Runner-up, Best Novel, 2004
Ilium
Dan Simmons (opens in a new tab)
Scholars brought back from the dead observe the Trojan War being played out by post-humans on Mars, while on Earth the last old-style humans live idle lives.
The ballot
- Paladin of SoulsLois McMaster BujoldEos, 2003Winner
- Singularity SkyCharles StrossAce, 2003
- Blind LakeRobert Charles WilsonTor, 2003
- HumansRobert J. SawyerTor, 2003