Английская Википедия:48th World Science Fiction Convention

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The 48th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), also known as ConFiction, was held 23–27 August 1990 at the Netherlands Congress Centre in The Hague, Netherlands.

The organising committee was chaired by Kees van Toorn.

Participants

Attendance was 3,580, despite the preparations for the Gulf war which deterred many Americans from traveling.

Guests of Honor

• Joe Haldeman
• Wolfgang Jeschke
• Harry Harrison
• Andrew I. Porter (fan)
• Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (toastmaster)

Awards

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1990 Hugo Awards

• Best Novel: Hyperion by Dan Simmons
• Best Novella: "The Mountains of Mourning" by Lois McMaster Bujold
• Best Novelette: "Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another" by Robert Silverberg
• Best Short Story: "Boobs" by Suzy McKee Charnas
• Best Non-Fiction Book: The World Beyond the Hill by Alexei & Cory Panshin
• Best Dramatic Presentation: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
• Best Professional Editor: Gardner Dozois
• Best Professional Artist: Don Maitz
• Best Original Artwork: cover of Rimrunners by Don Maitz
• Best Semiprozine: Locus, edited by Charles N. Brown
• Best Fanzine: The Mad 3 Party, edited by Leslie Turek
• Best Fan Writer: Dave Langford
• Best Fan Artist: Stu Shiffman

Other awards

• John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer: Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Notes

The convention was opened by the then Minister of Cultural Affairs of the Netherlands, and the Hugos were presented by the U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands.

This was the first Worldcon after the fall of the Berlin Wall, so was the first convention which many fans, writers and editors from Eastern European countries were able to attend.

See also

• Hugo Award
• Science fiction
• Speculative fiction
• World Science Fiction Society
• Worldcon

External links

• ConFiction 1990 convention report
• NESFA.org: The Long List
• World Science Fiction Society