Best Novel, 1982

Downbelow Station

C. J. Cherryh (opens in a new tab)

Hardcover, 432 pages · First published by DAW Books

A space station caught between Earth's fleet and its rebelling colonies tries to stay neutral as refugees pour in and the war arrives at its docks.

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Also on the ballot

The Claw of the ConciliatorGene WolfeTimescape, 1981
The Many-Colored LandJulian MayHoughton Mifflin, 1981
Project PopeClifford D. SimakBallantine Del Rey, 1981
Little, BigJohn CrowleyBantam, 1981