Finalist, Best Novel, 2002
Perdido Street Station
China Miéville (opens in a new tab)
In the vast, grimy city of New Crobuzon, a scientist agrees to help a wingless bird-man fly again, and lets loose something that feeds on dreams.
The ballot
- American GodsNeil GaimanMorrow, 2001Winner
- The Curse of ChalionLois McMaster BujoldEos, 2001Runner-up
- PassageConnie WillisBantam, 2001
- The ChronolithsRobert Charles WilsonTor, 2001
- Cosmonaut KeepKen MacLeodOrbit, 2000; Tor, 2001