Finalist, Best Novel, 1963
Little Fuzzy
H. Beam Piper (opens in a new tab)
A prospector on a frontier planet is adopted by a small furry creature, and its intelligence threatens the company that owns the planet.
The ballot
- The Man in the High CastlePhilip K. DickPutnam, 1962Winner
- Sword of AldonesMarion Zimmer BradleyAce, 1961
- A Fall of MoondustArthur C. ClarkeHarcourt, Brace & World, 1962
- SylvaVercors, translated by Rita BarissePutnam, 1961