Finalist, Best Novel, 1988

Seventh Son

Orson Scott Card (opens in a new tab)

Hardcover, 256 pages

In an alternate America where folk magic works, the seventh son of a seventh son is born to be a maker.

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The ballot

The Uplift WarDavid BrinPhantasia, 1987; Bantam Spectra, 1987Winner
When Gravity FailsGeorge Alec EffingerArbor House, 1987; Bantam Spectra, 1987
The Forge of GodGreg BearTor, 1987
The Urth of the New SunGene WolfeTor, 1987