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World Fantasy Awards Winners

Winners of this year's World Fantasy Awards were announced Sunday, November 7th, at the World Fantasy Convention 1999 in Providence, Rhode Island.

Life Achievement
Hugh B. Cave

Novel
The Antelope Wife, Louise Erdrich (HarperFlamingo)

Novella
''The Summer Isles'', Ian R. MacLeod (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1998)

Short Story
''The Specialist's Hat'', Kelly Link (Event Horizon, Nov 15, 1998)

Collection
Black Glass, Karen Joy Fowler (Henry Holt)

Anthology
Dreaming Down-Under, edited by Jack Dann & Janeen Webb (HarperCollins/Voyager Australia)

Artist
Charles Vess

Special Award, Professional
Jim Turner (for Golden Gryphon Press)

Special Award, Non-Professional
Richard Chizmar (for Cemetery Dance Publications)

(Sun 7 Nov 1999)


PW's Best Books

Publishers Weekly's list of Best Books 99 includes the following science fiction, fantasy, and horror titles:

  • Greg Bear, Darwin's Radio (Del Rey)
  • Orson Scott Card, Ender's Shadow (Tor)
  • Neil Gaiman, Stardust (Avon Spike)
  • Stephen Jones, ed., The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Volume 10 (Carroll & Graf)
  • Stephen King, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (Scribner)
  • Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon (Avon)
  • Peter Straub, Mr. X (Random)
  • Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (Tor)
Among general fiction titles is Julian Barnes fantasy England, England (Knopf), while the children's fiction list includes Susan Cooper's King of Shadows (S&S/McElderry) and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Scholastic/Levine). The general nonfiction list includes titles by Samuel R. Delany, Antonio D'Amasio, James Gleick, Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, Curt Suplee, and Jonathan Weiner.

(Fri 5 Nov 1999)


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  • Stephen King's forthcoming audiobook
  • Caleb Carr serial in Time magazine

    OCTOBER page 1

  • Writer's Digest 100 Best Writers of the Century
  • Amazon.com's Best Books of the Century
  • Aurora Awards
  • Spectrum Awards
  • Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire

    SEPTEMBER page 3

  • Marion Zimmer Bradley, 1930 - 1999
  • HarperCollins restructures, cuts jobs
  • British Fantasy Awards
  • David Karp, 1922 - 1999

    SEPTEMBER page 2

  • Other Awards winners: Ditmar, Seiun, Sidewise, Prometheus, Golden Duck, Big Heart

    SEPTEMBER page 1

  • Hugo Awards winners

    AUGUST page 2

  • James White, 1928 - 1999
  • World Fantasy Awards final ballot

    AUGUST page 1

  • Mythopoeic Awards winners

    JULY page 3

  • Alison Spedding imprisoned
  • George ''Lan'' Laskowski dies
  • Stephen King recovering
  • Odyssey folds
  • Alan Dean Foster's motorcycle scrape
  • Ellen Datlow CoA
  • SF University degree

    JULY page 2

  • Campbell, Sturgeon Awards winners

    JULY page 1

  • Locus Awards winners

    JUNE page 3

  • Clifton Fadiman dies
  • Stephen King injured, hospitalized
  • Mythopoeic Awards nominations
  • Avon and Morrow sold

    JUNE page 2

  • Bram Stoker Awards winners
  • Prix Tour Eiffel
  • Robert Sobel dies
  • Spectrum Awards finalists

    JUNE page 1

  • Barnes & Noble acquisition of Ingram cancelled
  • Bradbury and Silverberg to enter Hall of Fame
  • Sturgeon Award finalists

    MAY page 3

  • Random House reorganizes
  • Harlan Ellison wins Audie Awards
  • Tricia Sullivan wins Clarke Award
  • Online price wars
  • Millennial books
  • Kurd Lasswitz Awards
  • Conventions reports (links)

    MAY page 2

  • Italia Awards winners
  • Analog and Asimov's Readers Awards
  • HOMer Awards
  • Sidewise nominations

    MAY page 1

  • Nebula Awards winners

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