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1986 Hugo Awards

Where & When: ConFederation, Atlanta GA

Eligibility Year: 1985
(Remarks below)

Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card (Tor)
Blood Music, Greg Bear (Arbor House)
Cuckoo's Egg, C. J. Cherryh (Phantasia; DAW)
Footfall, Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle (Ballantine Del Rey)
The Postman, David Brin (Bantam Spectra)

"24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai", Roger Zelazny (Asimov's Jul 1985)
"Green Mars", Kim Stanley Robinson (Asimov's Sep 1985)
"The Only Neat Thing to Do", James Tiptree, Jr. (F&SF Oct 1985)
"Sailing to Byzantium", Robert Silverberg (Asimov's Feb 1985)
"The Scapegoat", C. J. Cherryh (Alien Stars)

"Paladin of the Lost Hour", Harlan Ellison (Universe 15; Twilight Zone Dec 1985)
"Dogfight", Michael Swanwick & William Gibson (Omni Jul 1985)
"The Fringe", Orson Scott Card (F&SF Oct 1985)
"A Gift from the GrayLanders", Michael Bishop (Asimov's Sep 1985)
"Portraits of His Children", George R. R. Martin (Asimov's Nov 1985)

"Fermi and Frost", Frederik Pohl (Asimov's Jan 1985)
"Dinner in Audoghast", Bruce Sterling (Asimov's May 1985)
"Flying Saucer Rock & Roll", Howard Waldrop (Omni Jan 1985)
"Hong's Bluff", William F. Wu (Omni Mar 1985)
"Snow", John Crowley (Omni Nov 1985)

NONFICTION BOOK

Science Made Stupid, Tom Weller (Houghton Mifflin)
Benchmarks: Galaxy Bookshelf, Algis Budrys (Southern Illinois University Press)
An Edge in My Voice, Harlan Ellison (Donning)
Faces of Fear: Encounters with the Creators of Modern Horror, Douglas E. Winter (Berkley)
The John W. Campbell Letters, Vol. 1, Perry A. Chapdelaine, Sr., Tony Chapdelaine & George Hay, eds. (AC Projects)
The Pale Shadow of Science, Brian W. Aldiss (Serconia Press)

DRAMATIC PRESENTATION

Back to the Future
Brazil
Cocoon
Enemy Mine
Ladyhawke

PROFESSIONAL EDITOR

PROFESSIONAL ARTIST

Locus, Charles N. Brown
Fantasy Review, Robert A. Collins
Interzone, Simon Ounsley & David Pringle
Science Fiction Chronicle, Andrew Porter
Science Fiction Review, Richard E. Geis

Lan's Lantern, George "Lan" Laskowski
Anvil, Charlotte Proctor
Greater Columbia Fantasy Costumers Guild Newsletter, Bobby Gear
Holier Than Thou, Marty & Robbie Cantor
Universal Translator, Susan Bridges

Remarks:
Lester del Rey declined Judy-Lynn del Rey's Hugo, on the grounds of her opposition to posthumous awards (she died earlier in the year) and her belief that she would not have won the award had she still been alive.

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