Finalist, Best Novel, 1973
The Book of Skulls
Robert Silverberg (opens in a new tab)
Four college students go into the desert to find a monastery that offers eternal life to two of them, if the other two die.
The ballot
- The Gods ThemselvesIsaac AsimovGalaxy Mar/Apr,May/Jun 1972; If Mar/Apr 1972Winner
- When Harlie Was OneDavid GerroldBallantine, 1972
- There Will Be TimePoul AndersonSignet, 1972
- Dying InsideRobert SilverbergGalaxy Jul/Aug,Sep/Oct 1972; Scribner’s, 1972
- A Choice of GodsClifford D. SimakPutnam, 1972