Finalist, Best Novel, 2002
Cosmonaut Keep
Ken MacLeod (opens in a new tab)
A software engineer in a near-future Edinburgh and his descendant on a distant world are linked by contact with aliens who travel between the stars.
The ballot
- American GodsNeil GaimanMorrow, 2001Winner
- 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