explorer / books · 2002
Mars Crossing
Geoffrey A. Landis’s only award entry in this dataset.
Published 2000 by Tor Books · 330 pages
Nebula · 2002
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This book is recorded on the Nebula ballot only. Each row shows the full Best Novel ballot for that award and ceremony year. Winners appear first.
★ Winner
The Quantum Rose
Catherine Asaro
Finalist
Eternity's End
Jeffrey Carver
Finalist
The Collapsium
Wil McCarthy
Finalist · this book
Mars Crossing
Geoffrey A. Landis
Finalist
Passage
Connie Willis
Finalist
The Tower at Stony Wood
Patricia A. McKillip
Finalist
A Storm of Swords
George R. R. Martin
Finalist
Declare
Tim Powers
Synopsis
When the third manned expedition to Mars suffers a catastrophic failure, the surviving crew must trek across the Martian surface to reach the only functional return vehicle — left by a previous failed mission on the other side of the planet.
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