Finalist, Best Novel, 1980
Jem
Frederik Pohl (opens in a new tab)
Three rival power blocs of a crowded Earth send expeditions to colonise a newly found planet, and bring their wars with them.
The ballot
- The Fountains of ParadiseArthur C. ClarkeGollancz, 1979; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979Winner
- TitanJohn VarleyAnalog Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr 1979; Berkley Putnam, 1979
- Harpist in the WindPatricia A. McKillipAtheneum, 1979
- On Wings of SongThomas M. DischF&SF Feb,Mar,Apr 1979; St. Martin’s, 1979