Finalist, Best Novel, 1996

Brightness Reef

David Brin (opens in a new tab)

Hardcover, 528 pages

On a forbidden planet where castaways from six species live in secret, a starship arrives.

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The ballot

The Diamond AgeNeal StephensonBantam Spectra, 1995Winner
The Time ShipsStephen BaxterHarperPrism, 1995
The Terminal Experiment (alt: Hobson’s Choice)Robert J. SawyerHarperPrism, 1995; Analog mid-Dec 1994,Jan,Feb,Mar 1995
RemakeConnie WillisBantam Spectra, 1995