Finalist, Best Novel, 1968
The Butterfly Kid
Chester Anderson (opens in a new tab)
In a future Greenwich Village, a boy who makes butterflies appear on his body helps fight an alien plan to take over the Earth with drugs.
The ballot
- Lord of LightRoger ZelaznyDoubleday, 1967Winner
- The Einstein IntersectionSamuel R. DelanyAce, 1967
- ChthonPiers AnthonyBallantine, 1967
- ThornsRobert SilverbergBallantine, 1967