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Highest Ranked Titles published in 1974

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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
1 320 The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia NOVEL Ursula K. Le Guin
2 134 A Midsummer Tempest NOVEL Poul Anderson
3 120 A Song for Lya SHORTFICTION George R. R. Martin
4 116 Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said NOVEL Philip K. Dick
5 105 The Forgotten Beasts of Eld NOVEL Patricia A. McKillip
6 101 Born with the Dead SHORTFICTION Robert Silverberg
7 101 The Day Before the Revolution SHORTFICTION Ursula K. Le Guin
8 100 The Bitter Pill NOVEL A. Bertram Chandler
9 100 Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W SHORTFICTION Harlan Ellison
10 94 The Mote in God's Eye NOVEL Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
11 85 The Hole Man SHORTFICTION Larry Niven
12 85 Sticks SHORTFICTION Karl Edward Wagner
13 78 Inverted World NOVEL Christopher Priest
14 75 If the Stars Are Gods SHORTFICTION Gregory Benford and Gordon Eklund
15 70 Merlin's Ring NOVEL H. Warner Munn
16 64 The Godwhale NOVEL T. J. Bass
17 63 The Engine at Heartspring's Center SHORTFICTION Roger Zelazny
18 62 Walk to the End of the World NOVEL Suzy McKee Charnas
19 60 On the Street of the Serpents or, The Assassination of Chairman Mao, as Effected by the Author in Seville, Spain, in the Spring of 1992, a Year of No Certain Historicity SHORTFICTION Michael Bishop
20 58 The Seventeen Virgins SHORTFICTION Jack Vance
21 55 Final Stage ANTHOLOGY Edward L. Ferman and Barry N. Malzberg
22 54 How Are the Mighty Fallen NOVEL Thomas Burnett Swann
23 50 Thomas SHORTFICTION Dominique Douay
24 50
おれの血は他人の血?Ore no Chi ha Tanin no Chi
Ore no Chi wa Tanin no Chi
 NOVEL
筒井康隆?Tsutsui Yasutaka
つつい やすたか
25 50 Le temps mort COLLECTION
René Belletto?Rene Belletto
26 50 Universe 4 ANTHOLOGY Terry Carr
27 50
L'homme à rebours?L'homme a rebours
 NOVEL Philippe Curval
28 50 Before the Golden Age ANTHOLOGY Isaac Asimov
29 50 The Alien Critic - 1974 EDITOR Richard E. Geis
30 50 The Best of Fritz Leiber COLLECTION Fritz Leiber
31 50 C. S. Lewis: A Biography NONFICTION Walter Hooper and Roger Lancelyn Green
32 50
神狩り?Kami Kari
 SHORTFICTION
山田正紀?やまだまさき
Yamada Masaki
33 50 The Sword and the Stallion NOVEL Michael Moorcock
34 50 The Hollow Lands NOVEL Michael Moorcock
35 48 Prince of Annwn NOVEL Evangeline Walton
36 35 The Rest Is Silence SHORTFICTION Charles L. Grant
37 35 The Pre-Persons SHORTFICTION Philip K. Dick
38 35 A Quest for Simbilis NOVEL Michael Shea
39 35 Utopía de un hombre que está cansado SHORTFICTION Jorge Luis Borges
40 35 Notre-Dame des Supplices SHORTFICTION Daniel Walther
41 35 Sunrise West SHORTFICTION William K. Carlson
42 35 The Ark of James Carlyle SHORTFICTION Cherry Wilder
43 35 The Warlord of Saturn's Moons SHORTFICTION Eleanor Arnason
44 35 Time Deer SHORTFICTION Craig Strete
45 35 Attachment SHORTFICTION Phyllis Eisenstein
46 35 A Father's Tale SHORTFICTION Sterling E. Lanier
47 35 Twilla SHORTFICTION Tom Reamy
48 35 Vanille du corps de Lia SHORTFICTION Daniel Walther
49 35 A Hole in Space COLLECTION Larry Niven
50 35 Musique pour un départ SHORTFICTION Jean-Pierre Andrevon
51 35 Tactics of Conquest NOVEL Barry N. Malzberg
52 35 The Bleeding Man SHORTFICTION Craig Strete
53 35 Godilande ou journal d'un mort NOVEL Maurice Mourier
54 35 The Perilous Gard NOVEL Elizabeth Marie Pope
55 35 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 ANTHOLOGY Terry Carr
56 35 New Dimensions IV ANTHOLOGY Robert Silverberg
57 35 Shardik NOVEL Richard Adams
58 31 Riding the Torch SHORTFICTION Norman Spinrad
59 31 —That Thou Art Mindful of Him! SHORTFICTION Isaac Asimov
60 31 Schwartz Between the Galaxies SHORTFICTION Robert Silverberg
61 30 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: A Special 25th Anniversary Anthology ANTHOLOGY Edward L. Ferman
62 30 Threads of Time ANTHOLOGY Robert Silverberg
63 30 Assault on a City SHORTFICTION Jack Vance
64 30 The Best of Stanley G. Weinbaum COLLECTION Stanley G. Weinbaum
65 29 The Author of the Acacia Seeds and Other Extracts from the Journal of the Association of Therolinguistics SHORTFICTION Ursula K. Le Guin
66 29 I'm Looking for Kadak SHORTFICTION Harlan Ellison
67 29 The 1974 Annual World's Best SF ANTHOLOGY Arthur W. Saha and Donald A. Wollheim
68 29 Orbit 14 ANTHOLOGY Damon Knight
69 29 Strangers SHORTFICTION Gardner Dozois
70 29 Approaching Oblivion COLLECTION Harlan Ellison
71 28 Stellar 1 ANTHOLOGY Judy-Lynn del Rey
72 28 The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe NOVEL D. G. Compton
73 28 Welkom op aarde ... COVERART Chesley Bonestell
74 28 On Venus, Have We Got a Rabbi SHORTFICTION William Tenn
75 28 The Four-Hour Fugue SHORTFICTION Alfred Bester
76 28 The Book of Fritz Leiber COLLECTION Fritz Leiber
77 28 Nebula Award Stories 9 ANTHOLOGY Kate Wilhelm
78 27 Wandering Stars ANTHOLOGY Jack Dann
79 27 Twig SHORTFICTION Gordon R. Dickson
80 27 Alpha 5 ANTHOLOGY Robert Silverberg
81 27 The Marathon Photograph SHORTFICTION Clifford D. Simak
82 27 Nix Olympica SHORTFICTION William Walling
83 27 The Many Worlds of Poul Anderson COLLECTION Poul Anderson
84 27 Fire Time NOVEL Poul Anderson
85 27 Cathadonian Odyssey SHORTFICTION Michael Bishop
86 26 Case and the Dreamer COLLECTION Theodore Sturgeon
87 26 Modern Science Fiction ANTHOLOGY Norman Spinrad
88 26 The Araqnid Window SHORTFICTION Charles L. Harness
89 26 Universe 5 ANTHOLOGY Terry Carr
90 25 SF: Authors' Choice 4 ANTHOLOGY Harry Harrison
91 25 Midnight by the Morphy Watch SHORTFICTION Fritz Leiber
92 25 Born with the Dead COLLECTION Robert Silverberg
93 25 Enter a Pilgrim SHORTFICTION Gordon R. Dickson
94 25 After the Dreamtime SHORTFICTION Richard A. Lupoff
95 24 Cosmic Laughter ANTHOLOGY Joe Haldeman
96 24 The Dream Millennium NOVEL James White
97 24 Father SHORTFICTION Pamela Sargent
98 24 2020 Vision ANTHOLOGY Jerry Pournelle
99 23 Tin Soldier SHORTFICTION Joan D. Vinge
100 23 The Twilight of Briareus NOVEL Richard Cowper
101 23 Royal Licorice SHORTFICTION R. A. Lafferty
102 23 Continuum 1 ANTHOLOGY Roger Elwood
103 23 Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Third Annual Collection ANTHOLOGY Lester del Rey
104 22 The Raven and The Hawk SHORTFICTION William Rotsler
105 22 We Purchased People SHORTFICTION Frederik Pohl
106 22 Fellowship of the Stars ANTHOLOGY Terry Carr
107 22 Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang SHORTFICTION Kate Wilhelm
108 21 The Stars Below SHORTFICTION Ursula K. Le Guin
109 21 Continuum 2 ANTHOLOGY Roger Elwood
110 21 A Sunday Visit with Great-Grandfather SHORTFICTION Craig Strete
111 21 Getting Home SHORTFICTION F. M. Busby
112 21 Threads of Time SHORTFICTION Gregory Benford
113 20 Whale Song SHORTFICTION Terry Melen
114 20 Science Fiction Emphasis I ANTHOLOGY David Gerrold
115 20 The Eastcoast Confinement SHORTFICTION Arsen Darnay
116 20 Do You Know Dave Wenzel? SHORTFICTION Fritz Leiber
117 19 Orbit 13 ANTHOLOGY Damon Knight
118 19 Catman SHORTFICTION Harlan Ellison
119 19 The Kozmic Kid or the Quest for the Inestimable Silver Ball SHORTFICTION Richard Snead
120 19 Mysterious Doings in the Metropolitan Museum SHORTFICTION Fritz Leiber
121 18 Orbit 15 ANTHOLOGY Damon Knight
122 18 The Gift of Garigolli SHORTFICTION C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl
123 18 In the House of Double Minds SHORTFICTION Robert Silverberg
124 18 Total Eclipse NOVEL John Brunner
125 17 A Brother to Dragons, a Companion of Owls SHORTFICTION Kate Wilhelm
126 17 The Destruction of the Temple NOVEL Barry N. Malzberg
127 17 The Mountains of Sunset, the Mountains of Dawn SHORTFICTION Vonda N. McIntyre
128 17 Whatever Happened to Nick Neptune? SHORTFICTION Richard A. Lupoff
129 16 Willowisp SHORTFICTION Joseph F. Pumilia
130 15 Star Rider NOVEL Doris Piserchia
131 15 Enjoy, Enjoy SHORTFICTION Frederik Pohl
132 15 A Little Something for Us Tempunauts SHORTFICTION Philip K. Dick
133 14 Mute Inglorious Tam SHORTFICTION C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl
134 14 Gato-O SHORTFICTION Don Picard
135 13 A Matter of Gravity SHORTFICTION Randall Garrett
136 12 And Keep Us from Our Castles SHORTFICTION Cynthia Morgan
137 11 Forlesen SHORTFICTION Gene Wolfe
138 11 Icerigger NOVEL Alan Dean Foster
139 10 Under Siege SHORTFICTION Robert Thurston
140 1 SF Commentary - 1974 EDITOR Bruce Gillespie
141 1 Starling - 1974 EDITOR Hank Luttrell and Lesleigh Luttrell
142 1 Algol - 1974 EDITOR Andrew Porter
143 1 Locus - 1974 EDITOR Charles N. Brown and Dena Brown
144 1 Extreme Prejudice SHORTFICTION Jerry Pournelle
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