Finalist, Best Novel, 2005
The Algebraist
Iain M. Banks (opens in a new tab)
A scholar of the gas giant dwellers, beings who have lived for billions of years, is sent to find a lost secret that would open the galaxy to whoever holds it.
The ballot
- Jonathan Strange & Mr. NorrellSusanna ClarkeBloomsbury, 2004Winner
- River of GodsIan McDonaldSimon & Schuster UK, 2004Runner-up
- Iron SunriseCharles StrossAce, 2004
- Iron CouncilChina MiévilleDel Rey, 2004; Macmillan UK, 2004