Finalist, Best Novel, 1970

Macroscope

Piers Anthony (opens in a new tab)

Hardcover, 428 pages

A device that can see across the galaxy brings messages from aliens that drive its viewers mad.

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The ballot

The Left Hand of DarknessUrsula K. Le GuinAce, 1969Winner
Up the LineRobert SilverbergBallantine, 1969
Slaughterhouse-FiveKurt Vonnegut, Jr.Delacorte, 1969
Bug Jack BarronNorman SpinradAvon, 1969