Finalist, Best Novel, 1959

Time Killer (alt: Immortality, Inc.)

Robert Sheckley (opens in a new tab)

Galaxy Oct,Nov,Dec 1958, Feb 1959

A man killed in a car crash wakes in the body of another man a century later, in a world where the afterlife is a commercial business.

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The ballot

A Case of ConscienceJames BlishBallantine, 1958Winner
We Have Fed Our Seas (alt: The Enemy Stars)Poul AndersonAstounding Aug,Sep 1958
Who?Algis BudrysPyramid, 1958
Have Spacesuit – Will TravelRobert A. HeinleinF&SF Aug,Sep,Oct 1958