1990 Hugo Awards (original) (raw)

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Presented at: ConFiction, The Hague, The Netherlands, August 23-27, 1990

Toastmaster: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

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Best Novel

• Hyperion by Dan Simmons [Doubleday Foundation, 1989]
• A Fire in the Sun by George Alec Effinger [Doubleday Foundation, 1989]
• Prentice Alvin by Orson Scott Card [Tor, 1989]
• The Boat of a Million Years by Poul Anderson [Tor, 1989]
• Grass by Sheri S. Tepper [Doubleday Foundation, 1989]

Best Novella

• “The Mountains of Mourning” by Lois McMaster Bujold [Analog May 1989]
• “The Father of Stones” by Lucius Shepard [WSFA Press, 1989; Asimov’s Sep 1989]
• “A Touch of Lavender” by Megan Lindholm [Asimov’s Nov 1989]
• “Time Out” by Connie Willis [Asimov’s Jul 1989]
• “Tiny Tango” by Judith Moffett [Asimov’s Feb 1989]

Best Novelette

• “Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another” by Robert Silverberg [Asimov’s Jun 1989; Time Gate, 1989]
• “For I Have Touched the Sky” by Mike Resnick [F&SF Dec 1989]
• “Everything But Honor” by George Alec Effinger [Asimov’s Feb 1989]
• “At the Rialto” by Connie Willis [The Microverse, 1989; Omni Oct 1989]
• “The Price of Oranges” by Nancy Kress [Asimov’s Apr 1989]
• “Dogwalker” by Orson Scott Card [Asimov’s Nov 1989]

Best Short Story

• “Boobs” by Suzy McKee Charnas [Asimov’s Jul 1989]
• “Lost Boys” by Orson Scott Card [F&SF Oct 1989]
• “Computer Friendly” by Eileen Gunn [Asimov’s Jun 1989]
• “The Return of William Proxmire” by Larry Niven [What Might Have Been? Vol. 1: Alternate Empires, 1989]
• “The Edge of the World” by Michael Swanwick [Full Spectrum #2, 1989]
• “Dori Bangs” by Bruce Sterling [Asimov’s Sep 1989]

Best Related Non-Fiction Book

• The World Beyond the Hill by Alexei Panshin and Cory Panshin [J. P. Tarcher, 1989]
• Grumbles from the Grave by Robert A. Heinlein [Ballantine Del Rey, 1989]
• Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin [Grove, 1989]
• Astounding Days by Arthur C. Clarke [Gollancz, 1989; Bantam Spectra, 1989]
• Harlan Ellison’s Watching by Harlan Ellison [Underwood-Miller, 1989]
• Noreascon 3 Souvenir Book by Greg Thokar [MCFI, 1989]

Best Dramatic Presentation

• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) [Lucasfilm/Paramount] Directed by Steven Spielberg; Screenplay by Jeffrey Boam; Story by George Lucas and Menno Meyjes; based on characters created by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman
• The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) [Allied/Columbia/Laura/Prominent] Directed by Terry Gilliam; Written by Terry Gilliam and Charles McKeown; based on the novel by Rudolph Erich Raspe & Gottfried August Buerger
• Batman (1989) [Guber-Peters/PolyGram/Warner Brothers] Directed by Tim Burton; Screenplay by Sam Hamm and Warren Skaaren; Story by Sam Hamm; based on characters created by Bob Kane
• Field of Dreams (1989) [Gordon/Universal] Directed by Phil Alden Robinson; Screenplay by Phil Alden Robinson; based on the novel by W. P. Kinsella
• The Abyss (1989) [20th Century Fox/Lightstorm/Pacific Western] Directed by James Cameron; Written by James Cameron

Best Professional Editor

• Gardner Dozois
• Ellen Datlow
• David G. Hartwell
• Beth Meacham
• Edward L. Ferman
• Stanley Schmidt
• Charles C. Ryan

Best Professional Artist

• Don Maitz
• Thomas Canty
• Michael Whelan
• Jim Burns
• David A. Cherry
• Tom Kidd
• James Gurney

Best Original Art Work
Some sources, including some from the 1990 Worldcon itself, mistakenly label this “Not a Hugo,” but it was added to the ballot by the 1990 Worldcon Committee’s authority to create an additional category. Per the WSFS Constitution, it is a Hugo Award. The 1990 WSFS Business Meeting adopted Best Original Art Work as a regular category, and the 1991 WSFS Business Meeting ratified the addition, so the Best Original Art Work category first appeared as a regular category in 1992. The 1991 Worldcon declined to use its additional-category authority that year, and therefore this category did not appear in 1991. This category should therefore be considered to have been awarded in 1990 and 1992-1996, after which it was discontinued.

• Cover (Rimrunners by C. J. Cherryh) by Don Maitz [Warner Questar, 1989]
• Cover (Hyperion by Dan Simmons) by Gary Ruddell [Doubleday Foundation, 1989]
• Cover (Paradise by Mike Resnick) by Michael Whelan [Tor, 1989]
• Cover (The Renegades of Pern by Anne McCaffrey) by Michael Whelan [Ballantine Del Rey, 1989]
• Cover (Quozl by Alan Dean Foster) by James Gurney [Ace, 1989]
• Cover (The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers) by James Gurney [Ace, 1989]

Best Semiprozine

• Locus ed. by Charles N. Brown
• Science Fiction Chronicle ed. by Andrew I. Porter
• Interzone ed. by David Pringle
• The New York Review of Science Fiction ed. by Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell and Gordon Van Gelder
• Thrust ed. by D. Douglas Fratz

Best Fanzine

• The Mad 3 Party ed. by Leslie Turek
• File 770 ed. by Mike Glyer
• Lan’s Lantern ed. by George “Lan” Laskowski
• Pirate Jenny ed. by Pat Mueller
• FOSFAX ed. by Timothy Lane

Best Fan Writer

• Dave Langford
• Mike Glyer
• Leslie Turek
• Arthur D. Hlavaty
• Evelyn C. Leeper

Best Fan Artist

• Stu Shiffman
• Teddy Harvia
• Taral Wayne
• Merle Insinga
• Joe Mayhew
• Steve Fox