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Highest Ranked Titles published in 1953

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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
1 143 More Than Human NOVEL Theodore Sturgeon
2 125 Childhood's End NOVEL Arthur C. Clarke
3 105 Fahrenheit 451 NOVEL Ray Bradbury
4 79 Sam Hall SHORTFICTION Poul Anderson
5 62 Science-Fiction Handbook NONFICTION Catherine Crook de Camp and L. Sprague de Camp
6 50 A Case of Conscience SHORTFICTION James Blish
7 50 Earthman, Come Home SHORTFICTION James Blish
8 50 The Nine Billion Names of God SHORTFICTION Arthur C. Clarke
9 50 The Syndic NOVEL C. M. Kornbluth
10 50 Conquest of the Moon NONFICTION Wernher von Braun and Willy Ley and Fred L. Whipple
11 35 Second Variety SHORTFICTION Philip K. Dick
12 35 It's a Good Life SHORTFICTION Jerome Bixby
13 35 Second Stage Lensmen NOVEL Edward E. Smith
14 30 Modern Science Fiction: Its Meaning and Its Future NONFICTION Reginald Bretnor
15 30 Star Light, Star Bright SHORTFICTION Alfred Bester
16 30 ... And My Fear Is Great ... SHORTFICTION Theodore Sturgeon
17 30 The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound SHORTFICTION Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson
18 29 A Saucer of Loneliness SHORTFICTION Theodore Sturgeon
19 29 Un-Man SHORTFICTION Poul Anderson
20 28 The Rose SHORTFICTION Charles L. Harness
21 28 Seventh Victim SHORTFICTION Robert Sheckley
22 28 The Wall Around the World SHORTFICTION Theodore R. Cogswell
23 9 The Space Merchants NOVEL C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl
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