Best Novel, 1989
Cyteen
C. J. Cherryh (opens in a new tab)
A brilliant, ruthless scientist is murdered, and her laboratory sets out to recreate her: not only her genes but her childhood.
Also on the ballot
- Red ProphetOrson Scott CardTor, 1988
- Falling FreeLois McMaster BujoldAnalog Dec,mid-Dec 1987,Jan,Feb 1988; Baen, 1988
- Islands in the NetBruce SterlingMorrow/Arbor House, 1988
- Mona Lisa OverdriveWilliam GibsonGollancz, 1988; Bantam Spectra, 1988
