Finalist, Best Novel, 1990
Grass
Sheri S. Tepper (opens in a new tab)
A woman is sent to a planet of grass, where a plague is spreading and the nobility hunt foxes on alien mounts.
The ballot
- HyperionDan SimmonsDoubleday Foundation, 1989Winner
- A Fire in the SunGeorge Alec EffingerDoubleday Foundation, 1989
- Prentice AlvinOrson Scott CardTor, 1989
- The Boat of a Million YearsPoul AndersonTor, 1989