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1998 Hugo Award: science fiction winners and finalists

Every science fiction novel and novella recognized by the 1998 Hugo Award, winners first, with page counts, reader ratings and a link to each book.

Hugo recognition reflects voting by eligible Worldcon members. This library includes science fiction from the selected novel and novella categories, including labeled crossovers. It does not include every Hugo category or every fantasy finalist. Official award site ↗

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Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman, book cover

Forever Peace

by Joe Haldeman

Novel · 1997

Hugo winnerNebula winnerLocus recognition

Joe Haldeman returns with a story about the horrors of war -- and how we might move past them. Julian Class is a physicist working on the largest particle accelerator ever built, a nanobot-constructed ring in the orbit of Jupiter.

City on Fire by Walter Jon Williams, book cover

City on Fire

by Walter Jon Williams

Novel · 1998

Hugo recognitionNebula recognition

City on Fire is a fantasy novel by American writer Walter Jon Williams, first published in 1997 and nominated for the Nebula Award (for Best Novel) in 1997 and the Hugo Award (for Best Novel) in 1998. It is the sequel to 1995's Metropolitan.

Jack Faust by Michael Swanwick, book cover

Jack Faust

by Michael Swanwick

Novel · 1997

Hugo recognition

Unlike the classic Mephistopheles, the seductive demon who approaches Swanwick's Johannes Faust is not the devil as we know him, but rather a representative of a mysterious race that seeks nothing less than the extermination of the hated human animal.

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