Finalist, Best Novel, 1997

Remnant Population

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Paperback, 354 pages

An old woman stays behind on a colony planet when the others leave, and is the first to meet the aliens who live there.

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The ballot

Blue MarsKim Stanley RobinsonHarperCollins Voyager, 1996; Bantam Spectra, 1996Winner
MemoryLois McMaster BujoldBaen, 1996
StarplexRobert J. SawyerAnalog Jul,Aug,Sep,Oct 1996; Ace, 1996
Holy FireBruce SterlingBantam Spectra, 1996