Best Novel, 1984

Startide Rising

Hardcover, 458 pages · First published by Bantam Books

A starship crewed by dolphins, a few humans and a chimpanzee finds something every older species wants, and hides on a water world while fleets fight overhead.

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Also on the ballot

Tea with the Black DragonR. A. MacAvoyBantam, 1983
MillenniumJohn VarleyBerkley, 1983
Moreta: Dragonlady of PernAnne McCaffreyBallantine Del Rey, 1983
The Robots of DawnIsaac AsimovDoubleday, 1983