Finalist, Best Novel, 2003
The Scar
China Miéville (opens in a new tab)
A translator fleeing the city of New Crobuzon is taken by pirates to a floating city made of ships, which has plans to change the world.
The ballot
- HominidsRobert J. SawyerAnalog Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr 2002; Tor, 2002Winner
- Kiln People (alt: Kil’n People)David BrinTor, 2002Runner-up
- Bones of the EarthMichael SwanwickEos, 2002
- The Years of Rice and SaltKim Stanley RobinsonBantam, 2002