48th World Science Fiction Convention

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The 48th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), was ConFiction, which was held in The Hague, Netherlands 23rd-27th August 1990 at the Netherlands Congress Centre. This convention was one of the two Worldcons held in continental Europe, the other being the 28th World Science Fiction Convention held in West Germany.

1 Participants
2 Hugo Awards
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Participants

The guests of honour for the convention were Joe Haldeman, Wolfgang Jeschke and Harry Harrison, with Chelsea Quinn Yarbro as Toastmaster and Andrew Porter as a fan guest of honour. The organising committee was chaired by Kees van Toorn. The total membership of the convention was 3580, despite the preparations for the Gulf war which deterred many Americans from travelling.

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

[edit] Hugo Awards

The Hugo Awards given at the convention for achievements in the field of Science Fiction for the year 1989 were:

Novel: Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Novella: The Mountains of Mourning by Lois McMaster Bujold
Novelette: Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another by Robert Silverberg
Short Story: Boobs by Suzy McKee Charnas
Non-Fiction Book: The World Beyond the Hill by Alexei & Cory Panshin
Dramatic Presentation: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Professional Editor: Gardner Dozois
Professional Artist: Don Maitz
Original Artwork: cover of Rimrunners by Don Maitz
Semiprozine: Locus (Charles N. Brown, ed.)
Fanzine: The Mad 3 Party (Leslie Turek, ed.)
Fan Writer: Dave Langford
Fan Artist: Stu Shiffman
John W. Campbell Award for best new writer (not a Hugo Award): Kristine Kathryn Rusch

[edit] See also

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Preceded by: 47th World Science Fiction Convention Noreascon 3 in Boston, USA (1989)	List of Worldcons 48rd World Science Fiction Convention ConFiction in The Hague, Netherlands (1990)	Succeeded by: 49th World Science Fiction Convention Chicon V in Chicago, USA (1991)