Finalist, Best Novel, 1975

Inverted World (alt: The Inverted World)

Christopher Priest (opens in a new tab)

Galaxy Dec 1973,Jan,Feb,Mar 1974; Harper & Row, 1974

A city on rails is always pulled forward to stay in a moving zone, as the land around it is distorted beyond recognition.

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The ballot

The DispossessedUrsula K. Le GuinHarper & Row, 1974Winner
Fire TimePoul AndersonDoubleday, 1974
Flow My Tears, the Policeman SaidPhilip K. DickDoubleday, 1974
The Mote in God’s EyeLarry Niven and Jerry PournelleSimon & Schuster, 1974