Finalist, Best Novel, 1995
Brittle Innings
Michael Bishop (opens in a new tab)
A minor league baseball player in the 1940s American South becomes friends with a giant player called Jumbo, who is Frankenstein's creature.
The ballot
- Mirror DanceLois McMaster BujoldBaen, 1994Winner
- Mother of StormsJohn BarnesTor, 1994
- Beggars and ChoosersNancy KressTor, 1994
- Towing JehovahJames MorrowHarcourt Brace, 1994