Best Novella, 1979
The Persistence of Vision
John Varley (opens in a new tab)
A drifter in a collapsing America finds a commune of deaf and blind people who have built a new way of living.
Also on the ballot
- FireshipJoan D. VingeAnalog Dec 1978
- The WatchedChristopher PriestF&SF Apr 1978
- Enemies of the SystemBrian W. AldissF&SF Jun 1978
- Seven American NightsGene WolfeOrbit #20, 1978