Finalist, Best Novella, 1972

A Meeting with Medusa

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Playboy Dec 1971

A man rebuilt with machine parts after an accident explores the atmosphere of Jupiter in a balloon, and meets its life.

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The ballot

The Queen of Air and DarknessPoul AndersonF&SF Apr 1971Winner
The Fourth ProfessionLarry NivenQuark #4, 1971
Dread EmpireJohn BrunnerFantastic Apr 1971
A Special Kind of MorningGardner R. DozoisNew Dimensions #1, 1971