1996 Hugo Award honorable mentions

ach year the World Science Fiction Society releases a list of honorable mentions for the Hugo Award. The list includes all non-finalists that appeared on at least 5 percent of the nominating ballots in their categories, or were among the 15 candidates with the greatest number of nominations in their categories, and which also received at least five nominations. The list also includes candidates that received enough nominations to become finalists but which were withdrawn or declared ineligible. According to the WSFS, eligibility of the items and accuracy of the information about them has not always been confirmed. The number appearing to the left of each candidate is the number of nominations it received:

Best Novel

24 Bear, Greg. Legacy (Tor)

24 Bujold, Lois McMaster. Cetaganda (Analog; Baen)

24 Williams, Walter Jon. Metropolitan (Tor)

22 Cherryh, C.J. Invader (Daw)

22 Powers, Tim. Expiration Date (Tor)

22 Turtledove, Harry. Worldwar: Tilting the Balance (Del Rey)

19 Benford, Gregory. Sailing Bright Eternity (Bantam Spectra)

19 Card, Orson Scott. Alvin Journeyman (Tor)

17 McDonald, Ian. Evolution's Shore, also published as Chaga (Bantam Spectra)

17 Sheffield, Charles. The Ganymede Club (Tor)

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Best Novella

28 Stableford, Brian. Mortimer Gray's History of Death (Asimov's, April)

21 Marusek, David. We Were Out of Our Minds With Joy (Asimov's, November)

20 Hatch, Daniel. In Forests Afloat Upon the Sea (Analog, January)

18 Sheffield, Charles. At the Eschaton (Far Futures)

17 Nordley, G. David. Final Review (Analog, July)

16 Silverberg, Robert. Hot Times in Magma City (Asimov's, Mid-December; Omni Online, June)

15 Wolfe, Gene. The Ziggurat (Full Spectrum 5)

14 Anderson, Poul. Harvest the Fire (Tor)

12 Stableford, Brian. Inherit the Earth (Analog, July)

11 Duchamp, L. Timmel. De Secretis Mulierum (F&SF, May)

11 Ore, Rebecca. Hypocaust and Bathysphere (Asimov's, January)

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Best Novelette

17 Coney, Michael. Tea and Hamsters (F&SF, January)

16 Benford, Gregory. A Worm in the Well (Analog, November)

16 Kress, Nancy. Evolution (Asimov's, October)

14 Bishop, Michael. I, Iscariot (Crank 5)

14 Egan, Greg. Wang's Carpets (New Legends)

14 Le Guin, Ursula K. Coming of Age in Karhide (New Legends)

14 Le Guin, Ursula K. Ether OR (Asimov's, November)

13 Larsen, Doug. A Portrait of My Grandfather (Analog, July)

12 Haldeman, Joe. For White Hill (Far Futures)

12 MacLean, Katherine. Kidnapping of Baroness 5 (Analog, January)

12 Reed, Robert. Waging Good (Asimov's, January)

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Best Short Story

17 Nimersheim, Jack. Moriarty by Modem (Sherlock Holmes in Orbit)

14 Sawyer, Robert J. You See But You Do Not Observe (S. Holmes in Orbit)

13 McCarthy, Wil. The Dream of Houses (Analog, November)

13 McDaid, John G. Jigoku no Mokushiroku (Asimov's, Mid-December)

12 Baxter, Stephen. Gossamer (SF Age, November)

12 Flynn, Michael. The Promise of God (F&SF, March)

11 Gunn, James. The Lens of Time (Analog, October)

11 Hodgson, Pamela. The Canterbury Path (F&SF, August)

10 Ellison, Harlan. Pulling Hard Time (F&SF, Oct-Nov)

10 Lazzaro, Joseph J., and Peter L. Manly. Ben Franklin's Spaceship (Analog, September)

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Best Non-Fiction Book

12 Barron, Neil, ed. The Anatomy of Wonder, 4th ed. (Bowker)

9 Fogg, Martyn. Terraforming (SAE)

7 Dick, Philip K. The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick (Pantheon)

7 Krauss, Lawrence M. The Physics of Star Trek

6 Ferman, Edward L., ed. Oi, Robot (Mercury)

6 Nimoy, Leonard. I Am Spock

6 Pringle, David. The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, 2nd ed. (Scholar)

5 Bok, Hannes. A Hannes Bok Showcase (Miller)

5 Sanders, Joe, ed. Science Fiction Fandom (Greenwood)

5 Shaw, Barclay. Electric Dreams (Paper Tiger)

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Best Dramatic Presentation

42 The Fall of Night (Babylon 5) (withdrawn)

41 The Long Twilight Struggle (Babylon 5) (withdrawn)

29 Babe

27 Passing Through Gethesmene (Babylon 5)

24 Comes the Inquisitor (Babylon 5)

22 Batman Forever

20 Jumanji

18 In the Shadow of Z'Ha'Dum (Babylon 5)

15 The City of Lost Children (La Cite des enfants perdus)

15 Waterworld

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Best Professional Editor

28 Mike Resnick

21 Beth Meacham

17 David Hartwell

13 Martin H. Greenberg

13 Patrick Nielsen Hayden

12 Shawna McCarthy

12 Terri Windling

11 Algis Budrys

7 David Pringle

6 Jane Yolen

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Best Professional Artist

23 James Gurney

16 Nicholas Jainschigg

14 John Berkey

14 David Cherry

13 Tom Kidd

12 Frank Kelly Freas

10 Vincent DiFate

9 Ron Walotsky

8 Gary Lippincott

7 Phil Foglio

7 George Krauter

7 Barclay Shaw

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Best Original Artwork

7 Eggleton, Bob. A Worm in the Well (Analog cover, November)

7 Whelan, Michael. Invader (cover of Cherryh novel, Daw)

6 Eggleton, Bob. (Asimov's cover, July)

6 Krauter, George. Orion Among the Stars (Analog cover, May)

5 Convers, Newell and Skinner, Corthay. Printer Devil (cover of Chico Kidd novel, Baen)

5 Craft, Kinuko. The Book of Atrix Wolfe (McKillip cover)

5 Eggleton, Bob. Legacy (book cover)

5 Shaw, Barclay. Gone to Glory (F&SF, July)

5 Vess, Charles. A Sorcerer and a Gentleman (cover of Willey novel)

5 Walotsky, Ron. The Spire Dancers (F&SF cover, June)

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Best Semi-Prozine

22 Speculations

20 Century

14 Tomorrow Speculative Fiction

10 Pulphouse

8 On Spec

6 Tangent

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Best Fanzine

20 File 770 (ineligible)

16 Thyme

16 Trapdoor

15 Tangent

13 Reluctant Famulus

13 Idea

12 Wild Heirs

11 Proper Boskonian

10 Blat!

9 YHOS

7 Yarf!

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Best Fan Writer

11 Gary Farber

11 Mike Glyer (ineligible)

10 Simon Ounsely

9 Gharlane of Eddore

9 Teresa Nielsen Hayden

7 Michael A. Burstein

7 Kevin Standlee

7 Harry Warner, Jr.

6 Bob Devney

6 Arthur D. Hlavaty

6 Arnie Katz

6 Cheryl Morgan 6 Lloyd Penney

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Best Fan Artist

20 Linda Michaels

16 Diana Harlan Stein

14 Sheryl Birkhead

14 Brad W. Foster

13 D. West

11 Dan Steffan

9 Steve Stiles

6 Alexis Gilliland

5 Ross Chamberlain

5 Stu Shiffman

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John W. Campbell Award

8 Linda Nagata (ineligible)

7 Barbara Johnson-Haddad

7 John G. McDaid

6 Catherine Asaro (ineligible)

5 Valerie Freireich

5 Scott G. Gier

5 Lyn Nichols

5 Leah Zeldes Smith