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Highest Ranked Titles published in 1959

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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
1 130 A Canticle for Leibowitz NOVEL Walter M. Miller, Jr.
2 82 Starship Troopers NOVEL Robert A. Heinlein
3 51 The Sirens of Titan NOVEL Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
4 50 Wet Paint SHORTFICTION A. Bertram Chandler
5 50 The Lantern Bearers NOVEL Rosemary Sutcliff
6 50 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction - 1959 EDITOR Robert P. Mills
7 50 Cry of the Nameless - 1959 (Fanzine) EDITOR Elinor Busby and F. M. Busby and Burnett R. Toskey and Wally Weber
8 50 Flowers for Algernon SHORTFICTION Daniel Keyes
9 35 Dorsai! NOVEL Gordon R. Dickson
10 35 The Gammage Cup NOVEL Carol Kendall
11 35 The Alley Man SHORTFICTION Philip José Farmer
12 35 Astounding Science Fiction - 1959 EDITOR John W. Campbell, Jr.
13 35 "All You Zombies ..." SHORTFICTION Robert A. Heinlein
14 10 Eden NOVEL
Stanisław Lem?Stanislaw Lem
15 1 Cat and Mouse SHORTFICTION Ralph Williams
16 1 The Man Who Lost the Sea SHORTFICTION Theodore Sturgeon
17 1 The Pi Man SHORTFICTION Alfred Bester
18 1 Fantastic Universe - 1959 EDITOR Hans Stefan Santesson
19 1 Triplication SHORTFICTION Robert Sheckley
20 1 Galaxy Magazine - 1959 EDITOR H. L. Gold
21 1 Amazing Science Fiction Stories - 1959 EDITOR Cele Goldsmith
22 1 The Falling Torch NOVEL Algis Budrys
23 1 Yandro - 1959 (Fanzine) EDITOR Juanita Coulson and Robert Coulson
24 1 J D Argassy - 1959 (Fanzine) EDITOR Lynn Hickman
25 1 Fanac - 1959 (Fanzine) EDITOR Terry Carr and Ron Ellik
26 1 Science Fiction Times - 1959 (Fanzine) EDITOR Frank Pietro and James V. Taurasi and Ray Van Houten
27 1 The Pirates of Zan NOVEL Murray Leinster
28 1 Immortality, Inc. NOVEL Robert Sheckley
29 1 Titus Alone NOVEL Mervyn Peake
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