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Highest Ranked Titles published in 1976

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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
1 165 Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang NOVEL Kate Wilhelm
2 150 The Bicentennial Man SHORTFICTION Isaac Asimov
3 141 Piper at the Gates of Dawn SHORTFICTION Richard Cowper
4 137 Inferno NOVEL Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
5 135 Tricentennial SHORTFICTION Joe Haldeman
6 130 Houston, Houston, Do You Read? SHORTFICTION James Tiptree, Jr.
7 116 Man Plus NOVEL Frederik Pohl
8 100 The Dragon and the George NOVEL Gordon R. Dickson
9 97 In the Hall of the Martian Kings SHORTFICTION John Varley
10 95 Doorways in the Sand NOVEL Roger Zelazny
11 89 Triton NOVEL Samuel R. Delany
12 86 The Samurai and the Willows SHORTFICTION Michael Bishop
13 85 Two Suns Setting SHORTFICTION Karl Edward Wagner
14 85 Science Fiction Review - 1976 EDITOR Richard E. Geis
15 85 The Sailor on the Seas of Fate NOVEL Michael Moorcock
16 85 The Ins and Outs of the Hadhya City-State SHORTFICTION Philippa C. Maddern
17 79 A Crowd of Shadows SHORTFICTION Charles L. Grant
18 74 By Any Other Name SHORTFICTION Spider Robinson
19 72 Frights ANTHOLOGY Kirby McCauley
20 66 The Magic Goes Away SHORTFICTION Larry Niven
21 63 A World Out of Time NOVEL Larry Niven
22 63 The Eyeflash Miracles SHORTFICTION Gene Wolfe
23 63 Shadrach in the Furnace NOVEL Robert Silverberg
24 61 Custer's Last Jump SHORTFICTION Steven Utley and Howard Waldrop
25 59 The Hand of Oberon NOVEL Roger Zelazny
26 59 Mary Margaret Road-Grader SHORTFICTION Howard Waldrop
27 56 Universe 6 ANTHOLOGY Terry Carr
28 55 Stone Circle SHORTFICTION Lisa Tuttle
29 55 More Women of Wonder ANTHOLOGY Pamela Sargent
30 53 Orbit 18 ANTHOLOGY Damon Knight
31 53 The Clewiston Test NOVEL Kate Wilhelm
32 51 New Dimensions Science Fiction Number 6 ANTHOLOGY Robert Silverberg
33 51 Locus - 1976 (Fanzine) EDITOR Charles N. Brown and Dena Brown
34 50 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #5 ANTHOLOGY Terry Carr
35 50 There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding SHORTFICTION Russell Kirk
36 50
メタモルフォセス群島?メタモルフォセスぐんとう
Metamorufosesu Guntō
Metamorufosesu Guntou
SHORTFICTION
筒井康隆?Tsutsui Yasutaka
つつい やすたか
37 50
Cette chère humanité?Cette chere humanite
NOVEL Philippe Curval
38 50 Les Galaxiales Tome I COLLECTION Michel Demuth
39 50 Walkers on the Sky NOVEL David J. Lake
40 50 A Song for Lya and Other Stories COLLECTION George R. R. Martin
41 50 Healer NOVEL F. Paul Wilson
42 50 A Pictorial History of Science Fiction NONFICTION David A. Kyle
43 50 The Starman POEM Duane Ackerson
44 50 Brontomek! NOVEL Michael G. Coney
45 50 Doctor Rat NOVEL William Kotzwinkle
46 50 The Alteration NOVEL Kingsley Amis
47 50
Le chemin des abîmes?Le chemin des abimes
COLLECTION Michel Treignier
48 50 The Garments of Caean NOVEL Barrington J. Bayley
49 50 The Space Machine NOVEL Christopher Priest
50 50 A Wealth of Fable: An Informal History of Science Fiction Fandom in the 1950s NONFICTION Harry Warner, Jr.
51 50
Retour à la Terre, définitif?Retour a la Terre, definitif
SHORTFICTION Philip Goy
52 50
サイコロ特攻隊?Saikoro Tokkōtai
Saikoro Tokkoutai
NOVEL
かんべむさし?Kanbe Musashi
53 50 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction - 1976 EDITOR Edward L. Ferman
54 37 The Diary of the Rose SHORTFICTION Ursula K. Le Guin
55 36 Mindbridge NOVEL Joe Haldeman
56 36 I See You SHORTFICTION Damon Knight
57 35 Cinnabar COLLECTION Edward Bryant
58 35 Les Dragos SHORTFICTION George W. Barlow
59 35 His Hour Upon the Stage SHORTFICTION Grant Carrington
60 35 Abel's Island SHORTFICTION William Steig
61 35 L'échiquier de la création NOVEL Dominique Douay
62 35 The Height of the Scream COLLECTION Ramsey Campbell
63 35 Star Light, Star Bright COLLECTION Alfred Bester
64 35 Long After Midnight COLLECTION Ray Bradbury
65 35 Dark Wings SHORTFICTION Fritz Leiber
66 35 It Only Comes Out at Night SHORTFICTION Dennis Etchison
67 35 The Companion SHORTFICTION Ramsey Campbell
68 35 Maska SHORTFICTION
Stanisław Lem?Stanislaw Lem
69 35 Der Untergang des Abendlandesmenschen SHORTFICTION Howard Waldrop
70 35 Les mondes intérieurs SHORTFICTION Christine Renard
71 35 Loin SHORTFICTION
René Durand?Rene Durand
72 35 Le triptyque de Khor SHORTFICTION
Christian Léourier?Christian Leourier
73 35 Back to the Stone Age SHORTFICTION Jake Saunders
74 35 Kelly Country SHORTFICTION A. Bertram Chandler
75 35 What Is Life? SHORTFICTION Robert Sheckley
76 35 Tristes derniers jardins du monde SHORTFICTION Daniel Walther
77 35 Superhorror ANTHOLOGY Ramsey Campbell
78 35 Stellar #2 ANTHOLOGY Judy-Lynn del Rey
79 35 Les prédateurs enjolivés NOVEL Pierre Christin
80 35 The Winter of the World NOVEL Poul Anderson
81 35 Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact - 1976 EDITOR Ben Bova
82 35 Tin Woodman SHORTFICTION Dennis R. Bailey and David Bischoff
83 35 Woman on the Edge of Time NOVEL Marge Piercy
84 35 The Devil in a Forest NOVEL Gene Wolfe
85 35 Future Sanctuary NOVEL Lee Harding
86 35 A String in the Harp NOVEL Nancy Bond
87 35 Flashing Swords! #3: Warriors and Wizards ANTHOLOGY Lin Carter
88 35 The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights COLLECTION John Steinbeck
89 35 Dark Crusade NOVEL Karl Edward Wagner
90 35 Islands NOVEL Marta Randall
91 35 Camber of Culdi NOVEL Katherine Kurtz
92 35 Interview with the Vampire NOVEL Anne Rice
93 35 The Doll Who Ate His Mother NOVEL Ramsey Campbell
94 31 Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance SHORTFICTION John Varley
95 31 The Riddle-Master of Hed NOVEL Patricia A. McKillip
96 31 Custom Fitting SHORTFICTION James White
97 30 The Worlds of Fritz Leiber COLLECTION Fritz Leiber
98 30 Future Power ANTHOLOGY Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
99 30 Children of Dune NOVEL Frank Herbert
100 30 The Phantom of Kansas SHORTFICTION John Varley
101 30 Galaxy - 1976 EDITOR Jim Baen
102 29 The Death of Princes SHORTFICTION Fritz Leiber
103 29 Amazing Stories - 1976 EDITOR Ted White
104 29 The Anvil of Jove SHORTFICTION Gregory Benford and Gordon Eklund
105 29 The Light Fantastic COLLECTION Alfred Bester
106 28 The Hertford Manuscript SHORTFICTION Richard Cowper
107 28 Fantastic - 1976 EDITOR Ted White
108 28 The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories COLLECTION Isaac Asimov
109 27 The Psychologist Who Wouldn't Do Awful Things to Rats SHORTFICTION James Tiptree, Jr.
110 27 Seeing SHORTFICTION Harlan Ellison
111 27 Weather War SHORTFICTION William E. Cochrane
112 27 The Best of Damon Knight COLLECTION Damon Knight
113 26 Galileo - 1976 EDITOR Charles C. Ryan
114 26 Paradise Beach SHORTFICTION Richard Cowper
115 26 The Best of Robert Silverberg COLLECTION Robert Silverberg
116 26 The 1976 Annual World's Best SF ANTHOLOGY Arthur W. Saha and Donald A. Wollheim
117 26 Media Man SHORTFICTION Joan D. Vinge
118 25 Birthdays SHORTFICTION Fred Saberhagen
119 25 The Crystal Ship ANTHOLOGY Robert Silverberg
120 25 Meathouse Man SHORTFICTION George R. R. Martin
121 25 This Tower of Ashes SHORTFICTION George R. R. Martin
122 25 The Best of Jack Vance COLLECTION Jack Vance
123 25 Millennium: A Novel About People and Politics in the Year 1999 NOVEL Ben Bova
124 24 Science Fiction Discoveries ANTHOLOGY Carol Pohl and Frederik Pohl
125 24 Bagatelle SHORTFICTION John Varley
126 24 Alyx COLLECTION Joanna Russ
127 23 Capricorn Games COLLECTION Robert Silverberg
128 23 Brothers of Earth NOVEL C. J. Cherryh
129 23 Nebula Award Stories 11 ANTHOLOGY Ursula K. Le Guin
130 23 The Greenhouse Defect SHORTFICTION Andrew J. Offutt
131 23 Overdrawn at the Memory Bank SHORTFICTION John Varley
132 23 Appearance of Life SHORTFICTION Brian W. Aldiss
133 22 From A to Z, in the Chocolate Alphabet SHORTFICTION Harlan Ellison
134 22 The Shattered Chain NOVEL Marion Zimmer Bradley
135 22 Woman Waiting SHORTFICTION Lisa Tuttle
136 22 A Thrust of Greatness SHORTFICTION Stanley Schmidt
137 21 Andromeda I ANTHOLOGY Peter Weston
138 21 Maske: Thaery NOVEL Jack Vance
139 21 The Best of John W. Campbell COLLECTION John W. Campbell, Jr.
140 21 Science Fiction of the Thirties ANTHOLOGY Damon Knight
141 21 Plutonium SHORTFICTION Arsen Darnay
142 21 The Never-Ending Western Movie SHORTFICTION Robert Sheckley
143 20 The Crystal Ship SHORTFICTION Joan D. Vinge
144 20 The Best of Poul Anderson COLLECTION Poul Anderson
145 19 Aurora: Beyond Equality ANTHOLOGY Susan Janice Anderson and Vonda N. McIntyre
146 19 An Infinite Summer SHORTFICTION Christopher Priest
147 18 Analog Annual ANTHOLOGY Ben Bova
148 18 The Con Artist SHORTFICTION P. J. Plauger
149 18 The Custodians and Other Stories COLLECTION Richard Cowper
150 17 Dragonsong NOVEL Anne McCaffrey
151 17 Bio-Futures ANTHOLOGY Pamela Sargent
152 16 Stargate NOVEL Stephen Robinett
153 15 Lifeboat NOVEL Gordon R. Dickson and Harry Harrison
154 14 Cloned Lives NOVEL Pamela Sargent
155 13 The End of All Songs NOVEL Michael Moorcock
156 12 Floating Worlds NOVEL Cecelia Holland
157 11 Time of the Fourth Horseman NOVEL Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
158 1 Birth of Fire NOVEL Jerry Pournelle
159 1 Arslan NOVEL M. J. Engh
160 1 The Frozen Sky SHORTFICTION Lee Harding
161 1 My Name Is Legion COLLECTION Roger Zelazny
162 1 Masters of Space NOVEL E. Everett Evans and Edward E. Smith
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