Hugos Awards to be Given at LoneStarCon 2, Saturday, August 30.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Date:     August 26, 1997
Contact:  Laurie Mann, LoneStarCon 2 Press Relations
          210-601-5343
          Room 108, Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center, San Antonio, TX
          http://www.io.com/~lsc2/press


SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS -- The 55th World Science Fiction Convention, 
LoneStarCon 2, will take place here from August 28-September 1, 1997.  
The Worldcon is the annual gathering of science fiction writers, artists,
publishers and readers.  LoneStarCon 2 will attract about 5,000
attendees from around the world and feature programming, an art show,
dealers room, masquerade and the annual Hugo Awards.  
The Hugos will be awarded on Saturday, August 30 at 8p.m. at 
the Marriott River Center Hotel.

Here is a list of nominated works and individuals for this year's
Hugo Awards.  A total of 429 Worldcon members nominated for
this year's Hugo awards.  The nominee list was released on April 21.  Final
voting closed on August 6.

Best Novel [356 ballots cast]

_Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen) 
_Remnant Population  by Elizabeth Moon (Baen) 
_Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (HarperCollins Voyager; Bantam Spectra) 
_Starplex  by Robert J. Sawyer (Ace; Analog 7-10/96) 
_Holy Fire  by Bruce Sterling (Bantam, Oct96) 


Best Novella  [209 ballots cast]

"Immersion" by Gregory Benford (_SF Age 3/96) 
"Blood of The Dragon" by George R. R. Martin (_Asimov's 7/96) 
"Time Travelers Never Die" by Jack McDevitt (_Asimov's 5/96) 
"The Cost to Be Wise" by Maureen F. McHugh (_Starlight 1) 
"Abandon in Place" by Jerry Oltion (_F&SF 12/96) 
"Gas Fish" by Mary Rosenblum (_Asimov's 2/96) 
Note: There are six nominees due to a tie vote. 


Best Novelette  [221 ballots cast]

"Age of Aquarius" by William Barton (_Asimov's 5/96) 
"Beauty and the Opera  or the Phantom Beast" [acute accent over 
   the e in Opera] by Suzy McKee Charnas (_Asimov's 3/96) 
"Mountain Ways" by Ursula K. Le Guin (_Asimov's 8/96) 
"The Land of Nod" by Mike Resnick (_Asimov's 6/96) 
"Bicycle Repairman" by Bruce Sterling (_Intersections; _Asimov's 10/96) 


Best Short Story  [254 ballots cast]

"Gone" by John Crowley (_F&SF 9/96) 
"Decency" by Robert Reed (_Asimov's 6/96) 
"The Dead" by Michael Swanwick (_Starlight 1) 
"Un-Birthday Boy" by James White (_Analog 2/96) 
"The Soul Selects Her Own Society..." by Connie Willis 
(_Asimov's 4/96; _War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches) 


Best Non-fiction Book [163 ballots cast]

_Look at the Evidence by John Clute (Serconia Press) 
_Time & Chance by L. Sprague de Camp (Grant) 
_The Silence of the Langford by Dave Langford (NESFA Press) 
_The Faces of Fantasy by Patti Perret (Tor) 
_The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones (Gollancz/Vista) 


Best Dramatic Presentation [283 ballots cast]

_Independence Day (Centropolis Film Productions/20th Century Fox Film) 
   Directed by Roland Emmerich, Written by Dean Devlin and Roland
   Emmerich, Produced by Dean Devlin 
_Mars Attacks! (Warner Bros.) Directed by Tim Burton, 
   Written by Jonathan Gems, Produced by Tim Burton and Larry Franco 
_Babylon 5 "Severed Dreams" (Warner Bros.) Directed by David J. Eagle, 
   Written by J. Michael Straczynski, Produced by John Copeland 
_Star Trek: First Contact (Paramount Pictures) Directed by Jonathan Frakes, 
   Story by Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga & Rick Berman,
   Screenplay by Ronald D. Moore & Brannon Braga, Produced by Rick Berman 
_Star Trek: Deep Space Nine "Trials and Tribble-ations" (Paramount Pictures) 
   Directed by Jonathan West, 
   Written by Ronald D. Moore & Rene Echevarria, 
   Story by Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler & Robert Hewitt Wolfe, 
   Executive Producers Ira Steven Behr & Rick Berman. 
   Based upon the original series _Star Trek episode 
   "The Trouble with Tribbles" by David Gerrold. 
Note: Two _Babylon 5 episodes, "War without End" and "Z'Ha'Dum," received 
      enough votes to be nominated but J. Michael Straczynski declined 
      their nominations.


Best Professional Editor [248 ballots cast]

Gardner Dozois (_Asimov's) 
Scott Edelman (_SF Age) 
Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor) 
Kristine Kathryn Rusch (_F&SF) 
Stanley Schmidt (_Analog) 


Best Professional Artist [226 ballots cast]

Thomas Canty 
David Cherry 
Bob Eggleton 
Don Maitz 
Michael Whelan 

Best Semiprozine [223 ballots cast]

_Interzone (David Pringle, ed.) 
_Locus (Charles N. Brown, ed.) 
_The New York Review of Science Fiction (Kathryn Cramer, Tad Dembinski, 
   Ariel Hameon [acute accent over the e in Hameon], David G. Hartwell 
   and Kevin Maroney, eds.) 
_Science Fiction Chronicle (Andrew I. Porter, ed.) 
_Speculations (Kent Brewster, ed.) 

Best Fanzine  [224 ballots cast]

_Ansible (Dave Langford, ed.) 
_File 770 (Mike Glyer, ed.) 
_Mimosa (Dick & Nicki Lynch, ed.) 
_Nova Express (Lawrence Person, ed.) 
_Tangent (Dave Truesdale, ed.) 


Best Fan Writer  [202 ballots cast]

Sharon Farber 
Mike Glyer 
Andy Hooper 
Dave Langford 
Evelyn C. Leeper 


Best Fan Artist [177 ballots]

Ian Gunn 
Joe Mayhew 
Peggy Ranson 
William Rotsler 
Sherlock 
Note: Brad Foster and Teddy Harvia declined their nominations. 


John W. Campbell Award [156 ballots cast]

Michael A. Burstein[2] 
Raphael Carter[1]
Richard Garfinkle[1] 
Katya Reimann[1] 
Sharon Shinn[2] 

[1] - first year of eligibility
[2] - second and final year of eligibility 

 
     LoneStarCon 2 is a service mark of Austin Literary Arts 
     Maintenance Organization (ALAMO), Inc., a 501(c)(3) 
     non-profit literary, educational corporation. All rights 
     reserved.  "World Science Fiction Society", "WSFS", 
     "World Science Fiction Convention", "Worldcon", "NASFiC", 
     and "Hugo" are registered service marks of the World Science 
     Fiction Society, an unincorporated literary society.

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