Finalist, Best Novel, 1974
Protector
Larry Niven (opens in a new tab)
An alien comes to Earth's solar system looking for a lost colony of its kind, and finds humanity.
The ballot
- Rendezvous With RamaArthur C. ClarkeGalaxy Sep,Oct 1973; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973Winner
- Time Enough for LoveRobert A. HeinleinPutnam, 1973
- The People of the WindPoul AndersonAnalog Feb,Mar,Apr 1973; Signet, 1973
- The Man Who Folded HimselfDavid GerroldRandom House, 1973