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The 58th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) was Chicon 2000, which was held in Chicago, USA August 31- September 4, 2000. The venues for 58th Worldcon were Hyatt Regency Chicago, Sofitel Hotel and Fairmont Hotel. The organising committee was chaired by Tom Veal. Worldcon, or more formally The World Science Fiction Convention, is the longest running science fiction convention having been held from 1939 to 1941 and, after the interruption of World War II, every year since 1946. ...
Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ...
August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining, as the final day of August. ...
September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years). ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
The convention had 6,574 members, of whom 5,794 actually attended the convention.
Programme and events
Guests of Honour The guests of honour were: Benjamin William Bova (born November 8, 1932) is an American science fiction author and editor. ...
James Patrick Jim Baen (b. ...
Harry Turtledove at Worldcon 2005 in Glasgow Harry Norman Turtledove (born June 14, 1949), is a historian and prolific novelist who has written historical fiction, fantasy, and science fiction works. ...
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Hugo Awards
2000 Hugo Awards Best Novel - A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge A Deepness in the Sky is a science fiction novel by Vernor Vinge. ...
Vernor Vinge Vernor Steffen Vinge (pronounced VIN-jee, rhyming with stingy) (born February 10, 1944) is a mathematician, computer scientist and science fiction author who is best known for his Hugo award-winning novel A Fire Upon the Deep, and for his 1993 essay The Technological Singularity, in which he...
Best Novella - "The Winds of Marble Arch" by Connie Willis Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis (born December 31, 1945) is an American science fiction writer. ...
Best Novelette - "1016 to 1" by James Patrick Kelly James Patrick Kelly (born in Mineola, New York in 1951) is an American science fiction author. ...
Best Short Story - "Scherzo with Dinosaur" by Michael Swanwick Michael Swanwick (born November 18, 1950) is a science fiction author based in Philadelphia who began publishing in the early 1980s. ...
Best Related Book - Science Fiction of the 20th Century: An Illustrated History by Frank M. Robinson Frank M. Robinson (born 1926) is a science fiction and techno-thriller writer. ...
Best Professional Editor - Gardner Dozois Front cover of Michael Swanwicks book-length interview with Dozois, Being Gardner Dozois. ...
Best Professional Artist - Michael Whelan At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Michael Whelan (born June 29, 1950) is a multiple award winning American artist specializing in science fiction and fantasy illustration. ...
Best Dramatic Presentation - Galaxy Quest Galaxy Quest is a 1999 motion picture written by David Howard, with additional screenplay work by Robert Gordon and directed by Dean Parisot, starring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, and Tony Shalhoub. ...
Best Semi-Prozine - Locus, Charles N. Brown, ed. The word locus (plural loci) is Latin for place. In biology and evolutionary computation, a locus is the position of a gene (or other significant sequence) on a chromosome. ...
Charles Nikki Brown is the founder of Locus, a magazine dealing with the Science fiction and Fantasy genres of literature. ...
Best Fanzine - File 770, Mike Glyer, ed. File 770 is named for the party in Room 770 at the 1951 Worldcon science fiction convention that upstaged the convention. ...
Mike Glyer publishes the science fiction fan newszine File 770. ...
Best Fan Writer - Dave Langford David Langford David Langford (born April 10, 1953, in Newport, Monmouthshire) is a British science fiction author and critic. ...
Best Fan Artist - Joe Mayhew (posthumous)
John W. Campbell Award for New Writers (not a Hugo Award) - Jay Lake There are two major science fiction awards named in honour of John W. Campbell: John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction The two awards are entirely separate and run by different organisations (see individual pages for...
List of Participating Writers In addition to the guests of honour, notable science fiction writers participating to the convention included: Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...
For the actor known as Kevin Anderson, see Kevin Anderson (actor). ...
Catherine Asaro (born 1955) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. ...
Glen David Brin (born October 6, 1950) is a well known American author of science fiction. ...
John Clute is a Canadian born author and critic who lives in Britain. ...
Elizabeth Hand, born in 1957. ...
At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Harry Maxwell Harrison (born March 12, 1925 in Stamford, Connecticut) is an American speculative fiction author who has lived in many parts of the world including Mexico, England, Denmark and Italy. ...
George R. R. Martin, circa 1986 George Raymond Richard Martin (born September 20, 1948 in Bayonne, New Jersey) is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy, and also a screenwriter and producer. ...
Jack McDevitt (1935-) is an American science fiction author whose novels frequently deal with attempts to make contact with alien races and archaeology. ...
Larry Niven Laurence van Cott Niven (born April 30, 1938) is a US science fiction author. ...
Frederik Pohl (November 26, 1919—) is an American science fiction writer and editor. ...
Terence David John Pratchett OBE (known to some fans as Pterry, following the convention he used in his book Pyramids where characters were given names such as Ptraci and Pteppic) is an English fantasy author (born April 28, 1948, in Beaconsfield, Bucks), best known for his Discworld series. ...
Mike Resnick (born March 5, 1942) is a popular and prolific science fiction author. ...
At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935 in Brooklyn, NY) is a prolific author best known for writing science fiction, a multiple winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. ...
Michael Swanwick (born November 18, 1950) is a science fiction author based in Philadelphia who began publishing in the early 1980s. ...
Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis (born December 31, 1945) is an American science fiction writer. ...
Gene Wolfe (born May 7, 1931) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. ...
See Also The Hugo Award is given every year for the best science fiction or fantasy stories of the previous year, and for related areas in fandom, art and dramatic presentation. ...
The World Science Fiction Society is an unincorporated literary society whose purpose is to promote interest in Science Fiction. ...
Worldcon, or more formally The World Science Fiction Convention, is the longest running science fiction convention having been held from 1939 to 1941 and, after the interruption of World War II, every year since 1946. ...
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