Вручение 1999 г.

Жюри: Джон Барнс, Эдвард Брайант и Эстер Фриснер (John Barnes, Edward Bryant, Esther M. Friesner).

Страна: США Место проведения: Портленд Дата проведения: 1999 г.

Индевор

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Greg Bear 0.0
Peter Belzoni is dreading summer in Manhattan. Then his father, photojournalist Anthony Belzoni, offers the youth a job, a byline in National Geographic...and a trip to South America. For the Lothar Gluck Circus, once the world's foremost dinosaur attraction, has gone bankrupt. Left behind is a menagerie of avisaurs, centrosaurs, and ankylosaurs, as well as one large predatory raptor named Dagger. And now two filmmakers and the circus trainer plan to return the giants to the wild - with Peter and his dad chronicling the odyssey for Geographic. The task seems impossible. Many have died trying to bring beasts out of the Lost World, the plateau of El Grande in Venezuela, but nobody has ever attempted to transport nearly a dozen fullgrown, multiton prehistoric creatures across continents, down rivers, through jungles, and up a mountain that has been isolated for 70,000,000 years... The trek will strain the technologies of trains, cargo ships, barges, trucks...en route lurk robbers and hostile, trigger-happy soldiers...and each mile toward freedom excites Dagger toward an unstoppable, primal killing frenzy. When the unthinkable threatens to strand Peter and the rest of the crew in an uncharted realm, four modern Americans will face all the unknown dangers, mysteries, and terrors of El Grande...
John Varley 0.0

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Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards, John Varley is truly one of the "greats" of science fiction, comparable only to Heinlein, Herbert, Asimov, and Clark. Now the all-time master returns -- with his long-awaited epic novel of life beyond the great beyond...All the universe is a stage, and Sparky Valentine is its itinerant thespian. He makes his way from planet to planet as part of a motley theater troupe, bringing Shakespeare -- a version of it anyway -- to the outer reaches of earth's solar system. He journeys through the outlands, where thousands of artificial satellites drift, conglomerates of junk and rock welded together to support meager communities of human life. Here Sparky plies his trade, transforming himself from young to old, fat to thin, man to woman, by altering magnetic implants beneath his skin. Indispensable hardware for a career actor and an interstellar con man wanted for murder -- for while Sparky Valentine may have a song in his heart, he also has a price on his head. But his galactic roamings are bringing him closer to home, closer to justice -- and closer to the truth of his strange and prolonged existence...
Kate Wilhelm 0.0

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A superb story of death, love and deception. -- starred, "Library Journal"
A wrenching masterpiece about love, loyalty, and lies that will lodge itself in readers' psyches long after they've finished the last, stunning chapter. -- starred, "Booklist"
When they move to a new home in Oregon, the McNair family know they're where they belong. But when tragedy strikes the family, the children face the prospect of being separated by the state. Rather than being sent to different foster homes, the four children decide to lie. And it's a big lie. The sort of deceit that can hold a family together or tear it apart . . .
Steven Barnes 0.0

Финалист

Cat Spaulding, a beautiful detective with a black belt and a knack for solving impossible cases, is hired to rescue a wealthy heiress from a mysterious cult. As Cat and her partner go undercover to infiltrate the cult, they find themselves being drawn into its seductive web--and learning the secrets of the group's terrifying mission.
Робин Хобб 4.7

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В дальних морях живут наделенные разумом гигантские змеи. Когда-то они были владыками мира, но память об этом гаснет, и, чтобы ее восстановить, вожак отправляется на поиски Той, которая помнит. А на острове, где живут Другие, полулюди-полурыбы, умеющие предсказывать судьбу, пиратский капитан Кеннит получает туманное подтверждение своим тщеславным надеждам завладеть живым кораблем и стать королем пиратов. Тем временем оживает “Проказница” — сделанный из дивнодрева корабль, принадлежащий купеческому роду Вестритов из города Удачный. Из-за смерти Ефрона Вестрита командование “Проказницей” берет в свои руки Кайл, его зять, и живой корабль превращается в обычное работорговое судно. Но никто не знает, даже сама “Проказница”, какая судьбоносная роль уготовлена ей в жизни этого мира.