Finalist, Best Novel, 1975
The Mote in God’s Eye
Larry Niven (opens in a new tab) and Jerry Pournelle (opens in a new tab)
The first human starship to meet an alien race finds its people friendly, and hiding a secret.
The ballot
- The DispossessedUrsula K. Le GuinHarper & Row, 1974Winner
- Fire TimePoul AndersonDoubleday, 1974
- Flow My Tears, the Policeman SaidPhilip K. DickDoubleday, 1974
- Inverted World (alt: The Inverted World)Christopher PriestGalaxy Dec 1973,Jan,Feb,Mar 1974; Harper & Row, 1974