Finalist, Best Novel, 1989
Red Prophet
Orson Scott Card (opens in a new tab)
Alvin Maker and his brother are caught up in the war between white settlers and the Red Prophet.
The ballot
- CyteenC. J. CherryhWarner, 1988Winner
- 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