Finalist, Best Novel, 1961
Venus Plus X
Theodore Sturgeon (opens in a new tab)
A man wakes in a future society where gender has been abolished, and is asked to judge it.
The ballot
- A Canticle for LeibowitzWalter M. Miller, Jr.J. B. Lippincott, 1959Winner
- The High CrusadePoul AndersonAstounding Jul,Aug,Sep 1960
- Rogue MoonAlgis BudrysF&SF Dec 1960
- DeathworldHarry HarrisonAstounding Jan,Feb,Mar 1960