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Highest Ranked Titles published in 1973

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Scoring: Wins are worth 50 points, nominations and second places are worth 35 points. For polls, third and lower places are worth (33-poll position) points.
Place Score Title Type Authors
1 322 Rendezvous with Rama NOVEL Arthur C. Clarke
2 168 Time Enough for Love NOVEL Robert A. Heinlein
3 155 The Embedding NOVEL Ian Watson
4 135 The Death of Dr. Island SHORTFICTION Gene Wolfe
5 135 The Deathbird SHORTFICTION Harlan Ellison
6 120 Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand SHORTFICTION Vonda N. McIntyre
7 114 The Girl Who Was Plugged In SHORTFICTION James Tiptree, Jr.
8 110 Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death SHORTFICTION James Tiptree, Jr.
9 109 Protector NOVEL Larry Niven
10 95 With Morning Comes Mistfall SHORTFICTION George R. R. Martin
11 91 Death and Designation Among the Asadi SHORTFICTION Michael Bishop
12 85 Hrolf Kraki's Saga NOVEL Poul Anderson
13 80 Locus - 1973 (Fanzine) EDITOR Charles N. Brown and Dena Brown
14 78 The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas SHORTFICTION Ursula K. Le Guin
15 71 The White Otters of Childhood SHORTFICTION Michael Bishop
16 70 The Dark Is Rising NOVEL Susan Cooper
17 67 The People of the Wind NOVEL Poul Anderson
18 64 Chains of the Sea SHORTFICTION Gardner Dozois
19 64 The Man Who Folded Himself NOVEL David Gerrold
20 62 Wings SHORTFICTION Vonda N. McIntyre
21 59 Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home COLLECTION James Tiptree, Jr.
22 58 In the Group SHORTFICTION Robert Silverberg
23 57 Junction SHORTFICTION Jack Dann
24 56 Gravity's Rainbow NOVEL Thomas Pynchon
25 54 Case and the Dreamer SHORTFICTION Theodore Sturgeon
26 50 For Want of a Nail: If Burgoyne Had Won at Saratoga NOVEL Robert Sobel
27 50 Worse Things Waiting COLLECTION Manly Wade Wellman
28 50 Astounding: John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology ANTHOLOGY Harry Harrison
29 50 Pages from a Young Girl's Journal SHORTFICTION Robert Aickman
30 50 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 ANTHOLOGY Terry Carr
31 50
日本以外全部沈没?Nihon Igai Zenbu Chinbotsu
SHORTFICTION
筒井康隆?Tsutsui Yasutaka
つつい やすたか
32 50 The Ghost of Thomas Kempe NOVEL Penelope Lively
33 50 Hellstrom's Hive NOVEL Frank Herbert
34 50 C. S. Lewis, Mere Christian NONFICTION Kathryn Lindskoog
35 50 Collision Course NOVEL Barrington J. Bayley
36 50 The Jade Man's Eyes SHORTFICTION Michael Moorcock
37 50 The Cosmic Connection ESSAY Carl Sagan
38 50
Réhabilitation?Rehabilitation
SHORTFICTION
Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein
39 50 The Alien Critic - 1973 EDITOR Richard E. Geis
40 50 The Hollow Hills NOVEL Mary Stewart
41 50 Le temps incertain NOVEL Michel Jeury
42 50 Billion Year Spree NONFICTION Brian W. Aldiss
43 50
日本沈没?Nihon Chinbotsu
NOVEL
小松左京?Komatsu Sakyou
Komatsu Sakyō
こまつさきょう
Komatsu Sakyo
44 50 Myrtis et autres histoires de nuit et de peur COLLECTION Daniel Mallinus
45 50 Algol - 1973 EDITOR Andrew Porter
46 50 The Fallible Fiend NOVEL L. Sprague de Camp
47 35 Shark SHORTFICTION Edward Bryant
48 35 Crash NOVEL J. G. Ballard
49 35 From Evil's Pillow COLLECTION Basil Copper
50 35 Sous les cendres SHORTFICTION
Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein
51 35 La princesse myope du building pourpre SHORTFICTION Jean-Pierre Andrevon
52 35 Manden Der Ville Vaer Skyldig NOVEL Henrik Stangerup
53 35 After King Kong Fell SHORTFICTION Philip José Farmer
54 35 A Thing of Beauty SHORTFICTION Norman Spinrad
55 35 How I Lost the Second World War and Helped Turn Back the German Invasion SHORTFICTION Gene Wolfe
56 35 Ghoul's Garden SHORTFICTION John Jakes
57 35
Les étoiles en gelée de songes?Les etoiles en gelee de songes
SHORTFICTION Daniel Walther
58 35 Les sept soleils de l'archipel humain NOVEL Landry Merillac
59 35 Frankenstein Unbound NOVEL Brian W. Aldiss
60 35 Excalibur NOVEL Sanders Anne Laubenthal
61 35 New Dimensions 3 ANTHOLOGY Robert Silverberg
62 35 High Deryni NOVEL Katherine Kurtz
63 35 The Soft Kill NOVEL Colin Free
64 35 Tunnel NOVEL
André Ruellan?Andre Ruellan
65 35 The Green Gene NOVEL Peter Dickinson
66 35 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B ANTHOLOGY Ben Bova
67 30 Construction Shack SHORTFICTION Clifford D. Simak
68 30 The 1973 Annual World's Best SF ANTHOLOGY Arthur W. Saha and Donald A. Wollheim
69 30 Universe 3 ANTHOLOGY Terry Carr
70 30 The Expensive Delicate Ship SHORTFICTION Brian W. Aldiss
71 30 The Feast of St. Dionysus SHORTFICTION Robert Silverberg
72 29 An Exaltation of Stars ANTHOLOGY Terry Carr
73 29 Sketches Among the Ruins of My Mind SHORTFICTION Philip José Farmer
74 28 Orbit 12 ANTHOLOGY Damon Knight
75 28 Jupiter ANTHOLOGY Carol Pohl and Frederik Pohl
76 28 Ms. Found in an Abandoned Time Machine SHORTFICTION Robert Silverberg
77 27 The Alien Condition ANTHOLOGY Stephen Goldin
78 27 Trullion: Alastor 2262 NOVEL Jack Vance
79 27 Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader ANTHOLOGY Robin Scott Wilson
80 27 The Defenseless Dead SHORTFICTION Larry Niven
81 26 The Astounding-Analog Reader, Volume 2 ANTHOLOGY Brian W. Aldiss and Harry Harrison
82 26 Chains of the Sea ANTHOLOGY Robert Silverberg
83 25 Rumfuddle SHORTFICTION Jack Vance
84 25 To Die in Italbar NOVEL Roger Zelazny
85 25 Today We Choose Faces NOVEL Roger Zelazny
86 25 Ten Tomorrows ANTHOLOGY Roger Elwood
87 25 Alpha 4 ANTHOLOGY Robert Silverberg
88 24 Mud Violet SHORTFICTION R. A. Lafferty
89 24 The Book of Philip José Farmer COLLECTION Philip José Farmer
90 24 Nova 3 ANTHOLOGY Harry Harrison
91 24 The Safety Engineer SHORTFICTION William E. Cochrane
92 23 Future City ANTHOLOGY Roger Elwood
93 23 In the Problem Pit SHORTFICTION Frederik Pohl
94 23 Nebula Award Stories 8 ANTHOLOGY Isaac Asimov
95 23 The Cloud Walker NOVEL Edmund Cooper
96 22 The Field of Vision SHORTFICTION Ursula K. Le Guin
97 22 Many Mansions SHORTFICTION Robert Silverberg
98 22 Flashing Swords! #1 ANTHOLOGY Lin Carter
99 22 Relatives NOVEL George Alec Effinger
100 21 Eros in Orbit ANTHOLOGY Joseph Elder
101 21 My Brother Leopold SHORTFICTION Edgar Pangborn
102 21 Science Fiction: the Great Years ANTHOLOGY Carol Pohl and Frederik Pohl
103 20 'Kjwalll'kje'k'koothaïlll'kje'k SHORTFICTION Roger Zelazny
104 20 Barnaby's Clock SHORTFICTION R. A. Lafferty
105 20 Herovit's World NOVEL Barry N. Malzberg
106 20 The Answer SHORTFICTION Terry Carr
107 20 Showcase ANTHOLOGY Roger Elwood
108 20 Brothers SHORTFICTION Gordon R. Dickson
109 19 Hiero's Journey NOVEL Sterling E. Lanier
110 19 Bad Moon Rising ANTHOLOGY Thomas M. Disch
111 19 The Brave Free Men NOVEL Jack Vance
112 19 A Spaceship for the King NOVEL Jerry Pournelle
113 19 The Star Road COLLECTION Gordon R. Dickson
114 19 The Flight of the Horse COLLECTION Larry Niven
115 17 The World Is a Sphere SHORTFICTION Edgar Pangborn
116 16 Epilog SHORTFICTION Clifford D. Simak
117 15 The Women Men Don't See SHORTFICTION James Tiptree, Jr.
118 12 Beyond the Resurrection NOVEL Gordon Eklund
119 1 The City on the Sand SHORTFICTION George Alec Effinger
120 1 Burr NOVEL Gore Vidal
121 1 He Fell Into a Dark Hole SHORTFICTION Jerry Pournelle
122 1 The Time Machine SHORTFICTION Robert F. Young
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