57th World Science Fiction Convention
{{short description|57th Worldcon (1999)}}
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{{infobox convention
| name = Aussiecon Three, the 57th World Science Fiction Convention
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| status =
| genre = Science fiction
| venue = Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
| location = Melbourne
| country = Australia
| dates = 2–6 September 1999
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| filing = Non-profit
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| website = [http://www.aussiecon3.worldcon.org/ aussiecon3.worldcon.org]
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The 57th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), also known as Aussiecon Three, was held on 2–6 September 1999 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in Melbourne, Australia.
The convention was chaired by Perry Middlemiss.
Participants
= Guests of Honour =
- Gregory Benford, author
- George Turner, author
- Bruce Gillespie, fan
= Special guest =
- J. Michael Straczynski, media
= Noteworthy program participants =
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Awards
= 1999 Hugo Awards =
The Hugo Award ceremony was directed and hosted by Michael Jordan and Executive assistant Paula McGrath.
- Best Novel: To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
- Best Novella: "Oceanic" by Greg Egan (Asimov's, August 1998)
- Best Novelette: "Taklamakan" by Bruce Sterling (Asimov's, October/November 1998)
- Best Short Story: "The Very Pulse of the Machine" by Michael Swanwick (Asimov's February 1998)
- Best Related Book: The Dreams Our Stuff is Made Of by Thomas M. Disch
- Best Dramatic Presentation: The Truman Show
- Best Professional Editor: Gardner Dozois
- Best Professional Artist: Bob Eggleton
- Best Semiprozine: Locus, edited by Charles N. Brown
- Best Fanzine: Ansible, edited by Dave Langford
- Best Fan Writer: Dave Langford
- Best Fan Artist: Ian Gunn
= Other awards =
Future site selection
San Jose, California won the vote for the 62nd World Science Fiction Convention in 2005 by a large majority. A hoax bid for Roswell, New Mexico was the only other bid filed.
= Committee =
== Chair ==
- Perry Middlemiss
== Division heads ==
- Finance: Rose Mitchell
- Administration: Julian Warner
- Publicity: Alan Stewart
- Major Events: Perry Middlemiss
- Publications: Mark Loney
- Program Operations: Janice Gelb
- Programming: Donna Heenan
- Fixed Functions: Nick Price, Jason Sharples
- Facilities: Stephen Boucher
- WSFS: Stephen Boucher
- InterDivisional Liaison: Michael AJ Jordan
== Directors ==
- Stephen Boucher
- Christine Dziadosz
- Donna Heenan
- Michael Jordan
- Mark Linneman
- Perry Middlemiss
- Alan Stewart
== Bid ==
- Bid chair: Alan Stewart
See also
References
{{reflist|refs=
{{cite web
| work=The Hugo Awards
| title=1999 Hugo Awards
| publisher=World Science Fiction Society
| url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1999-hugo-awards/
| access-date=2011-02-28
| url-status=dead
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507164745/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1999-hugo-awards/
| archive-date=2011-05-07
}}
{{cite web
| url=http://www.noreascon.org/users/sflovers/u1/web/Reference/fandom/WSFS/1999/app_l.html
| publisher=World Science Fiction Society/Noreascon Four
| title=1999 Worldcon Business Meeting Minutes—APPENDIX L
| date=September 1999
| access-date=2006-11-15
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061003173838/http://www.noreascon.org/users/sflovers/u1/web/Reference/fandom/WSFS/1999/app_l.html
| archive-date=2006-10-03
| url-status=dead
}}
}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110720171048/http://www.aussiecon3.worldcon.org/ Official website (as archived 20 September 2010)]
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{{succession box
| before=56th World Science Fiction Convention
Bucconeer in Baltimore, Maryland, United States (1998)
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| years=57th World Science Fiction Convention
Aussiecon Three in Melbourne, Australia (1999)
| after=58th World Science Fiction Convention
Chicon 2000 in Chicago, Illinois, United States (2000)
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