Finalist, Best Novel, 1974
The People of the Wind
Poul Anderson (opens in a new tab)
A human colony shares a planet with winged aliens, and has to choose sides when their empires go to war.
The ballot
- Rendezvous With RamaArthur C. ClarkeGalaxy Sep,Oct 1973; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973Winner
- Time Enough for LoveRobert A. HeinleinPutnam, 1973
- ProtectorLarry NivenBallantine, 1973
- The Man Who Folded HimselfDavid GerroldRandom House, 1973