The 47th World Science Fiction Convention (

Worldcon Worldcon, or more formally the World Science Fiction Convention, the annual convention of the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS), is a science fiction convention. It has been held each year since 1939 (except for the years 1942 to 1945, during ...

), also known as Noreascon 3 (or "...Three", or "...III"), was held on 31 August–4 September 1989 at the Sheraton-Boston Hotel, Hilton Hotel, Boston Park Plaza, and the

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in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The chairman was Mark L. Olson.

Participants

Attendance was 6,837, out of 7,795 paid memberships.

Guests of Honor

* Andre Norton (pro) *

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Betty Ballantine Betty Ballantine (born Elizabeth Jones; September 25, 1919 – February 12, 2019) was an American publisher, editor, and writer. She was born during the Raj to a British colonial family. After her marriage to Ian Ballantine in 1939, she moved ...

(pro) * The Stranger Club (fan) The Stranger Club is the first known science fiction club in the Boston area, and the organizers of Boskone I, New England's first science fiction convention, in 1941. Seven surviving members of the latter group attended, including

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(Hal Clement).

Awards

1989 Hugo Awards

The 1989 Hugo Award base honored the 50th anniversary of both the

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and the first Worldcon. The Fair's iconic

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were represented with the Hugo Award rocket taking the place of the tall Trylon spire. * Best Novel: ''

Cyteen ''Cyteen'' (1988) science fiction novel by American writer C. J. Cherryh, set in her Alliance-Union universe. The murder of a major Union politician and scientist has deep, long-lasting repercussions. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 198 ...

'' by

C. J. Cherryh Carolyn Janice Cherry (born September 1, 1942), better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is an American writer of speculative fiction. She has written more than 80 books since the mid-1970s, including the Hugo Award-winning novels '' Downbelo ...

* Best Novella: "

The Last of the Winnebagos "The Last of the Winnebagos" is a short story written by American writer Connie Willis. It was first published in ''Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'' in 1988, and reprinted in the short story collections '' Impossible Things'' (1994) and ''The ...

" by

Connie Willis Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis (born December 31, 1945), commonly known as Connie Willis, is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. She has won eleven Hugo Awards and seven Nebula Awards for particular works—more major SF awards than ...

* Best Novelette: "

Schrödinger's Kitten "Schrödinger's Kitten" is a 1988 novelette by American writer George Alec Effinger, which won both a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award, as well as the Japanese Seiun Award. The story utilizes a form of the many-worlds hypothesis, and is named aft ...

" by

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* Best Short Story: " Kirinyaga" by Mike Resnick * Best Non-Fiction Book: ''

The Motion of Light in Water ''The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village'', is the autobiography of the science fiction author Samuel R. Delany in which he recounts his experiences growing up as a gay African American man, as well as ...

'' by

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* Best Dramatic Presentation: ''

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'' * Best Professional Editor: Gardner Dozois * Best Professional Artist:

Michael Whelan Michael Whelan (born 29 June 1950) is an Americans, American artist of imaginative Realism (arts), realism. For more than 30 years, he worked as an illustrator, specializing in science fiction and fantasy cover art. Since the mid-1990s, he has ...

* Best Semiprozine: '' Locus'', edited by

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* Best Fanzine: '' File 770'', edited by Mike Glyer * Best Fan Writer:

Dave Langford David Rowland Langford (born 10 April 1953) is a British author, editor, and critic, largely active within the science fiction field. He publishes the science fiction fanzine and newsletter ''Ansible'', and holds the all-time record for most ...

* Best Fan Artist: **

Brad Foster Brad W. Foster (born April 26, 1955) is an American illustrator, cartoonist, writer and publisher. He has also been Artist Guest of Honor at multiple conventions such as ArmadilloCon 10, Conestoga 9, Archon 35, NASFiC 2010, and 73rd World Sc ...

and ** Diana Gallagher Wu (tie)

Other awards

* Special Award: ''SF-Lovers Digest'' for pioneering the use of computer bulletin boards in fandom * Special Award: Alex Schomburg for lifetime achievement in science fiction art *

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer The ''Astounding'' Award for Best New Writer (formerly the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer) is given annually to the best new writer whose first professional work of science fiction or fantasy was published within the two previous ...

Michaela Roessner Michaela-Marie Roessner-Hermann (born January 27, 1950) is an American science-fiction writer publishing under the name Michaela Roessner. Biography Born in San Francisco, she was raised in California, New York, Pennsylvania, Thailand, and Or ...

References

External links

Noreascon website

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