Best Novel, 2002
American Gods
Neil Gaiman (opens in a new tab)
A man just out of prison takes a job as bodyguard to a con man, and finds himself in a war between the old gods immigrants brought to America and the new ones it made.
Also on the ballot
- The Curse of ChalionLois McMaster BujoldEos, 2001Runner-up
- PassageConnie WillisBantam, 2001
- Perdido Street StationChina MiévilleMacmillan, 2000; Del Rey, 2001; Fleuve noir, 2003
- The ChronolithsRobert Charles WilsonTor, 2001
- Cosmonaut KeepKen MacLeodOrbit, 2000; Tor, 2001