Comments: 1994 was an interesting year which had several winners that I think were not as good as their competition. In the Best Novel category, I think that Nancy Kress' Beggars in Spain should have taken the prize over Kim Stanley Robinson's Green Mars. In the Best Novella category, I think Jack Cady's The Night We Buried Road Dog should have won over Harry Turtledove's Down in the Bottomlands. And in the Best Dramatic Presentation category I think that Babylon 5: The Gathering or The Nightmare Before Christmas should have won over Jurassic Park.
Unfortunately, I can't dictate to the Hugo voters who they should vote for, so they didn't pick the winners the way I would have. I suppose I will have to rectify this when I am made evil overlord of the world and can make the Hugo results come out the way I want them to.
Best Novel
Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Other Finalists:
Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress
Glory Season by David Brin
Moving Mars by Greg Bear
Virtual Light by William Gibson
Best Novella
Down in the Bottomlands by Harry Turtledove
Other Finalists:
An American Childhood by Pat Murphy
Into the Miranda Rift by G. David Nordley
Mefisto In Onyx by Harlan Ellison
The Night We Buried Road Dog by Jack Cady (reviewed in Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume 116, No. 2 (February 2009))
Wall, Stone, Craft by Walter Jon WilliamsBest Novelette
Georgia on My Mind by Charles Sheffield
Other Finalists:
Dancing on Air by Nancy Kress
Deep Eddy by Bruce Sterling
The Franchise by John Kessel
The Shadow Knows by Terry Bisson
Best Short Story
Death on the Nile by Connie Willis
Other Finalists:
England Underway by Terry Bisson
The Good Pup by Bridget McKenna
Mwalimu in the Squared Circle by Mike Resnick
The Story So Far by Martha Soukup
Best Nonfiction, Related, or Reference Work
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction edited by John Clute and Peter Nicholls
Other Finalists:
The Art of Michael Whelan: Scenes/Visions by Michael Whelan
Once Around the Bloch: An Unauthorized Autobiography by Robert Bloch
PITFCS: Proceedings of the Institute for Twenty-First Century Studies edited by Theodore R. Cogswell
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloudBest Dramatic Presentation
Jurassic Park
Other Finalists:
Addams Family Values
Babylon 5: The Gathering
Groundhog Day
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Best Professional Editor
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Other Finalists:
Ellen Datlow
Gardner Dozois
Mike Resnick
Stanley Schmidt
Best Professional Artist
Bob Eggleton
Other Finalists:
Thomas Canty
David A. Cherry
Don Maitz
Michael Whelan
Best Original Artwork
Space Fantasy Commemorative Stamp Booklet by Stephen Hickman
Other Finalists:
Keith Parkinson for Cold Iron by Michael Swanwick
Thomas Canty for The Little Things by Bridget McKenna
Best Semi-Prozine
Science Fiction Chronicle edited by Andrew Porter
Other Finalists:
Interzone edited by David Pringle
Locus edited by Charles N. Brown
The New York Review of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell, Donald G. Keller, Robert K.J. Killheffer, and Gordon van Gelder
Pulphouse edited by Dean Wesley SmithTomorrow Speculative Fiction edited by Algis Budrys
Best Fanzine
Mimosa edited by Dick Lynch and Nicki Lynch
Other Finalists:
Ansible edited by Dave Langford
File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
Lan's Lantern edited by George "Lan" Laskowski
STET edited by Leah Zeldes Smith and Dick Smith
Best Fan Writer
Dave Langford
Other Finalists:
Sharon Farber
Mike Glyer
Andy Hooper
Evelyn C. Leeper
Best Fan Artist
Brad W. Foster
Other Finalists:
Teddy Harvia
Linda Michaels
Peggy Ranson
William Rotsler
Stu Shiffman
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
Amy Thomson
Other Finalists:
Holly Lisle
Jack Nimersheim
Carrie Richerson
Elizabeth Willey
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Go to subsequent year's finalists: 1995
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