Finalist, Best Novel, 1990

A Fire in the Sun

George Alec Effinger (opens in a new tab)

Paperback, 304 pages

Marîd Audran, now a policeman, has to choose between loyalty and his conscience in the future Middle Eastern city.

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The ballot

HyperionDan SimmonsDoubleday Foundation, 1989Winner
Prentice AlvinOrson Scott CardTor, 1989
The Boat of a Million YearsPoul AndersonTor, 1989
GrassSheri S. TepperDoubleday Foundation, 1989