Jonathan Lethem (Doubleday Anchor)
- Otherland: River of Blue Fire, Tad Williams (DAW)
- Earth Made of Glass, John Barnes (Tor)
- The Children Star, Joan Slonczewski (Tor)
- Bloom, Wil McCarthy (Ballantine Del Rey)
- Noir, K. W. Jeter (Bantam Spectra)
- Moonfall, Jack McDevitt (HarperPrism)
- Prisoner of Conscience, Susan R. Matthews (Avon Eos)
- Kirinya, Ian McDonald (Gollancz)
- The Cassini Division, Ken MacLeod (Orbit; Tor 1999)
- The Shapes of Their Hearts, Melissa Scott (Tor)
Fantasy Novel
- Winner: A Clash of Kings, George R. R. Martin (HarperCollins Voyager; Bantam Spectra)
- Stardust, Neil Gaiman (DC/Vertigo; Avon 1999)
- Mockingbird, Sean Stewart (Ace)
- Heartfire, Orson Scott Card (Tor)
- Fortress of Eagles, C. J. Cherryh (HarperPrism)
- Newton's Cannon, J. Gregory Keyes (Ballantine Del Rey)
- Song for the Basilisk, Patricia A. McKillip (Ace)
- (tie): Sailing to Sarantium, Guy Gavriel Kay (Earthlight UK; HarperPrism)
- (tie): Someplace to Be Flying, Charles de Lint (Tor)
- Dragon's Winter, Elizabeth A. Lynn (Ace)
- Prince of Dogs, Kate Elliott (DAW)
- Dark Lord of Derkholm, Diana Wynne Jones (Greenwillow)
- The One-Armed Queen, Jane Yolen (Tor)
- Changer, Jane Lindskold (Avon Eos)
- Juniper, Gentian, and Rosemary, Pamela Dean (Tor)
- The Gilded Chain, Dave Duncan (Avon Eos)
- The Innamorati, Midori Snyder (Tor)
- (tie): Bhagavati, Kara Dalkey (Tor)
- (tie): The Book of Knights, Yves Meynard (Tor)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (US title: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone), J. K. Rowling (Bloomsbury; Scholastic/Levine 1998)
Dark Fantasy/horror Novel
- Winner: Bag of Bones, Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton; Scribner)
- Flanders, Patricia Anthony (Ace)
- The Tooth Fairy, Graham Joyce (Tor; Tor)
- Galilee, Clive Barker (HarperCollins)
- Darker Angels, S. P. Somtow (Gollancz; Tor)
- Homebody, Orson Scott Card (HarperCollins)
- Irrational Fears, William Browning Spencer (White Wolf)
- Faces Under Water, Tanith Lee (Overlook Press)
- Judgment of Tears: Anno Dracula 1959, Kim Newman (Carroll & Graf)
- Fog Heart, Thomas Tessier (Gollancz; St. Martin's)
- Santa Steps Out, Robert Devereaux (Dark Highways)
First Novel
- Winner: Brown Girl in the Ring, Nalo Hopkinson (Warner Aspect)
- Halfway Human, Carolyn Ives Gilman (Avon Eos)
- In the Garden of Iden, Kage Baker (Hodder & Stoughton; Harcourt Brace)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (US title: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone), J. K. Rowling (Bloomsbury; Scholastic/Levine 1998)
- Green Rider, Kristen Britain (DAW)
- Silk, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc)
- The Last Dragonlord, Joanne Bertin (Earthlight; Tor)
- The Iron Bridge, David Morse (Harcourt Brace)
- Dawn Song, Michael Marano (Tor)
- The High House, James Stoddard (Warner Aspect)
- Nameless Magery, Delia Marshall Turner (Ballantine Del Rey)
- A Scientific Romance, Ronald Wright (Knopf Canada; Picador USA)
- Daughter of the Blood, Anne Bishop (Roc)
- Anvil, Nicholas van Pallandt (Roc)
- The Wild Hunt: Vengeance Moon, Jocelin Foxe (Avon Eos)
- Dragonclaw: Book One of The Witches of Eileanan (US title: The Witches of Eileanan), Kate Forsyth (Random House Arrow Australia; Roc)
Novella
- Winner: “Oceanic”, Greg Egan (Asimov's Aug 1998)
- “Dragonfly”, Ursula K. Le Guin (Legends)
- “The Hedge Knight”, George R. R. Martin (Legends)
- The Boss in the Wall, A Treatise on the House Devil, Avram Davidson & Grania Davis (Tachyon Publications)
- “The Summer Isles”, Ian R. MacLeod (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1998)
- “Aurora in Four Voices”, Catherine Asaro (Analog Dec 1998)
- “Get Me to the Church on Time”, Terry Bisson (Asimov's May 1998)
- “A Second Chance at Eden”, Peter F. Hamilton (A Second Chance at Eden)
- “A Princess of Helium”, R. Garcia y Robertson (F&SF Sep 1998)
- (tie): “The Colonel in Autumn”, Robert Silverberg (Science Fiction Age Mar 1998)
- (tie): “Story of Your Life”, Ted Chiang (Starlight 2)
- “Ancestral Voices”, Gardner Dozois & Michael Swanwick (Asimov's Aug 1998)
- “Reading the Bones”, Sheila Finch (F&SF Jan 1998)
- “Mother Death”, Robert Reed (Asimov's Jan 1998)
- “Sea Change, with Monsters”, Paul J. McAuley (Asimov's Sep 1998)
- “Jumping Off the Planet”, David Gerrold (Science Fiction Age Jan 1998)
- “Coolhunting”, Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Science Fiction Age Jul 1998)
- “The Days of Solomon Gursky”, Ian McDonald (Asimov's Jun 1998)
- “The Bradshaw”, Judith Moffett (F&SF Oct/Nov 1998)
- “Grist”, Tony Daniel (Asimov's Dec 1998)
- “The Cuckoo's Boys”, Robert Reed (Science Fiction Age Sep 1998)
Novelette
- Winner (tie): “The Planck Dive”, Greg Egan (Asimov's Feb 1998)
- Winner (tie): “Taklamakan”, Bruce Sterling (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1998)
- “All the Birds of Hell”, Tanith Lee (F&SF Oct/Nov 1998)
- “Echea”, Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Asimov's Jul 1998)
- “Lovestory”, James Patrick Kelly (Asimov's Jun 1998)
- “Waiting for the End”, Robert Silverberg (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1998)
- “Divided by Infinity”, Robert Charles Wilson (Starlight 2)
- “Steamship Soldier on the Information Front”, Nancy Kress (future histories; Asimov's Apr 1998)
- “A Dance to Strange Musics”, Gregory Benford (Science Fiction Age Nov 1998)
- “Starfall”, R. Garcia y Robertson (Asimov's Jul 1998)
- “Lost Girls”, Jane Yolen (Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast; Realms of Fantasy Feb 1998)
- “Approaching Perimelasma”, Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov's Jan 1998)
- “Zwarte Piet's Tale”, Allen Steele (Analog Dec 1998)
- “The Barrier”, Stephen Baxter (Interzone #133 Jul 1998)
- “Rules of Engagement”, Michael F. Flynn (Asimov's Mar 1998)
- “Brown Dust”, Esther M. Friesner (Starlight 2)
- “A Life on Mars”, G. David Nordley (Analog Jul/Aug 1998)
- “The Picture Business”, Walter Jon Williams (Asimov's Feb 1998)
- “The Flying Dutchman”, John Varley (Lord of the Fantastic: Stories in Honor of Roger Zelazny)
- “The Rainmaker”, Mary Rosenblum (F&SF Oct/Nov 1998)
- “The Eye of God”, Mary Rosenblum (Asimov's Mar 1998)
- “The Allies”, Mark S. Geston (F&SF May 1998)
- “The Gardens of Saturn”, Paul J. McAuley (Interzone #137 Nov 1998)
- “Down in the Dark”, William Barton (Asimov's Dec 1998)
- “Home Time”, Ian R. MacLeod (F&SF Feb 1998)
- “Getting to Know You”, David Marusek (future histories; Asimov's Mar 1998)
- “The Mercy Gate”, Mark J. McGarry (F&SF Mar 1998)
- “Transit”, Stephen Dedman (Asimov's Mar 1998)
- (tie): “The GUAC Bug”, Charles L. Harness (Analog Jun 1998)
- (tie): “Time Gypsy”, Ellen Klages (Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction)
Short Story
- Winner: “Maneki Neko”, Bruce Sterling (F&SF May 1998)
- “Radiant Doors”, Michael Swanwick (Asimov's Sep 1998)
- “Mr. Goober's Show”, Howard Waldrop (Omni Online Mar 1998; F&SF Sep 1998)
- “Moon-Calf”, Stephen Baxter (Analog Jul/Aug 1998)
- “Dante Dreams”, Stephen Baxter (Asimov's Aug 1998)
- “Wild Minds”, Michael Swanwick (Asimov's May 1998)
- “Every Angel Is Terrifying”, John Kessel (F&SF Oct/Nov 1998)
- “First Fire”, Terry Bisson (Science Fiction Age Sep 1998)
- “Whiptail”, Robert Reed (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1998)
- “17”, Paul J. McAuley (Asimov's Jun 1998)
- “The Very Pulse of the Machine”, Michael Swanwick (Asimov's Feb 1998)
- “The Year of the Mouse”, Norman Spinrad (Asimov's Apr 1998)
- “US”, Howard Waldrop (Event Horizon 14 Oct 1998)
- “Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation by K.N. Sirsi and Sandra Botkin”, Raphael Carter (Starlight 2)
- “Microcosmic Dog”, Michael Swanwick (Science Fiction Age Nov 1998)
- “Savior”, Robert Reed (Asimov's Aug 1998)
- “The Stubbornest Broad on Earth”, Janet Kagan (Asimov's Feb 1998)
- “The Wire Continuum”, Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter (Playboy Jan 1998)
- (tie): “Out of Space, Out of Time”, David Langford (Science Fiction Age Sep 1998)
- (tie): “Radio Praha”, Tony Daniel (Asimov's Mar 1998)
- “Tiger, Tiger”, Severna Park (Realms of Fantasy Apr 1998)
- (tie): “Options”, Hal Clement (Lamps on the Brow)
- (tie): “Wrapper”, Gene Wolfe (Lamps on the Brow)
- “While You Wait”, Kathy Oltion (Analog Sep 1998)
Collection
- Winner: The Avram Davidson Treasury, Avram Davidson, edited by Robert Silverberg & Grania Davis (Tor)
- Smoke and Mirrors, Neil Gaiman (Avon)
- Kirinyaga, Mike Resnick (Ballantine Del Rey)
- Luminous, Greg Egan (Orion/Millennium)
- Beaker's Dozen, Nancy Kress (Tor)
- First Contacts: The Essential Murray Leinster, Murray Leinster (NESFA Press)
- Last Summer at Mars Hill, Elizabeth Hand (HarperPrism)
- The Perfect Host: Volume V: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon, Theodore Sturgeon, edited by Paul Williams (North Atlantic Books)
- An Ornament to His Profession, Charles L. Harness (NESFA Press)
- Traces, Stephen Baxter (HarperCollins Voyager)
- One Day Closer to Death, Bradley Denton (St. Martin's)
- Black Glass, Karen Joy Fowler (Henry Holt)
- The Night We Buried Road Dog, Jack Cady (DreamHaven)
- The Invisible Country, Paul J. McAuley (Gollancz; Avon Eos)
- A Second Chance at Eden, Peter F. Hamilton (Macmillan UK; Warner)
- Collected Fictions, Jorge Luis Borges (Viking)
- The Moon Maid and Other Fantastic Adventures, R. Garcia y Robertson (Golden Gryphon Press)
- Lost Pages, Paul Di Filippo (Four Walls Eight Windows)
- Are You Loathsome Tonight?, Poppy Z. Brite (Gauntlet)
- Frankensteins and Foreign Devils, Walter Jon Williams (NESFA Press)
- Extremities, Kathe Koja (Four Walls Eight Windows)
- Black Butterflies: A Flock on the Dark Side, John Shirley (Mark V. Ziesing)
Anthology
- Winner: Legends, Robert Silverberg, ed. (Tor)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection, Gardner Dozois, ed. (St. Martin's)
- Starlight 2, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, ed. (Tor)
- Year's Best SF 3, David G. Hartwell, ed. (HarperPrism)
- The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eleventh Annual Collection, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, eds. (St. Martin's)
- The Good Old Stuff, Gardner Dozois, ed. (St. Martin's Griffin)
- Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction, Nicola Griffith & Stephen Pagel, eds. (Overlook Press)
- Lord of the Fantastic: Stories in Honor of Roger Zelazny, Martin H. Greenberg, ed. (Avon Eos)
- Nebula Awards 32, Jack Dann, ed. (Harcourt Brace)
- The Best of Crank!, Bryan Cholfin, ed. (Tor)
- The Fantasy Hall of Fame, Robert Silverberg, ed. (HarperPrism)
- The Playboy Book of Science Fiction, Alice K. Turner, ed. (HarperPrism)
- Nanotech, Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, eds. (Ace)
- The Road to Science Fiction Volume 5: The British Way, James Gunn, ed. (White Wolf)
- Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, eds. (HarperPrism)
- Dreaming Down-Under, Jack Dann & Janeen Webb, eds. (HarperCollins Voyager Australia)
- The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Nine, Stephen Jones, ed. (Robinson; Carroll & Graf)
- Dark Terrors 4, Stephen Jones & David Sutton, eds. (Gollancz)
- The Road to Science Fiction Volume 6: Around the World, James Gunn, ed. (White Wolf)
- Tesseracts6, Robert J. Sawyer & Carolyn Clink, eds. (Tesseract Books)
Nonfiction
- Winner: The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World, Thomas M. Disch (The Free Press)
- Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years, Everett F. Bleiler (Kent State University Press)
- The Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Awards, Howard DeVore (Advent:Publishers)
- Lovecraft Remembered, Peter Cannon, ed. (Arkham House)
- The Work of Jack Williamson: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide, Richard A. Hauptmann (NESFA Press)
- The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy: The Definitive Illustrated Guide, David Pringle, ed. (Carlton; Overlook 1999)
- (tie): Northern Dreamers: Interviews with Famous Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Writers, Edo van Belkom (Quarry Press)
- (tie): St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost, and Gothic Writers, David Pringle, ed. (St. James Press)
- Windows of the Imagination, Darrell Schweitzer (Borgo Press)
- Alternative Alices, Carolyn Sigler, ed. (University of Kentucky Press)
Art Book
- Winner: Spectrum 5: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood Books)
- Icon: A Retrospective by the Grand Master of Fantastic Art, Frank Frazetta, Frank Frazetta (Underwood Books)
- Pulp Culture: The Art of Fiction Magazines, Frank M. Robinson & Lawrence Davidson (Collectors Press)
- Stardust, Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess (DC/Vertigo)
- Barlowe's Inferno, Wayne Barlowe (Morpheus International)
- Good Faeries/Bad Faeries, Brian Froud (Simon & Schuster)
- Dustcovers: The Collected Sandman Covers, Dave McKean (DC/Vertigo)
- To Every Thing There Is a Season, Leo & Diane Dillon (Scholastic/Blue Sky)
- H.R. Giger's Retrospective 1964-1984, H. R. Giger (ABC Verlag; Morpheus International 1997)
- Imagination Fully Dilated, Alan M. Clark & Elizabeth Engstrom, eds. (Cemetery Dance Publications)
Magazine
- Winner: Asimov's
- F&SF
- Analog
- Science Fiction Age
- Interzone
- Realms of Fantasy
- The New York Review of Science Fiction
- Science Fiction Chronicle
Book Publisher/imprint
- Winner: Tor
- Bantam Spectra
- Avon Eos
- DAW
- HarperPrism
- Del Rey
- Baen
- Ace
- St. Martin's
- NESFA Press
- Roc
- Warner Aspect
- White Wolf
- Science Fiction Book Club