1999 in science fiction

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

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

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

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

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

• 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

• The Big O
• Futurama

• Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

• 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]

• 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

• 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