1996 Hugo Award Nominations

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1996 Hugo winners.

Best Novel

The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter (Voyager and HarperPrism)

Brightness Reef by David Brin (Bantam)

The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer (HarperPrism; also serialized as Hobson's Choice in Analog, Mid-December 1994-March 1995)

The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson (Bantam)

Remake by Connie Willis (Bantam)

Best Novella

"Fault Lines" by Nancy Kress (Asimov's August 1995)

"A Man of the People" by Ursula K. Le Guin (Asimov's April 1995)

"A Woman's Liberation" by Ursula K. Le Guin (Asimov's July 1995)

"Bibi" by Mike Resnick and Susan Shwartz (Asimov's Mid-December 1995)

"The Death of Captain Future" by Allen Steele (Asimov's October 1995)

Best Novelette

"Luminous" by Greg Egan (Asimov's September 1995)

"TAP" by Greg Egan (Asimov's November 1995)

"Think Like a Dinosaur" by James Patrick Kelly (Asimov's June 1995)

"When the Old Gods Die" by Mike Resnick (Asimov's April 1995)

"The Good Rat" by Allen Steele (Analog Mid-December 1995)

"Must and Shall" by Harry Turtledove (Asimov's November 1995)

Best Short Story

"TeleAbsence" by Michael A. Burstein (Analog July 1995)

"Life on the Moon" by Tony Daniel (Asimov's April 1995)

"A Birthday" by Esther M. Friesner (F&SF August 1995)

"The Lincoln Train" by Maureen F. McHugh (F&SF April 1995)

"Walking Out" by Michael Swanwick (Asimov's February 1995)

Best Non-fiction Book

Yours, Isaac Asimov: A Lifetime of Letters by Isaac Asimov, edited by Stanley Asimov (Doubleday)

Spectrum 2: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art edited by Cathy Burnett and Arnie Fenner (Underwood)

Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia by John Clute (Dorling Kindersley)

Alien Horizons: The Fantastic Art of Bob Eggleton by Bob Eggleton (Dragon's World/Paper Tiger)

To Write Like a Woman: Essays in Feminism and Science Fiction by Joanna Russ (Indiana University Press)

Best Dramatic Presentation

Apollo 13 (Universal) Brian Grazer, producer; Ron Howard, director; William Broyles Jr. & Al Reinert, screenplay

"The Coming of Shadows" (Babylon 5 Warner Brothers) J. Michael Straczynski, Douglas Netter & John Copeland, producers; J. Michael Straczynski, screenplay; Janet Greek, director

"The Visitor" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Paramount Television) Rick Berman & Ira Steven Behr, executive producers; Michael Taylor, screenplay; David Livingston, director

Toy Story (Buena Vista) Ralph Guggenheim & Bonnie Arnold, producers; John Lasseter, director; Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, & Alec Sokolow, screenplay

12 Monkeys (Universal) Charles Roven, producer; Terry Gilliam, director; David & Janet Peoples, screenplay

Best Professional Editor

Ellen Datlow

Gardner Dozois

Scott Edelman

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Stanley Schmidt

Best Professional Artist

Jim Burns

Thomas Canty

Bob Eggleton

Don Maitz

Michael Whelan

Best Original Artwork

Cover of F&SF, October-November 1995 (illustrating "Dankden" by Marc Laidlaw), by Bob Eggleton

Cover of Analog, January 1995 (illustrating "Tide of Stars" by Julia Ecklar), by Bob Eggleton

Dinotopia: The World Beneath by James Gurney (Turner)

Cover of Analog, March 1995 (illustrating "Renascence" by Poul Anderson), by George H. Krauter

Cover of F&SF, January 1995 (illustrating "Tea and Hamsters" by Michael Coney), by Gary Lippincott

Best Semiprozine

Crank! (Bryan Cholfin, ed.)

Interzone (David Pringle, ed.)

Locus (Charles N. Brown, ed.)

The New York Review of Science Fiction (David Hartwell, Ariél Hamion & Tad Dembinski, eds.)

Science Fiction Chronicle (Andrew Porter, ed.)

Best Fanzine

Ansible (Dave Langford, ed.)

Apparatchik (Andrew Hooper & Victor Gonzalez, eds.)

Attitude (Michael Abbott, John Dallman & Pam Wells, eds.)

FOSFAX (Timothy Lane & Elizabeth Garrott, eds.)

Lan's Lantern (George "Lan" Laskowski, eds.)

Mimosa (Dick & Nicki Lynch, eds.)

Best Fan Writer

Sharon Farber

Andy Hooper

Dave Langford

Evelyn C. Leeper

Joseph T. Major

Best Fan Artist

Ian Gunn

Teddy Harvia

Joe Mayhew

Peggy Ranson

William Rotsler

John W. Campbell Award

Michael A. Burstein1

David Feintuch2

Felicity Savage2

Sharon Shinn1

Tricia Sullivan1

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

1995 Hugo nominees.
1997 Hugo nominees.