Finalist, Best Novel, 1988

When Gravity Fails

George Alec Effinger (opens in a new tab)

284 pages

A small-time hustler in a future Middle Eastern city is hired to stop a killer with plug-in personalities.

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The ballot

The Uplift WarDavid BrinPhantasia, 1987; Bantam Spectra, 1987Winner
Seventh SonOrson Scott CardTor, 1987
The Forge of GodGreg BearTor, 1987
The Urth of the New SunGene WolfeTor, 1987