Finalist, Best Novel, 1980

Harpist in the Wind

Patricia A. McKillip (opens in a new tab)

256 pages

Morgon, the Star-Bearer, and Raederle face the last of the shape-changers and learn the secret of the High One.

The ballot

  • The Fountains of ParadiseArthur C. ClarkeGollancz, 1979; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979Winner
  • TitanJohn VarleyAnalog Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr 1979; Berkley Putnam, 1979
  • JemFrederik PohlSt. Martin’s, 1979
  • On Wings of SongThomas M. DischF&SF Feb,Mar,Apr 1979; St. Martin’s, 1979