Finalist, Best Novel, 1989

Mona Lisa Overdrive

William Gibson (opens in a new tab)

Paperback, 320 pages

A teenage girl, a simstim star, an artist and a gangster's daughter meet in a fight over the future of cyberspace.

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The ballot

CyteenC. J. CherryhWarner, 1988Winner
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