2006 in science fiction

The year 2006 was marked, in science fiction, by the following:

Events

• The 64th annual Worldcon, L.A. con IV, was held in Anaheim, USA

Births and deaths

Deaths

• Octavia E. Butler
• Pascual Enguídanos
• Stanislaw Lem

Literary releases

Novels

Further information: Category:2006 science fiction novels

• Next , by Michael Crichton
• Rainbows End , by Vernor Vinge
• The Road , by Cormac McCarthy

Movies

Further information: Category:2006 science fiction films

• Children of Men , dir. by Alfonso Cuarón
• The Host , dir. by Bong Joon Ho
• Idiocracy , dir. by Mike Judge
• Paprika , dir. by Satoshi Kon
• Primer , dir. by Shane Carruth
• A Scanner Darkly , dir. by Richard Linklater

Television

• Eureka
• Jericho

Video games

• Gears of War
• Lost Planet: Extreme Conditions

Awards

Hugos

• Best novel: Spin , by Robert Charles Wilson ^[1]
• Best novella: Inside Job , by Connie Willis ^[1]
• Best novelette: " Two Hearts", by Peter S. Beagle ^[1]
• Best short story: "Tk'tk'tk", by David D. Levine ^[1]
• Best related work: Storyteller: Writing Lessons & More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop, by Kate Wilhelm ^[1]
• Best dramatic presentation, long form: Serenity , written and dir. by Joss Whedon ^[1]
• Best dramatic presentation, short form: Doctor Who — "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances"; dir. by James Hawes; written by Steven Moffatt ^[1]
• Best professional editor: David G. Hartwell ^[1]
• Best professional artist: Donato Giancola ^[1]
• Best Semiprozine: Locus , ed. by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong and Liza Groen Trombi ^[1]
• Best fanzine: Plokta , ed. by Alison Scott, Steve Davies and Mike Scott ^[1]
• Best fan writer: Dave Langford ^[1]
• Best fan artist: Frank Wu ^[1]

Nebulas

• Best novel: Seeker , by Jack McDevitt ^[2]
• Best novella: Burn , by James Patrick Kelly ^[2]
• Best novelette: "Two Hearts" by Peter S. Beagle ^[2]
• Best short story: "Echo" by Elizabeth Hand ^[2]

Other awards

• BSFA Award for Best Novel: End of the World Blues, by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
• Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel: Accelerando , by Charles Stross
• Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film: Children of Men

References

1. "2006 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Award. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
2. "2006 Nebula Awards". Nebula Awards. Retrieved 8 November 2025.