Finalist, Best Novel, 1990

Prentice Alvin

Orson Scott Card (opens in a new tab)

347 pages

Alvin goes to be apprenticed to a blacksmith, and learns to use his gift.

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The ballot

HyperionDan SimmonsDoubleday Foundation, 1989Winner
A Fire in the SunGeorge Alec EffingerDoubleday Foundation, 1989
The Boat of a Million YearsPoul AndersonTor, 1989
GrassSheri S. TepperDoubleday Foundation, 1989