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The year 2002 was marked, in science fiction, by the following:

Events

The 60th annual Worldcon, ConJose, was held in San Jose, USA

Births and deaths

Births

Deaths

Damon Knight

Literary releases

Novels

Metro 2033, by Dmitry Glukhovsky
Prey, by Michael Crichton

Short stories

Collections

Stories of Your Life and Others, by Ted Chiang

Children's books

Zathura, by Chris Van Allsburg

Comics

Y: The Last Man #1, by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra

Movies

28 Days Later, dir. by Danny Boyle
Lilo and Stitch, dir. by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
Minority Report, dir. by Steven Spielberg
Signs, dir. by M. Knight Shyamalan
Spider-Man, dir. by Sam Raimi

Television

Firefly
The Future is Wild

Video games

Metroid Prime
Steel Batallion

Awards

Hugos

Best novel: American Gods, by Neil Gaiman^[1]
Best novella: Fast Times at Fairmont High, by Vernor Vinge^[1]
Best novelette: "Hell is the Absence of God" by Ted Chiang^[1]
Best short story: "The Dog Said Bow-Wow" by Michael Swanwick^[1]
Best related work: The Art of Chesley Bonestell, by Ron Miller and Frederick C. Durant III with Melvin H. Schuetz^[1]
Best dramatic presentation: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, dir. by Peter Jackson; screenplay by Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson; base on the book The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien^[1]
Best professional editor: Ellen Datlow^[1]
Best professional artist: Michael Whelan^[1]
Best semiprozine: Locus, ed. by Charles N. Brown^[1]
Best fanzine: Ansible, ed. by Dave Langford^[1]
Best fan writer: Dave Langford^[1]
Best fan artist: Teddy Harvia^[1]
Best web site: Locus Online (locusmag.com) by Mark R. Kelly^[1]

Nebulas

Best novel: American Gods by Neil Gaiman^[2]
Best novella: Bronte's Egg, by Richard Chwedyk^[2]
Best novelette: "Hell is the Absence of God" by Ted Chiang^[2]
Best short story: "Creature" by Carol Emshwiller^[2]

Other awards

BSFA Award for Best Novel: The Separation, by Christopher Priest
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel: Passage, by Connie Willis
Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film: Minority Report

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "2002 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Award. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2002 - the Nebula Awards". The Nebula Awards. Retrieved 25 October 2025.