Finalist, Best Novel, 1975
Fire Time
Poul Anderson (opens in a new tab)
Every thousand years, a planet's close approach to a red star drives its alien people to war, and the humans there must choose whether to help.
The ballot
- The DispossessedUrsula K. Le GuinHarper & Row, 1974Winner
- Flow My Tears, the Policeman SaidPhilip K. DickDoubleday, 1974
- The Mote in God’s EyeLarry Niven and Jerry PournelleSimon & Schuster, 1974
- Inverted World (alt: The Inverted World)Christopher PriestGalaxy Dec 1973,Jan,Feb,Mar 1974; Harper & Row, 1974