Best Novel, 1986
Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card (opens in a new tab)
A six-year-old is taken to a military school in orbit and pushed, game after game, to become the commander who can win a war against an alien species.
Also on the ballot
- Cuckoo’s EggC. J. CherryhPhantasia, 1985; DAW, 1985
- The PostmanDavid BrinBantam Spectra, 1985
- FootfallLarry Niven and Jerry PournelleBallantine Del Rey, 1985
- Blood MusicGreg BearArbor House, 1985
