Finalist, Best Novel, 2010
Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America
Robert Charles Wilson (opens in a new tab)
In a future America fallen back on 19th-century technology and ruled by a theocracy, the president's rebellious nephew becomes a war hero.
The ballot
- The City & The CityChina MiévilleDel Rey; Macmillan UKWinner
- The Windup GirlPaolo BacigalupiNight ShadeWinner
- BoneshakerCherie PriestTor
- WakeRobert J. SawyerAce; Penguin; Gollancz; Analog
- PalimpsestCatherynne M. ValenteBantam Spectra