Best Novel, 1987
Speaker for the Dead
Orson Scott Card (opens in a new tab)
Three thousand years after Ender's Game, humanity meets a second alien species and a killing follows. A man who speaks the truth about the dead is called to explain it.
Also on the ballot
- The Ragged AstronautsBob ShawGollancz, 1986; Baen, 1986
- Count ZeroWilliam GibsonAsimov’s Jan,Feb,Mar 1986; Gollancz, 1986
- Marooned in RealtimeVernor VingeAnalog May,Jun,Jul,Aug 1986; Bluejay, 1986
- Black GenesisL. Ron HubbardBridge, 1986; New Era, 1986