Finalist, Best Novel, 1982

Project Pope

Clifford D. Simak (opens in a new tab)

313 pages

On a remote planet, robots are building a computerised pope to answer the questions of the universe.

Borrow: A library (opens in a new tab)Library ebooks and audio (opens in a new tab)
Print: Bookshop.org (opens in a new tab)Barnes & Noble (opens in a new tab)Amazon (opens in a new tab)
Ebook: Kobo (opens in a new tab)Barnes & Noble (opens in a new tab)Kindle (opens in a new tab)
Audiobook: Libro.fm (opens in a new tab)Barnes & Noble (opens in a new tab)Audible (opens in a new tab)

The ballot

Downbelow StationC. J. CherryhDAW, 1981Winner
The Claw of the ConciliatorGene WolfeTimescape, 1981
The Many-Colored LandJulian MayHoughton Mifflin, 1981
Little, BigJohn CrowleyBantam, 1981