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Chronology 2000

(Future History: Calendar 2000)

 
Cumulative 2000 Books | Movies
January
SFFH Books | NF Books | Magazines
    
1
Y2K arrives; civilization does not collapse
    
2 (or 4)
Patrick O'Brian (b. 1914) dies
    
10
AOL, Time Warner announce merger
    
15
Galaxy Online debuts
    
26
A.E. van Vogt (b. 1912) dies
    
30
Kurt Vonnegut injured in house fire
February
SFFH Books | NF Books | Magazines
    
2nd week
Internet attacks clog access to popular websites
    
11
Science Fiction Age announces demise
    
12
Charles Schulz (''Peanuts'') dies
March
SFFH Books | NF Books | Magazines
    
10
John Sladek (b. 1937) dies
    
11
Suzy McKee Charnas wins Tiptree Award for The Conqueror's Child
    
13
Jonathan Lethem wins National Book Critics Circle Award for Motherless Brooklyn
    
14
Stephen King releases e-book Riding the Bullet
    
26
Oscars to American Beauty (5), The Matrix (4 technical)
April
SFFH Books | NF Books | Magazines
    
1
Locus Online posts April 1st issue
    
15
Edward Gorey (b. 1925) dies
    
22
Stephen Baxter wins Philip K. Dick Award for Vacuum Diagrams
    
29
Ursula K. Le Guin wins Los Angeles Times career award
May
SFFH Books | NF Books | Magazines
    
2
Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine announces closure
    
4
''ILoveYou'' computer virus strikes worldwide
    
12
Battlefield Earth opens to scathing reviews
    
13
Bram Stoker Awards winners include Peter Straub (Mr. X), Neil Gaiman, M. Night Shyamalan, J.K. Rowling; Lifetime Achievement Awards to Edward Gorey, Charles L. Grant
    
17
Bruce Sterling wins Clarke Award for Distraction
    
19
Sci Fiction debuts
    
20
Nebula Awards winners: Octavia E. Butler (Parable of the Talents), Ted Chiang, Mary A. Turzillo, Leslie What, M. Night Shyalaman (The Sixth Sense); Brian Aldiss named Grand Master
    
29
David R. Bunch (b. 1925) dies
June
SFFH Books | NF Books | Magazines
    
7
US Judge orders Microsoft breakup
    
10
Joe Mayhew dies
    
28
Elian Gonzalez returns home to Cuba
July
SFFH Books | NF Books | Magazines
    
2
Locus Awards winners: Neal Stephenson (Cryptonomicon), J.R. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban), Paul Levinson, Dan Simmons, Frank M. Robinson, etc.
    
7
Vernor Vinge (A Deepness in the Sky) wins Campbell Memorial Awards; David Marusek ("The Wedding Album") wins Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award
    
8
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire published
    
24
Stephen King's The Plant debuts online
    
25
Concorde crashes outside Paris
    
26
US judge orders injunction against Napster, raising online copyright controversy
    
...
Summer TV phenomenon: Survivor
August
SFFH Books | NF Books | Magazines
    
5
Alec Guiness (b. 1914) dies
    
9
Bridgestone/Firestone recalls tires associated with Ford Explorer rollovers
    
12
Russian sub Kursk sinks
    
14
Mike Gilbert (b. 1947) dies
    
17
Emil Petaja (b. 1915) dies
    
19
Amazing Stories suspends publication; later bought by GalaxyOnline
September
SFFH Books | NF Books | Magazines | E-pubs
    
2
Hugo Awards winners: Vernor Vinge (A Deepness in the Sky), Connie Willis, James Patrick Kelly, Michael Swanwick; plus Frank M. Robinson, Galaxy Quest, Locus...
    
2
Curt Siodmak (b. 1902) dies
    
15 - 30
Olympics in Sydney
October
SFFH Books | NF Books | Magazines | E-pubs
    
5
Keith Roberts (b. 1935) dies
    
9
Scott Edelman takes over as Science Fiction Weekly editor
    
12
Gao Xingjian wins Nobel Prize in literature
    
20
Gordon Van Gelder leaves St. Martin's, buys F&SF
    
29
World Fantasy Awards winners: Michael Moorcock, Marion Zimmer Bradley lifetime achievements; Martin Scott (Thraxas), Jeff VanderMeer, Laurel Winter, Ian R. MacLeod...
    
30
Steve Allen dies
November
SFFH Books | NF Books | Magazines | E-pubs
    
2
Expedition One crew begins permanent habitation of International Space Station 'Alpha'
    
6
L. Sprague de Camp (b. 1907) dies
    
7
Gore vs. Bush
December
SFFH Books | NF Books | Magazines
    
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Ben Bova, Rick Wilbur resign from GalaxyOnline; Stephen King suspends e-book The Plant
 
 

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