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1998 Hugo Award Nominations - Final List

1998 Hugo Award Nominations

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The winners were announced on Friday, August 7th at Bucconeer in Baltimore, Maryland. Charles Sheffield served as Master of Ceremonies. 1998 Hugo winners.


Best Novel

  • Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman (Ace)
  • Frameshift by Robert J. Sawyer (Tor)
  • The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons (Bantam Spectra)
  • Jack Faust by Michael Swanwick (Avon)
  • City on Fire by Walter Jon Williams (HarperPrism)

Best Novella

  • "The Funeral March of the Marionettes" by Adam-Troy Castro (F&SF July 1997)
  • "Ecopoeisis" by Geoffrey A. Landis (SF Age May 1997)
  • "Loose Ends" by Paul Levinson (Analog May 1997)
  • "Marrow" by Robert Reed (SF Age July 1997)
  • "...Where Angels Fear To Tread" by Allen Steele (Asimov's October-November 1997)

Best Novelette

  • "Moon Six" by Stephen Baxter (SF Age March 1997)
  • "Broken Symmetry" by Michael A. Burstein (Analog February 1997)
  • "Three Hearings on the Existence of Snakes in the Human Bloodstream" by James Alan Gardner (Asimov's February 1997)
  • "We Will Drink A Fish Together..." by Bill Johnson (Asimov's May 1997)
  • "The Undiscovered" by William Sanders (Asimov's March 1997)

Best Short Story

  • "Beluthahatchie" by Andy Duncan (Asimov's March 1997)
  • "Standing Room Only" by Karen Joy Fowler (Asimov's August 1997)
  • "Itsy Bitsy Spider" by James Patrick Kelly (Asimov's June 1997)
  • "The 43 Antarean Dynasties" by Mike Resnick (Asimov's December 1997)
  • "The Hand You're Dealt" by Robert J. Sawyer (Free Space, Tor)
  • "No Planets Strike" by Gene Wolfe (F&SF January 1997) (There are six items due to a tie for fifth place)

Best Non-fiction Book

  • Space Travel by Ben Bova with Anthony R. Lewis (Writer's Digest Books)
  • The Encyclopedia of Fantasy edited by John Clute & John Grant (St. Martin's Press)
  • Infinite Worlds by Vincent DiFate (Penguin Studio)
  • Spectrum IV: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art edited by Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner with Jim Loehr (Underwood Books)
  • Reflections and Refractions: Thoughts on Science-Fiction, Science and Other Matters by Robert Silverberg (Underwood Books)

Best Dramatic Presentation

  • Contact (Warner Bros./South Side Amusement Company) Directed by Robert Zemeckis; Story by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan; Screenplay by James V. Hart and Michael Goldenberg; Produced by Steve Starkey & Robert Zemeckis.
  • The Fifth Element (Columbia Pictures/Gaumont) Directed by Luc Besson; Story by Luc Besson; Screenplay by Luc Besson & Robert Mark Kamen; Produced by Patrice Ledoux.
  • Gattaca (Columbia Pictures Corporation/Jersey Films) Directed by Andrew M. Niccol, Written by Andrew M. Niccol, Produced by Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, & Stacey Sher.
  • Men in Black (MacDonald-Parkes/Columbia Pictures Corporation/Amblin Entertainment) Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld; Screenplay by Ed Solomon, Laurie MacDonald and Walter F. Parkes; Executive Producer: Steven Spielberg.
  • Starship Troopers (TriStar Pictures/Big Bug Pictures/Touchstone Pictures) Directed by Paul Verhoeven, Screenplay by Ed Neumeier; Produced by Jon Davison & Alan Marshall.

Best Professional Editor

  • Gardner Dozois (Asimov's)
  • Scott Edelman (SF Age)
  • David Hartwell (Tor; Year's Best SF)
  • Stanley Schmidt (Analog)
  • Gordon Van Gelder (F&SF)

Best Professional Artist

  • Jim Burns
  • Thomas Canty
  • David Cherry
  • Bob Eggleton
  • Don Maitz
  • Michael Whelan
  • (There are six items due to a tie for fifth place)

Best Semiprozine

  • Interzone edited by David Pringle
  • Locus edited by Charles N. Brown
  • The New York Review of Science Fiction edited by Kathryn Cramer, Ariel Ham�on, David G. Hartwell & Kevin Maroney
  • Science Fiction Chronicle edited by Andrew Porter
  • Speculations edited by Kent Brewster

Best Fanzine

  • Ansible edited by Dave Langford
  • Attitude edited by Michael Abbott, John Dallman & Pam Wells
  • File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
  • Mimosa edited by Nicki & Richard Lynch
  • Tangent edited by David Truesdale

Best Fan Writer

  • Bob Devney
  • Mike Glyer
  • Andy Hooper
  • David Langford
  • Evelyn Leeper
  • Joseph T. Major
  • (There are six nominees due to a tie for fifth place)

Best Fan Artist

  • Brad Foster
  • Ian Gunn
  • Teddy Harvia
  • Joe Mayhew
  • Peggy Ranson

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer

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  • Raphael Carter*
  • Andy Duncan* sample story
  • Richard Garfinkle*
  • Susan R. Matthews*


* - second and final year of eligibility

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