Finalist, Best Novel, 1993
Steel Beach
John Varley (opens in a new tab)
In a future where aliens have driven humanity from Earth, a journalist on the Moon tries to find out why he wants to die.
The ballot
- A Fire Upon the DeepVernor VingeTor, 1992Winner
- Doomsday BookConnie WillisBantam Spectra, 1992Winner
- Red MarsKim Stanley RobinsonHarperCollins UK, 1992; Bantam Spectra, 1993
- China Mountain ZhangMaureen F. McHughTor, 1992