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1999 Hugo Nominating and Voting Statistics

There were 425 valid nominating ballots received from members of Aussiecon Three and Bucconeer. 438 valid final ballots were received from members of Aussiecon Three.

As required by the constitution the following list includes at least the top 15 nominees and all nominees with at least 5% of the nomination ballots cast in that category. There were 7 finalists in the Novelette category, due to a 3-way tie for 5th place.

Eligibility was verified only for the finalists.

Nominating Finalist Total Category Ballots Range Nominees Nominations Final Ballots Novel 332 32-58 207 1059 341 Novella 187 33-46 47 498 280 Novelette 222 19-36 116 661 302 Short Story 240 17-31 214 763 262 Related Book 159 22-37 71 331 221 Dramatic Presentation 261 42-68 125 785 378 Professional Editor 244 49-108 58 644 306 Professional Artist 214 19-74 128 561 292 Semiprozine 214 31-91 40 458 302 208 23-48 86 566 252 Writer 199 20-47 153 544 233 Fan Artist 174 17-78 87 463 255 Campbell Award 180 18-46 82 389 228

Nominations

Best Novel – ballots: 332, items: 207, total nominations: 1059 58 To Say Nothing of the Dog by 37 Factoring Humanity by Robert Sawyer 36 Darwinia by Robert Charles Wilson 34 Distraction by Bruce Sterling 32 Children of God by Mary Doria Russell ------27 Island in the Sea of by S.M. Stirling 27 Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold 26 Mission Child by Maureen McHugh 25 Brown Girl in the by 19 The Golden Globe by 18 Moonfall by Jack McDevitt 17 Cosm by Greg Benford 17 Maximum Light by 17 by 16 Mockingbird by Sean Stewart 15 Tea From An Empty Cup by 15 The Alien Years by 15 Moonseed by 15 Earth Made of Glass by John Barnes Best Novella – ballots: 187, items: 47, total nominations: 498 46 by 39 Aurora In Four Voices by Catherine Asaro 38 Get Me To the Church on Time by 33 The Summer Isles by Ian Macleod 33 by ------21 The Days of Solomon Gursky by Ian McDonald 20 Ancestral Voices by and 19 A Princess of Helium by R. Garcia y Robertson 17 Dragonfly by Ursula Le Guin 17 A Question of Grammar by L. Timmel Duchamp 16 Reading the Bones by Sheila Finch 15 The Cuckoo's Boys by Robert Reed 15 Jumping off the Planet by David Gerrold 14 The Boss in the Wall by Avram Davidson and Grania Davis 14 Coolhunting by 13 Mother Death by Robert Reed 13 The Bradshaw by Judith Moffett 13 The Hedge Knight by George R.R. Martin 12 The Colonel In Autumn by Robert Silverberg 9 Sea Change With Monsters by Paul McAuley 9 A Second Change at Eden by Peter F. Hamilton

Best Novelette – ballots: 222, items: 116, total nominations: 661 36 “Echea” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch 34 “The Planck Dive” by Greg Egan 34 “” by Bruce Sterling 20 “Zwarte Piet's Tale” by Allan Steele 19 “Time Gypsy” by Ellen Klages 19 “Steamship Soldier on the Information Front” by Nancy Kress 19 “Divided by Infinity” by Robert Charles Wilson ------18 “Approaching Perimelasma” by Geoffrey Landis 16 “Lovestory” by James Patrick Kelly 16 “Absent Friends” by Michael Burstein 15 “The Picture Business” by Walter John Williams 14 “The Allies” by Mark Geston 14 “Starfall” by R. Garcia y Robertson 13 “The Mercy Gate” by Mark McGarry 12 “Transit” by 11 “Waiting for the End” by Robert Silverberg

Best Short Story – ballots: 240, items: 214, total nominations: 763 31 “Maneki Neko” by Bruce Sterling 23 “Radiant Doors” by Michael Swanwick 22 “Cosmic Corkscrew” by Michael Burstein 19 “The Very Pulse of the Machine” by Michael Swanwick 17 “Whiptail” by Robert Reed 17 “Wild Minds” by Michael Swanwick ------16 “Tiger, Tiger” by Severna Park 16 “A Game of Consequences” by Dave Langford 16 “In No-one Can Hear” by Michael Burstein 14 “Mooncalf” by Stephen Baxter 14 “Year of the Mouse” by Norman Spinrad 14 “Every Angel Is Terrifying” by John Kessel 13 “Dante Dreams” by Stephen Baxter 13 “Amendment” by Stephen Dedman 13 “Radio Praha” by Tony Daniel 13 “Out of Space, Out of Time” by Dave Langford

Best Related Book – ballots: 159, items: 71, total nominations: 331 37 The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of by Thomas Disch 29 Spectrum 5: The Best in Contemporary by Arnie Fenner and Cathy Fenner 26 Hugo, Nebula & World Awards by Howard De Vore 22 SF: The Gernsback Years by Everett Bleiler 22 The Work of by Richard Hauptman ------18 Northern Dreamers by Edo van Belkom 17 Pulp Culture: by Frank M. Robinson and Lawrence Davidson 14 MUP Encyclopedia of Australia by Paul Collins, , and Sean McMullen 9 To Everything There Is A Season by Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon 8 Star Wars Encyclopedia by Stephen J. Sansweet 8 Icon: A Retrospective by the Grand Master by 7 The Science of the X-Files by Jean Cavelos 6 Steering the Craft by Ursula Le Guin 6 Rocket Boys by Homer Jr Hickham 6 Batman Animated by , , and 5 Barlowe's by Wayne Barlowe

Best Dramatic Presentation – ballots: 261, items: 125, total nominations: 785 68 The Truman Show 62 Babylon 5: “Sleeping in Light” 53 Dark City 44 Pleasantville 42 : Insurrection ------33 Star Trek Deep Space 9: “” 30 Deep Impact 27 Babylon 5: “Day of the Dead” 20 Armageddon 18 Babylon 5: “The Fall of Centauri Prime” 15 Star Trek Deep Space 9: “In the Pale Moonlight” 14 Babylon 5: “In the Beginning” 14 What Dreams May Come 14 A Bug's Life 13 X-Files: “Triangle” 12 From the Earth to the Moon (HBO mini-series) 12 Antz

Best Professional Editor – ballots: 244, items: 58, total nominations: 644 108 Gardner Dozois 78 Stanley Schmidt 56 54 49 Scott Edelman 49 David G. Hartwell ------28 16 Beth Meacham 14 Shawna McCarthy 13 Debbie Notkin 12 11 9 Sheila Williams 8 Anne Groell 7 Jim Frenkel 7 Paul Collins 7 Jennifer Bruehl

Best Professional Artist – ballots: 214, items: 128, total nominations: 561 74 Bob Eggleton 39 Michael Whelan 33 Jim Burns 25 19 19 Nick Stathopoulos ------17 Tom Canty 14 Stephen Youll 13 David Cherry 12 Tom Kidd 11 10 Ron Walotsky 9 Bruce Jensen 9 Nicholas Jainschigg 8 Ramas Kukalis 8 Jody Lee 8 Freddie Baer

Best Semiprozine – ballots: 214, items: 40, total nominations: 458 91 Locus edited by Charles N. Brown 69 Interzone edited by David Pringle 54 Review of edited by , Ariel Haméon, David G. Hartwell and Kevin J. Maroney 53 SF Chronicle edited by Andrew I. Porter 31 edited by Kent Brewster ------18 SFWA Bulletin edited by Mark J McGarry and John Betancourt 15 Aboriginal SF edited by Charles C. Ryan 15 Absolute Magnitude edited by Warren Lapine 12 On Spec edited by Jena Snyder 10 Talebones edited by Honna Swenson and Patrick J. Swenson 8 Odyssey edited by Liz Holliday 7 Nova Express* edited by Lawrence Person 6 Frontier edited by Katharine Maxwell 6 Eidolon edited by & Jeremy G. Byrne 5 Science Fiction Weekly edited by Craig E. Engler 5 Crank! edited by Bryan Cholfin

*None of the seven votes for Nova Express in Semiprozine could be transferred to Fanzine because in each case the nominator already had five nominations in the fanzine category. Best Fanzine – ballots: 208, items: 86, total nominations: 566 48 Mimosa edited by Richard Lynch and Nicki Lynch 44 Tangent edited by Dave Truesdale 38 Ansible edited by Dave Langford 34 edited by Mike Glyer 23 Thyme edited by Alan Stewart 23 Plokta edited by Alison Scott and Steve Davies ------21 Bento edited by Kate Yule and David Levine 21 Outworlds edited by Bill Bowers 17 Ethel the Aardvark edited by the Melbourne Science Fiction Club 17 Metaphysical Review edited by Bruce Gillespie 17 Challenger edited by Guy Lillian III 17 Emerald City edited by Cheryl Morgan 16 Nova Express edited by Lawrence Person 16 The Reluctant Famulus edited by Tom Sadler 16 Banana Wings edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer 15 Idea edited by Geri Sullivan 15 FOSFAX edited by Timothy Lane and Elizabeth Garrott 13 Trapdoor edited by Robert Lichtman

Best Fan Writer – ballots: 199, items: 153, total nominations: 544 47 Dave Langford 28 Evelyn C. Leeper 28 Mike Glyer 26 Bob Devney 20 Maureen Kincaid Speller ------17 Cheryl Morgan 16 Bruce Gillespie 16 Joseph T. Major 14 Andy Hooper 13 Ian Gunn 12 Terry Frost 9 Steven Silver 9 Lloyd Penney 7 Judith Hanna 7 Guy Lillian III 7 Ray Radlien 7 Vicki Rosenzweig

Best Fan Artist – ballots: 174, items: 87, total nominations: 463 78 Ian Gunn 60 Teddy Harvia 41 Joe Mayhew 28 Brad Foster 17 Freddie Baer 17 D. West ------15 Sheryl Birkhead 15 Peggy Ranson 10 Sue Mason 10 Taral Wayne 10 9 Kerri Valkova 8 Naomi Fisher 7 Kurt Erichsen 6 Steve Scholz 6 Beryl Bush 6 Bill Neville

John W. Campbell Award – ballots: 180, items: 82, total nominations: 389 46 Nalo Hopkinson 33 Kage Baker 29 Julie E. Czerneda 26 Susan R. Matthews 18 James Van Pelt ------14 Shane Tourtellotte 12 12 Tom Cool 11 J. K. Rowling 11 Fiona Patton 11 Katie Waitman 10 Michael Marano 8 Joshua Dann 7 Kristen Britain 7 Kathy Oltion

1999 Hugo Voting Statistics

Best Novel – 341 ballots counted

To Say Nothing of the Dog 120 121 134 151 187 Children of God 72 72 85 107 126 Factoring Humanity 53 55 61 77 Darwinia 50 50 57 Distraction 43 43 No Award 3

Children of God 112 112 134 155 Darwinia 73 74 98 135 Factoring Humanity 70 73 84 Distraction 65 65 No Award 7

Darwinia 93 94 142 Factoring Humanity 98 101 128 Distraction 92 92 No Award 11

Distraction 137 138 Factoring Humanity 131 135 No Award 17

Factoring Humanity 212 No Award 43

Best Novella – 280 ballots counted

Oceanic 62 62 71 86 128 Aurora in Four Voices 90 90 93 102 126 Story of Your Life 60 60 66 80 The Summer Isles 35 35 42 Get Me To The Church on Time 27 28 No Award 6

Aurora in Four Voices 101 101 108 129 Story of Your Life 71 71 83 110 The Summer Isles 45 45 58 Get Me To The Church on Time 41 42 No Award 6

Story of Your Life 99 101 124 Get Me To The Church on Time 70 71 99 The Summer Isles 57 58 No Award 10

Get Me To The Church on Time 102 107 The Summer Isles 99 101 No Award 17

The Summer Isles 171 No Award 25 Best Novelette – 302 ballots counted

Taklamakan 44 44 51 60 78 138 Time Gypsy 46 46 49 62 70 102 Zwarte Piet's Tale 50 50 56 64 67 Divided by Infinity 49 50 53 60 67 The Planck Dive 39 39 44 50 Echea 38 38 44 Steamship Soldier ... 35 35 No Award 1

Echea 45 45 55 68 88 130 Divided by Infinity 56 57 60 63 82 96 Zwarte Piet's Tale 58 58 66 74 80 The Planck Dive 49 49 57 62 Time Gypsy 48 48 51 Steamship Soldier ... 40 41 No Award 3

Zwarte Piet's Tale 67 67 83 98 116 Divided by Infinity 62 63 70 84 112 The Planck Dive 58 58 68 75 Time Gypsy 56 56 66 Steamship Soldier ... 53 54 No Award 3

Steamship Soldier ... 74 75 95 133 The Planck Dive 69 69 93 111 Time Gypsy 69 69 82 Divided by Infinity 66 67 No Award 4

The Planck Dive 87 87 127 Time Gypsy 93 93 117 Divided by Infinity 79 80 No Award 6

Time Gypsy 116 116 Divided by Infinity 108 109 No Award 8

Divided by Infinity 172 No Award 11

Best Short Story – 262 ballots counted

The Very Pulse of the Machine 42 44 47 55 87 115 Maneki Neko 71 73 75 82 92 113 Cosmic Corkscrew 54 54 58 66 70 Radiant Doors 41 41 46 51 Wild Minds 28 29 30 Whiptail 16 16 No Award 10

Maneki Neko 78 80 82 92 117 Radiant Doors 58 58 64 84 109 Cosmic Corkscrew 57 57 63 73 Wild Minds 40 42 43 Whiptail 16 16 No Award 10

Radiant Doors 80 80 92 130 Cosmic Corkscrew 70 71 81 100 Wild Minds 57 59 63 Whiptail 30 30 No Award 14

Wild Minds 107 110 130 Cosmic Corkscrew 76 77 91 Whiptail 44 44 No Award 17

Cosmic Corkscrew 101 105 Whiptail 96 99 No Award 26

Whiptail 159 No Award 35

Best Related Book – 221 ballots counted

The Dreams Our Stuff is Made Of 52 54 63 79 98 The Work of Jack Williamson: An Annotate 43 43 52 59 81 Spectrum 5: The Best in Contemporary ... 41 41 47 55 The Hugo, Nebula and 37 37 44 Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years 36 36 No Award 12

The Work of Jack Williamson: An Annotate 47 47 62 82 The Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Award 48 48 61 80 Spectrum 5: The Best in Contemporary ... 51 52 59 Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years 44 44 No Award 12

Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years 60 61 82 The Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Award 57 57 73 Spectrum 5: The Best in Contemporary Fan 56 57 No Award 13

The Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Award 89 Spectrum 5: The Best in Contemporary Fan 69 No Award 18

Spectrum 5: The Best in Contemporary Fan 124 No Award 25

Best Dramatic Presentation – 378 ballots counted

The Truman Show 89 90 99 125 187 Sleeping in Light-Babylon 5 104 104 112 115 138 Dark City 85 85 85 100 Pleasantville 53 54 56 Star Trek: Insurrection 27 27 No Award 20

Dark City 111 111 116 159 Sleeping in Light-Babylon 5 120 121 131 147 Pleasantville 83 85 94 Star Trek: Insurrection 32 32 No Award 25

Pleasantville 137 141 160 Sleeping in Light-Babylon 5 136 138 156 Star Trek: Insurrection 52 53 No Award 34

Sleeping in Light-Babylon 5 166 Star Trek: Insurrection 96 No Award 60

Star Trek: Insurrection 188 No Award 81

Best Professional Editor – 306 ballots counted

Gardner Dozois 75 75 80 91 112 151 Patrick Nielsen Hayden 74 74 75 80 99 122 Stanley Schmidt 61 61 64 69 77 David G. Hartwell 48 48 49 55 Gordon Van Gelder 29 29 34 Scott Edelman 17 17 No Award 2

Patrick Nielsen Hayden 88 88 90 103 145 Stanley Schmidt 69 69 75 88 113 David G. Hartwell 68 68 72 86 Gordon Van Gelder 46 46 52 Scott Edelman 23 23 No Award 2

David G. Hartwell 102 102 109 144 Stanley Schmidt 82 83 89 108 Gordon Van Gelder 68 68 76 Scott Edelman 27 27 No Award 3

Stanley Schmidt 113 115 131 Gordon Van Gelder 107 108 123 Scott Edelman 38 38 No Award 7

Gordon Van Gelder 150 Scott Edelman 79 No Award 14

Scott Edelman 172 No Award 20

Best Professional Artist – 292 ballots counted

Bob Eggleton 56 57 67 80 114 159 Nick Stathopoulos 70 70 71 77 80 90 Jim Burns 53 53 56 64 70 Michael Whelan 43 45 47 55 Don Maitz 33 33 42 Donato Giancola 27 27 No Award 10

Jim Burns 66 67 74 91 129 Michael Whelan 59 61 70 90 117 Nick Stathopoulos 72 73 76 85 Don Maitz 46 46 56 Donato Giancola 32 32 No Award 11

Michael Whelan 77 80 96 138 Nick Stathopoulos 76 77 84 108 Don Maitz 65 65 82 Donato Giancola 45 45 No Award 11

Don Maitz 109 110 143 Nick Stathopoulos 80 81 93 Donato Giancola 51 51 No Award 12

Nick Stathopoulos 106 107 Donato Giancola 91 92 No Award 16

Donato Giancola 143 No Award 20

Best Semiprozine – 302 ballots counted

Locus 118 118 121 133 154 Interzone 70 70 74 79 120 The New York Review of SF 48 48 51 71 Science Fiction Chronicle 44 44 47 Speculations 19 19 No Award 3

Interzone 107 107 112 129 The New York Review of SF 72 72 76 106 Science Fiction Chronicle 70 70 75 Speculations 25 25 No Award 6

The New York Review of SF 119 121 130 Science Fiction Chronicle 92 92 101 Speculations 31 32 No Award 12

Science Fiction Chronicle 141 Speculations 61 No Award 19

Speculations 134 No Award 29

Best Fanzine – 252 ballots counted

Ansible 55 55 68 82 96 127 Thyme 42 42 48 54 65 83 File 770 43 43 47 57 63 Tangent 41 41 44 46 Mimosa 34 34 37 Plokta 32 32 No Award 5

File 770 58 58 66 72 106 Thyme 50 50 58 66 83 Mimosa 43 43 54 61 Tangent 43 43 47 Plokta 39 39 No Award 5

Mimosa 69 70 85 96 Thyme 55 55 67 82 Tangent 50 50 56 Plokta 43 43 No Award 9

Thyme 69 70 99 Tangent 64 64 81 Plokta 62 63 No Award 16

Plokta 85 87 Tangent 80 81 No Award 20

Tangent 133 No Award 30

Best Fan Writer – 233 ballots counted

Dave Langford 71 71 76 91 114 Maureen Kincaid Speller 52 53 62 66 85 Mike Glyer 40 40 46 53 Bob Devney 28 29 32 Evelyn C. Leeper 27 28 No Award 15

Maureen Kincaid Speller 70 71 80 94 Mike Glyer 62 62 72 85 Evelyn C. Leeper 33 34 38 Bob Devney 31 32 No Award 18

Mike Glyer 77 77 100 Evelyn C. Leeper 50 51 66 Bob Devney 47 49 No Award 24

Evelyn C. Leeper 77 78 Bob Devney 74 77 No Award 30

Bob Devney 166 No Award 39

Best Fan Artist – 255 ballots counted

Ian Gunn 99 99 100 104 116 134 Teddy Harvia 38 38 38 46 60 69 Freddie Baer 50 50 50 51 56 Brad Foster 27 27 31 34 Joe Mayhew 28 28 28 D. West 8 8 No Award 5

Teddy Harvia 69 70 72 103 135 Freddie Baer 57 57 58 63 68 Joe Mayhew 45 45 48 54 Brad Foster 41 41 47 D. West 17 17 No Award 8

Joe Mayhew 73 73 77 89 Brad Foster 63 63 69 87 Freddie Baer 61 61 63 D. West 18 18 No Award 9

Brad Foster 88 88 101 Freddie Baer 65 65 71 D. West 27 27 No Award 12

Freddie Baer 86 D. West 57 No Award 17

D. West 102 No Award 22

John W. Campbell Award – 228 ballots counted

Nalo Hopkinson 77 77 80 97 110 Kage Baker 38 39 46 59 76 Susan R. Matthews 43 43 46 52 Julie E. Czerneda 39 39 42 James Van Pelt 25 25 No Award 6

Kage Baker 56 57 66 83 Julie E. Czerneda 54 54 59 80 Susan R. Matthews 53 53 57 James Van Pelt 27 27 No Award 13

Julie E. Czerneda 68 69 84 Susan R. Matthews 67 67 76 James Van Pelt 35 35 No Award 15

Susan R. Matthews 98 James Van Pelt 52 No Award 17

James Van Pelt 109 No Award 27