1999 in science fiction

The year 1999 was marked, in science fiction, by the following:

Events

• The 57th annual Worldcon, Aussiecon Three, was held in Melbourne, Australia

Births and deaths

Deaths

• Ricardo Barreiro
• Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Stanley Kubrick
• Peter Kuczka

Literary releases

Novels

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• All Tomorrow's Parties , by William Gibson
• Battle Royale , by Koshun Takami
• Cryptonomicon , by Neal Stephenson
• Timeline , by Michael Crichton

Comics

• Planetes , by Makoto Yukimura, begins serialization in Morning magazine

Movies

Further information: Category:1999 science fiction films

• Existenz , dir. by David Cronenberg
• The Iron Giant , dir. by Brad Bird
• The Matrix , dir. by The Wachowskis
• Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace , dir. by George Lucas

Television

• The Big O
• Futurama

Video games

• Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

Awards

Hugos

• Best novel: To Say Nothing of the Dog , by Connie Willis ^[1]
• Best novella: Oceanic , by Greg Egan ^[1]
• Best novelette: "Taklamakan" by Bruce Sterling ^[1]
• Best short story: "The Very Pulse of the Machine" by Michael Swanwick ^[1]
• Best related work: The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of , by Thomas M. Disch ^[1]
• Best dramatic presentation: The Truman Show , dir. by Peter Weir; screenplay by Andrew Niccol ^[1]
• Best professional editor: Gardner Dozois ^[1]
• Best professional artist: Bob Eggleton ^[1]
• Best Semiprozine: Locus , ed. by Charles N. Brown ^[1]
• Best fanzine: Ansible, ed. by Dave Langford ^[1]
• Best fan writer: Dave Langford ^[1]
• Best fan artist: Ian Gunn ^[1]

Nebulas

• Best novel: Parable of the Talents , by Octavia E. Butler
• Best novella: Story of Your Life , by Ted Chiang
• Best novelette: "Mars is No Place for Children", by Mary A. Turzillo
• Best short story: "The Cost of Doing Business", by Leslie What
• Best script: The Sixth Sense , by M. Night Shyamalan

Other awards

• BSFA Award for Best Novel: The Sky Road, by Ken Macleod
• Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel: To Say Nothing of the Dog, by Connie Willis
• Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film: The Matrix

References

1. "1999 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Award. Archived from the original on 17 November 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2026.