Finalist, Best Novel, 1983
The Pride of Chanur
C. J. Cherryh (opens in a new tab)
A ship of lion-like hani traders takes in a hunted human, and the decision puts them at the centre of an interstellar crisis.
The ballot
- Foundation’s EdgeIsaac AsimovDoubleday, 1982Winner
- 2010: Odyssey TwoArthur C. ClarkeBallantine Del Rey, 1982
- FridayRobert A. HeinleinHolt, Rinehart & Winston, 1982
- Courtship RiteDonald KingsburyTimescape, 1982
- The Sword of the LictorGene WolfeTimescape, 1982