Also on the ballot
- In Memory Yet GreenIsaac AsimovDoubleday, 1979
- Barlowe’s Guide to ExtraterrestrialsWayne Barlowe and Ian SummersWorkman, 1979
- WonderworksMichael WhelanDonning, 1979
- The Language of the NightUrsula K. Le Guin and Susan WoodPutnam, 1979