Finalist, Best Novel, 1962
Dark Universe
Daniel F. Galouye (opens in a new tab)
Survivors of a nuclear war live in total darkness underground, where light is God, and one young man goes looking for it.
The ballot
- Stranger in a Strange LandRobert A. HeinleinPutnam, 1961Winner
- Sense of Obligation (alt: Planet of the Damned)Harry HarrisonAnalog Sep,Oct,Nov 1961
- The Fisherman (alt: Time Is the Simplest Thing)Clifford D. SimakAnalog Apr,May,Jun,Jul 1961
- Second EndingJames WhiteFantastic Jun,Jul 1961