Finalist, Best Novel, 1988

The Forge of God

Greg Bear (opens in a new tab)

Paperback, 474 pages

Scientists discover that aliens have planted a device in the Earth's core that will destroy it.

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The ballot

The Uplift WarDavid BrinPhantasia, 1987; Bantam Spectra, 1987Winner
When Gravity FailsGeorge Alec EffingerArbor House, 1987; Bantam Spectra, 1987
Seventh SonOrson Scott CardTor, 1987
The Urth of the New SunGene WolfeTor, 1987