Finalist, Best Novel, 1997
Memory
Lois McMaster Bujold (opens in a new tab)
Miles Vorkosigan loses his career and has to find a new one, investigating a threat to his old boss.
The ballot
- Blue MarsKim Stanley RobinsonHarperCollins Voyager, 1996; Bantam Spectra, 1996Winner
- Remnant PopulationElizabeth MoonBaen, 1996
- StarplexRobert J. SawyerAnalog Jul,Aug,Sep,Oct 1996; Ace, 1996
- Holy FireBruce SterlingBantam Spectra, 1996