The year 1999 was marked, in science fiction, by the following:
Events The 57th annual Worldcon, Aussiecon Three, was held in Melbourne, Australia Births and deaths Births Deaths Ricardo Barreiro Marion Zimmer Bradley Stanley Kubrick Peter Kuczka
Literary releases Novels
All Tomorrow's Parties, by William Gibson Battle Royale, by Koshun Takami Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson Timeline, by Michael Crichton Short stories Children's books Comics Planetes, by Makoto Yukimura, begins serialization in Morning magazine Movies
Existenz, dir. by David Cronenberg The Iron Giant, dir. by Brad Bird The Matrix, dir. by The Wachowskis Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, dir. by George Lucas Television The Big O Futurama Video games Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Awards Hugos Best novel: To Say Nothing of the Dog, by Connie Willis Best novella: Oceanic, by Greg Egan Best novelette: "Taklamakan" by Bruce Sterling Best short story: "The Very Pulse of the Machine" by Michael Swanwick Best related work: The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of, by Thomas M. Disch Best dramatic presentation: The Truman Show, dir. by Peter Weir; screenplay by Andrew Niccol Best professional editor: Gardner Dozois Best professional artist: Bob Eggleton Best Semiprozine: Locus, ed. by Charles N. Brown Best fanzine: Ansible, ed. by Dave Langford Best fan writer: Dave Langford Best fan artist: Ian Gunn
Nebulas Best novel: Parable of the Talents, by Octavia E. Butler Best novella: Story of Your Life, by Ted Chiang Best novelette: "Mars is No Place for Children", by Mary A. Turzillo Best short story: "The Cost of Doing Business", by Leslie What Best script: The Sixth Sense, by M. Night Shyamalan
Other awards BSFA Award for Best Novel: The Sky Road, by Ken Macleod Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel: To Say Nothing of the Dog, by Connie Willis Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film: The Matrix
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