Finalist, Best Novella, 1982
True Names
Vernor Vinge (opens in a new tab)
A computer hacker living in a virtual world is enlisted by the government to stop a new threat.
The ballot
- The Saturn GamePoul AndersonAnalog Feb 1981Winner
- In the Western TraditionPhyllis EisensteinF&SF Mar 1981
- Blue ChampagneJohn VarleyNew Voices #4, 1981
- With Thimbles, with Forks, and HopeKate WilhelmAsimov’s Nov 1981
- EmergenceDavid R. PalmerAnalog Jan 1981