Finalist, Best Novella, 1969

Dragonrider

Analog Dec 1967,Jan 1968

Lessa, Weyrwoman of Pern, learns that her dragon can fly through time, and goes four hundred years into the past to bring back help against the Thread.

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The ballot

NightwingsRobert SilverbergGalaxy Sep 1968Winner
Lines of PowerSamuel R. DelanyF&SF May 1968
Hawk Among the SparrowsDean McLaughlinAnalog Jul 1968