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1990 in science fiction

The year 1990 was marked, in science fiction, by the following:

Events

The 48th annual Worldcon, ConFiction, was held in The Hague, Netherlands

Births and deaths

Births

Rie Qudan

Deaths

Literary releases

Novels

Jurassic Park, by Michael Crichton

Short stories

"Bears Discover Fire" by Terry Bisson

Children's books

Comics

Battle Angel Alita begins serialization in Business Jump magazine
Hard Boiled, by Frank Miller and Geof Darrow
Martha Washington, by Frank Miller and Dave Gibbons
The Men in Black, by Lowell Cunningham and Sandy Carruthers

Other books

Expedition by Wayne Barlowe
Man After Man by Dougal Dixon

Movies

Total Recall, dir. by Paul Verhoeven
Tremors, dir. by Ron Underwood

Television

Video games

Wing Commander, by Chris Roberts

Awards

Hugos

Best novel: Hyperion, by Dan Simmons
Best novella: The Mountains of Mourning, by Lois McMaster Bujold
Best novelette: "" by Robert Silverberg
Best short story: "Boobs" by Suzy McKee Charnas
Best related work: The World Beyond the Hill, by Alexei Panshin and Cory Panshin
Best dramatic presentation: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, dir. by Steven Spielberg; Screenplay by Jeffrey Boam; Story by George Lucas and Menno Meyjes; based on characters created by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman
Best professional editor: Gardner Dozois
Best professional artist: Don Maitz
Best original artwork: Cover of Rimrunners, by Don Maitz
Best Semiprozine: Locus, ed. by Charles N. Brown
Best fanzine: The Mad 3 Party, ed. by Leslie Turek
Best fan writer: Dave Langford
Best fan artist: Stu Shiffman

Nebulas

Best novel: ', by Ursula K. LeGuin

Best novella: The Hemingway Hoax by Joe Haldeman

Best novelette: "Tower of Babylon" by Ted Chiang

Best short story: "Bears Discover Fire" by Terry Bisson

Other awards

BSFA Award for Best Novel: Take Back Plenty by Colin Greenwood

Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel: Hyperion by Dan Simmons

Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film: Total Recall

References