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Highest Ranked Titles published in 1979

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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
1 247 On Wings of Song NOVEL Thomas M. Disch
2 205 Titan NOVEL John Varley
3 185 Sandkings SHORTFICTION George R. R. Martin
4 184 Harpist in the Wind NOVEL Patricia A. McKillip
5 165 The Fountains of Paradise NOVEL Arthur C. Clarke
6 150 Enemy Mine SHORTFICTION Barry B. Longyear
7 149 Amazons! ANTHOLOGY Jessica Amanda Salmonson
8 144 The Button Molder SHORTFICTION Fritz Leiber
9 135 The Way of Cross and Dragon SHORTFICTION George R. R. Martin
10 128 Shadows 2 ANTHOLOGY Charles L. Grant
11 120 Songhouse SHORTFICTION Orson Scott Card
12 114 giANTS SHORTFICTION Edward Bryant
13 111 Watchtower NOVEL Elizabeth A. Lynn
14 110 Dragondrums NOVEL Anne McCaffrey
15 108 Death's Master NOVEL Tanith Lee
16 107 Juniper Time NOVEL Kate Wilhelm
17 107 Palely Loitering SHORTFICTION Christopher Priest
18 105 The Dead Zone NOVEL Stephen King
19 100 Jem NOVEL Frederik Pohl
20 100 The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction: An Illustrated A to Z NONFICTION Peter Nicholls
21 98 Options SHORTFICTION John Varley
22 97 Unaccompanied Sonata SHORTFICTION Orson Scott Card
23 97 Camps SHORTFICTION Jack Dann
24 95 Can These Bones Live? SHORTFICTION Ted Reynolds
25 94 The Unlimited Dream Company NOVEL J. G. Ballard
26 94 Engine Summer NOVEL John Crowley
27 94 Whispers II ANTHOLOGY Stuart David Schiff
28 92 Thieves' World ANTHOLOGY Robert Asprin
29 92 The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction NONFICTION Ursula K. Le Guin
30 91 The Battle of the Abaco Reefs SHORTFICTION Hilbert Schenck
31 87 Red As Blood SHORTFICTION Tanith Lee
32 86 The Moon Goddess and the Son SHORTFICTION Donald Kingsbury
33 85 Locus - 1979 (Fanzine) EDITOR Charles N. Brown
34 85 NOVEL and
35 82 The Locusts SHORTFICTION Steven Barnes and Larry Niven
36 80 Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials NONFICTION Wayne Barlowe and Ian Summers
37 80 War Beneath the Tree SHORTFICTION Gene Wolfe
38 70 The Book of Munn COLLECTION H. Warner Munn
39 70 In Memory Yet Green: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1920-1954 NONFICTION Isaac Asimov
40 69 The Ringworld Engineers NOVEL Larry Niven
41 65
Tales of Nevèrÿon?Tales of Neveryon
COLLECTION Samuel R. Delany
42 64 Castle Roogna NOVEL Piers Anthony
43 64 Mars Masked SHORTFICTION Frederik Pohl
44 63 San Diego Lightfoot Sue and Other Stories COLLECTION Tom Reamy
45 63 Fireflood and Other Stories COLLECTION Vonda N. McIntyre
46 62 Fires of Azeroth NOVEL C. J. Cherryh
47 62 The Tale of Gorgik SHORTFICTION Samuel R. Delany
48 61 The Pathways of Desire SHORTFICTION Ursula K. Le Guin
49 60 The Flight of Dragons NONFICTION Peter Dickinson
50 60 Green Magic COLLECTION Jack Vance
51 60 The Angel of Death SHORTFICTION Michael Shea
52 59 Fireflood SHORTFICTION Vonda N. McIntyre
53 58 The Story Writer SHORTFICTION Richard Wilson
54 58 Wonderworks NONFICTION Frank Kelly Freas and Polly Freas and Michael Whelan
55 57 The Palace NOVEL Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
56 56 Transfigurations NOVEL Michael Bishop
57 56 The Dancers of Arun NOVEL Elizabeth A. Lynn
58 56 Nightmares ANTHOLOGY Charles L. Grant
59 55 The Extraordinary Voyages of Amélie Bertrand SHORTFICTION Joanna Russ
60 54 Ker-Plop SHORTFICTION Ted Reynolds
61 53 Prose Bowl SHORTFICTION Barry N. Malzberg and Bill Pronzini
62 53 Giger's Alien: Film Design, 20th Century Fox NONFICTION H. R. Giger
63 52 Sorcerer's Son NOVEL Phyllis Eisenstein
64 51 The Drawing of the Dark NOVEL Tim Powers
65 51 Daisy, in the Sun SHORTFICTION Connie Willis
66 50 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy NOVEL Douglas Adams
67 50 L'épouvante NOVEL Daniel Walther
68 50 En mijn tred verdampt purperen oceanen SHORTFICTION Tais Teng
69 50 Alongside Night NOVEL J. Neil Schulman
70 50 Australian Gnomes NOVEL Robert Ingpen
71 50 Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 1979 COVERART Paul Lehr
72 50 Universe 9 ANTHOLOGY Terry Carr
73 50 Convergent Series COLLECTION Larry Niven
74 50 The Ways of Love SHORTFICTION Poul Anderson
75 50 Mackintosh Willy SHORTFICTION Ramsey Campbell
76 50 The Woman Who Loved the Moon SHORTFICTION Elizabeth A. Lynn
77 50
消滅の光輪?しょうめつのこうりん
Shōmetsu no Kōrin
Shometsu no Korin
Shoumetsu no Kourin
NOVEL
眉村卓?まゆむらたく
Mayumura Taku
78 50
太陽風交点?Taiyōfu Kouten
NOVEL
堀晃?ほりあきら
Hori Akira
79 50 The Last Defender of Camelot SHORTFICTION Roger Zelazny
80 50 Les hautes plaines SHORTFICTION Pierre Giuliani
81 50 The Migration of Darkness POEM Peter Payack
82 50 Encased in the Amber of Eternity POEM Robert Frazier
83 50 The Sonic Flowerfall of Primes POEM Andrew Joron
84 50 Build Your Own A-Bomb and Wake Up the Neighborhood ESSAY George W. Harper
85 50 Civilisation et divagations : mort, fantasmes, science-fiction NONFICTION Louis-Vincent Thomas
86 48 A World Between NOVEL Norman Spinrad
87 35 The Last Call of Mourning NOVEL Charles L. Grant
88 35 The Starfollowers of Coramonde NOVEL Brian Daley
89 35 Moon in the Ground NOVEL Keith Antill
90 35 Displaced Person NOVEL Lee Harding
91 35 One Clay Foot SHORTFICTION Jack Wodhams
92 35 The Universe Next Door NOVEL Robert Anton Wilson
93 35 Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, December 1979 COVERART Vincent Di Fate
94 35 Benefits NOVEL Zoe Fairbairns
95 35 The Book of Fairies NONFICTION Beatrice Phillpotts
96 35 Northern Chess SHORTFICTION Tanith Lee
97 35 Swords Against Darkness IV ANTHOLOGY Andrew J. Offutt
98 35 Swords Against Darkness V ANTHOLOGY Andrew J. Offutt
99 35 The Best of New Dimensions ANTHOLOGY Robert Silverberg
100 35 Heroic Fantasy ANTHOLOGY Gerald W. Page and Hank Reinhardt
101 35 The Howard Collector COLLECTION Robert E. Howard
102 35 Eyes of Amber and Other Stories COLLECTION Joan D. Vinge
103 35 Science Fiction Review - 1979 EDITOR Richard E. Geis
104 35 Webs of Time COLLECTION Joseph Payne Brennan
105 35 The Princess of All Lands COLLECTION Russell Kirk
106 35 Homecoming SHORTFICTION Barry B. Longyear
107 35 The Fane of the Grey Rose SHORTFICTION Charles de Lint
108 35 Superzyte SHORTFICTION Peter Schattschneider
109 35 La ballade des dieux SHORTFICTION Daniel Martinange
110 35 Spareen Among the Tartars SHORTFICTION Susan C. Petrey
111 35 Breaking the Game SHORTFICTION Orson Scott Card
112 35 Petey SHORTFICTION T. E. D. Klein
113 35 Saturday's Shadow SHORTFICTION William F. Nolan
114 35 Crossing into Cambodia SHORTFICTION Michael Moorcock
115 35 Les frontières d'Oulan-Bator NOVEL Pierre Giuliani
116 35 Sex Pirates of the Blood Asteroid SHORTFICTION David Langford
117 35 The Dreamstone SHORTFICTION C. J. Cherryh
118 35 The Ocean of Souls SHORTFICTION Adrian Cole
119 35 Dreams of the Dreamer SHORTFICTION Joeseph Hammond
120 35 First Make Them Mad SHORTFICTION Adrian Cole
121 35 The Well at the Half Cat SHORTFICTION John C. Tibbetts
122 35 Urania #791 COVERART Karel Thole
123 35
La créode?La creode
SHORTFICTION
Joëlle Wintrebert?Joelle Wintrebert
124 35
Le serpent d'éternité?Le serpent d'eternite
NOVEL Pierre Stolze
125 30 File 770 - 1979 EDITOR Mike Glyer
126 30 Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, July 1979 COVERART Robert McCall
127 30 World in the Clouds NOVEL Bob Buckley
128 30 A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction NONFICTION Michael Franklin and Martin Last and Beth Meacham and Baird Searles
129 30 The Stars Are the Styx COLLECTION Theodore Sturgeon
130 30 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #8 ANTHOLOGY Terry Carr
131 30 Voor en na de emotiebaan SHORTFICTION Peter Cuijpers
132 30 Quietus SHORTFICTION Orson Scott Card
133 30 In Adam's Fall SHORTFICTION Jayge Carr
134 30 Alien Landscapes NONFICTION Malcolm Edwards and Robert Holdstock
135 30 Funding the Future ESSAY M. David Stone
136 29 Stardance NOVEL Jeanne Robinson and Spider Robinson
137 29 Future Food ESSAY David J. Ritchie
138 29 Riverworld and Other Stories COLLECTION Philip José Farmer
139 29 Out There Where the Big Ships Go SHORTFICTION Richard Cowper
140 29 Beer Run SHORTFICTION Michael McCollum
141 29 Old Friends SHORTFICTION Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.
142 29 Janus - 1979 EDITOR Janice Bogstad and Jeanne Gomoll
143 29 Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors: A Bibliography of First Printings of Their Fiction and Selected Nonfiction NONFICTION L. W. Currey
144 28 The Merman's Children NOVEL Poul Anderson
145 28 The World of Science Fiction: 1926-1976: The History of a Subculture NONFICTION Lester del Rey
146 28 Poppenregen SHORTFICTION Kathinka Lannoy
147 28 Thrust - 1979 EDITOR Doug Fratz
148 28 Redeemer SHORTFICTION Gregory Benford
149 28 Duty, Honor, Planet SHORTFICTION Michael McCollum
150 28 ... And Master of One SHORTFICTION Ian Stewart
151 28 Galatea Galante, The Perfect Popsy SHORTFICTION Alfred Bester
152 28 American Enthusiasm for Spaceflight ESSAY William Sims Bainbridge and Richard Wyckoff
153 27 The Faded Sun: Kutath NOVEL C. J. Cherryh
154 27 The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #1 ANTHOLOGY Terry Carr
155 27 The Best of James Blish COLLECTION James Blish
156 27 The 80s: A Look Back at the Tumultuous Decade, 1980-1989 NONFICTION Christopher Cerf and Peter Elbling and Tony Hendra
157 26 Giants NONFICTION David Larkin and Sarah Teale
158 26 An Infinite Summer COLLECTION Christopher Priest
159 26 New Voices II ANTHOLOGY George R. R. Martin
160 26 Wave Rider SHORTFICTION Hilbert Schenck
161 25 The Last Enchantment NOVEL Mary Stewart
162 25 Malafrena NOVEL Ursula K. Le Guin
163 25 The 1979 Annual World's Best SF ANTHOLOGY Arthur W. Saha and Donald A. Wollheim
164 25 In Trophonius's Cave SHORTFICTION James P. Girard
165 25 Blood Sisters SHORTFICTION Joe Haldeman
166 25 Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: A Checklist, 1700-1974, with Contemporary Science Fiction Authors II NONFICTION Robert Reginald
167 24 The Star-Spangled Future COLLECTION Norman Spinrad
168 24 Dragonworld NOVEL Byron Preiss and Michael Reaves
169 24 The Art of the Brothers Hildebrandt NONFICTION Greg Hildebrandt and Tim Hildebrandt and Ian Summers
170 24 Fantasy Literature NONFICTION Robert H. Boyer and Marshall B. Tymn and Kenneth J. Zahorski
171 23 The Face NOVEL Jack Vance
172 23 The Best of Hal Clement COLLECTION Hal Clement
173 23 The Things That Are Gods SHORTFICTION John Brunner
174 22 Ship of Shadows COLLECTION Fritz Leiber
175 22 Phoenix SHORTFICTION Mark J. McGarry
176 22 The Crate SHORTFICTION Stephen King
177 21 The Relic SHORTFICTION Gary Jennings
178 21 The Best of Avram Davidson COLLECTION Avram Davidson
179 21 Silver Shoes for a Princess SHORTFICTION James P. Hogan
180 21 Rent Control SHORTFICTION Walter Tevis
181 21 More Fantasy by Fabian: The Art of Stephen E. Fabian NONFICTION Gerry de la Ree and Stephen Fabian
182 20 Roadmarks NOVEL Roger Zelazny
183 20 Kindred NOVEL Octavia E. Butler
184 20 The Stars My Destination, Volume One: The Graphic Story Adaptation NOVEL Alfred Bester and Howard Chaykin
185 20 The Exit Door Leads In SHORTFICTION Philip K. Dick
186 20 The Ancient Mind at Work SHORTFICTION Suzy McKee Charnas
187 20 Spirals SHORTFICTION Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
188 19 Kinsman NOVEL Ben Bova
189 19 Daughter of the Bright Moon NOVEL Lynn Abbey
190 19 Vectors COLLECTION Charles Sheffield
191 19 The Dancer in the Darkness SHORTFICTION Thomas F. Monteleone
192 19 The 13 Crimes of Science Fiction ANTHOLOGY Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh
193 19 Down & Out on Ellfive Prime SHORTFICTION Dean Ing
194 19 The Literature of Fantasy: A Comprehensive, Annotated Bibliography of Modern Fantasy Fiction NONFICTION Roger C. Schlobin
195 18 The Door Into Fire NOVEL Diane Duane
196 18 Urshurak NOVEL Greg Hildebrandt and Tim Hildebrandt and Jerry Nichols
197 18 The Very Slow Time Machine COLLECTION Ian Watson
198 18 The Napoli Express SHORTFICTION Randall Garrett
199 17 Catacomb Years COLLECTION Michael Bishop
200 17 Planet Story SHORTFICTION Harry Harrison
201 17 From Heinlein to Here ANTHOLOGY James E. Gunn
202 16 The Web Between the Worlds NOVEL Charles Sheffield
203 16 The Edge of Space ANTHOLOGY Robert Silverberg
204 16 Ladies from Hell COLLECTION Keith Roberts
205 15 Mayflies NOVEL Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.
206 15 Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Eighth Annual Collection ANTHOLOGY Gardner Dozois
207 14 Some Events at the Templar Radiant SHORTFICTION Fred Saberhagen
208 14 All the Birds Come Home to Roost SHORTFICTION Harlan Ellison
209 13 A Planet Called Treason NOVEL Orson Scott Card
210 13 "You're Welcome," Said the Robot and Turned to Watch the Snowflakes SHORTFICTION Alan Ryan
211 13 Die unendliche Geschichte NOVEL Michael Ende
212 12 The View from Endless Scarp SHORTFICTION Marta Randall
213 11 The Two Faces of Tomorrow NOVEL James P. Hogan
214 10 The Day of the Klesh NOVEL M. A. Foster
215 9 Trafalgar NOVEL Angélica Gorodischer
216 8 Janissaries NOVEL Jerry Pournelle
217 1 Hanta Yo NOVEL Ruth Beebe Hill
218 1 Jailbird NOVEL Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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