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Highest Ranked Titles published in 1971

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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
1 178 A Time of Changes NOVEL Robert Silverberg
2 170 A Meeting with Medusa SHORTFICTION Arthur C. Clarke
3 155 The Lathe of Heaven NOVEL Ursula K. Le Guin
4 150 The Queen of Air and Darkness SHORTFICTION Poul Anderson
5 142 To Your Scattered Bodies Go NOVEL Philip José Farmer
6 124 Inconstant Moon SHORTFICTION Larry Niven
7 100 Locus - 1971 EDITOR Charles N. Brown and Dena Brown
8 85 A Special Kind of Morning SHORTFICTION Gardner Dozois
9 71 The Book of Skulls NOVEL Robert Silverberg
10 62 All the Last Wars at Once SHORTFICTION George Alec Effinger
11 62 Mount Charity SHORTFICTION Edgar Pangborn
12 61 The Devil Is Dead NOVEL R. A. Lafferty
13 58 The Autumn Land SHORTFICTION Clifford D. Simak
14 58 Dragonquest NOVEL Anne McCaffrey
15 58 Jack of Shadows NOVEL Roger Zelazny
16 56 The Byworlder NOVEL Poul Anderson
17 55 The Bear with the Knot on His Tail SHORTFICTION Stephen Tall
18 54 Vaster Than Empires and More Slow SHORTFICTION Ursula K. Le Guin
19 53 The Forest of Forever NOVEL Thomas Burnett Swann
20 52 Dread Empire SHORTFICTION John Brunner
21 51 Star Light NOVEL Hal Clement
22 50 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH NOVEL Robert C. O'Brien
23 50 World's Best Science Fiction: 1971 ANTHOLOGY Terry Carr and Donald A. Wollheim
24 50 Universe 1 ANTHOLOGY Terry Carr
25 50
白壁の文字は夕陽に映える?Shirakabe no Moji wa Yūhi ni Haeru
SHORTFICTION
荒巻義雄?あらまきよしお
Yoshio Aramaki
26 50 Fallen Spaceman SHORTFICTION Lee Harding
27 50 Groaning Hinges of the World SHORTFICTION R. A. Lafferty
28 50 The Missing Man SHORTFICTION Katherine MacLean
29 50 Good News from the Vatican SHORTFICTION Robert Silverberg
30 50 The King of the Swords NOVEL Michael Moorcock
31 50 The Knight of the Swords NOVEL Michael Moorcock
32 50 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction - 1971 EDITOR Edward L. Ferman
33 50
石の血脈?Ishi no Ketsumyaku
NOVEL
半村良?Ryō Hanmura
Ryo Hanmura
はんむらりょう
34 50 The Sleeping Sorceress NOVEL Michael Moorcock
35 35 The God House SHORTFICTION Keith Roberts
36 35 New Dimensions 1 ANTHOLOGY Robert Silverberg
37 35 The Infinity Box SHORTFICTION Kate Wilhelm
38 35 The Last Ghost SHORTFICTION Stephen Goldin
39 35 The Plastic Abyss SHORTFICTION Kate Wilhelm
40 35 The Hugo Winners, Volume Two ANTHOLOGY Isaac Asimov
41 35 Poor Man, Beggar Man SHORTFICTION Joanna Russ
42 35 The Authentic Touch NOVEL Jack Wodhams
43 35 Science Fiction Review - 1971 EDITOR Richard E. Geis
44 35 The Headless Cupid NOVEL Zilpha Keatley Snyder
45 35 Being There SHORTFICTION Jerzy Kosinski
46 35 Margaret and I NOVEL Kate Wilhelm
47 35 What You Know SHORTFICTION A. Bertram Chandler
48 35 The Light Maze NOVEL Joan North
49 35 The Tsaddik of the Seven Wonders NOVEL Isidore Haiblum
50 35 Half Past Human NOVEL T. J. Bass
51 35 Grendel NOVEL John Gardner
52 35 Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact - 1971 EDITOR John W. Campbell, Jr.
53 35 Heathen God SHORTFICTION George Zebrowski
54 35 The Children of Llyr NOVEL Evangeline Walton
55 35 The Dancer from Atlantis NOVEL Poul Anderson
56 30 Clarion ANTHOLOGY Robin Scott Wilson
57 30 Driftglass COLLECTION Samuel R. Delany
58 30 Duel SHORTFICTION Richard Matheson
59 30 Amazing Stories - 1971 EDITOR Ted White
60 30 The Fourth Profession SHORTFICTION Larry Niven
61 29 Infinity Two ANTHOLOGY Robert Hoskins
62 29 Wheels SHORTFICTION Robert Thurston
63 29 SF Commentary - 1971 EDITOR Bruce Gillespie
64 29 Galaxy Magazine - 1971 EDITOR Ejler Jakobsson
65 29 Sturgeon Is Alive and Well ... COLLECTION Theodore Sturgeon
66 28 The World Inside NOVEL Robert Silverberg
67 28 Sky SHORTFICTION R. A. Lafferty
68 28 Protostars ANTHOLOGY David Gerrold and Stephen Goldin
69 28 New Worlds of Fantasy #3 ANTHOLOGY Terry Carr
70 28 Fantastic - 1971 EDITOR Ted White
71 27 Alpha Two ANTHOLOGY Robert Silverberg
72 27 Orbit 9 ANTHOLOGY Damon Knight
73 26 New Worlds Quarterly 1 ANTHOLOGY Michael Moorcock
74 26 Partners in Wonder ANTHOLOGY Harlan Ellison
75 25 Quark/4 ANTHOLOGY Samuel R. Delany and Marilyn Hacker
76 25 All the Myriad Ways COLLECTION Larry Niven
77 25 World Abounding SHORTFICTION R. A. Lafferty
78 25 The Fabulous Riverboat NOVEL Philip José Farmer
79 25 Tactics of Mistake NOVEL Gordon R. Dickson
80 24 Son of Man NOVEL Robert Silverberg
81 24 Down in the Black Gang and Other Stories COLLECTION Philip José Farmer
82 23 Quark/3 ANTHOLOGY Samuel R. Delany and Marilyn Hacker
83 23 New Worlds Quarterly 2 ANTHOLOGY Michael Moorcock
84 22 The World Menders NOVEL Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
85 22 Moderan COLLECTION David R. Bunch
86 21 The Human Operators SHORTFICTION Harlan Ellison and A. E. van Vogt
87 21 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Nineteenth Series ANTHOLOGY Edward L. Ferman
88 21 Quark/2 ANTHOLOGY Samuel R. Delany and Marilyn Hacker
89 20 In Entropy's Jaws SHORTFICTION Robert Silverberg
90 20 Furthest NOVEL Suzette Haden Elgin
91 20 Moonferns and Starsongs COLLECTION Robert Silverberg
92 19 Arrive at Easterwine: The Autobiography of a Ktistec Machine NOVEL R. A. Lafferty
93 19 The Ruins of Earth ANTHOLOGY Thomas M. Disch
94 18 All the Way Up, All the Way Down SHORTFICTION Robert Silverberg
95 17 Best SF: 1970 ANTHOLOGY Brian W. Aldiss and Harry Harrison
96 1 THX 1138 NOVEL Ben Bova
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