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Highest Ranked Short Fiction Prior to 1950

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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 Year Title Type Authors
1 85 1940 Requiem SHORTFICTION Robert A. Heinlein
2 80 1940 Coventry SHORTFICTION Robert A. Heinlein
3 78 1938 Anthem SHORTFICTION Ayn Rand
4 51 1945 The Mule SHORTFICTION Isaac Asimov
5 51 1944 Killdozer! SHORTFICTION Theodore Sturgeon
6 51 1943 Le Petit Prince SHORTFICTION Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
7 51 1942 Waldo SHORTFICTION Robert A. Heinlein
8 51 1942 The Twonky SHORTFICTION Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
9 50 1948 The Black Ferris SHORTFICTION Ray Bradbury
10 50 1947 With Folded Hands ... SHORTFICTION Jack Williamson
11 50 1945 First Contact SHORTFICTION Murray Leinster
12 50 1945 Uncommon Sense SHORTFICTION Hal Clement
13 50 1945 The Poems SHORTFICTION Ray Bradbury
14 50 1944 City SHORTFICTION Clifford D. Simak
15 50 1944 I, Rocket SHORTFICTION Ray Bradbury
16 50 1943 R Is for Rocket SHORTFICTION Ray Bradbury
17 50 1943 Mimsy Were the Borogoves SHORTFICTION Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
18 50 1942 Foundation SHORTFICTION Isaac Asimov
19 50 1940 The Roads Must Roll SHORTFICTION Robert A. Heinlein
20 50 1940 Strange Playfellow SHORTFICTION Isaac Asimov
21 50 1938 Rule 18 SHORTFICTION Clifford D. Simak
22 50 1938 How We Went to Mars SHORTFICTION Arthur C. Clarke
23 50 1938 Who Goes There? SHORTFICTION John W. Campbell, Jr.
24 50 1909 The Machine Stops SHORTFICTION E. M. Forster
25 50 1837 Kejserens nye Klæder SHORTFICTION Hans Christian Andersen
26 36 1945 Dead Hand SHORTFICTION Isaac Asimov
27 36 1942 The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag SHORTFICTION Robert A. Heinlein
28 35 1949 The Blue Cat of Castle Town SHORTFICTION Catherine Cate Coblentz
29 35 1948 My Father's Dragon SHORTFICTION Ruth Stiles Gannett
30 35 1945 The Ethical Equations SHORTFICTION Murray Leinster
31 35 1945 Pi in the Sky SHORTFICTION Fredric Brown
32 35 1944 Desertion SHORTFICTION Clifford D. Simak
33 35 1944 No Woman Born SHORTFICTION C. L. Moore
34 35 1944 The Jewel of Bas SHORTFICTION Leigh Brackett
35 35 1943 Death Sentence SHORTFICTION Isaac Asimov
36 35 1943 Thieves' House SHORTFICTION Fritz Leiber
37 35 1943 The Magic Bed-Knob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons SHORTFICTION Mary Norton
38 35 1942 The Weapon Shop SHORTFICTION A. E. van Vogt
39 35 1942 Proof SHORTFICTION Hal Clement
40 35 1940 Blowups Happen SHORTFICTION Robert A. Heinlein
41 35 1940 Magic, Inc. SHORTFICTION Robert A. Heinlein
42 35 1938 Helen O'Loy SHORTFICTION Lester del Rey
43 35 1938 Pigeons from Hell SHORTFICTION Robert E. Howard
44 35 1938 The Time Trap SHORTFICTION Henry Kuttner
45 35 1931 The Fairy Circus SHORTFICTION Dorothy P. Lathrop
46 35 1912 As Easy As A. B. C. SHORTFICTION Rudyard Kipling
47 35 1867 The Abbot's Ghost: or, Maurice Treherne's Temptation: A Christmas Story SHORTFICTION Louisa May Alcott
48 31 1945 Giant Killer SHORTFICTION A. Bertram Chandler
49 31 1942 Runaround SHORTFICTION Isaac Asimov
50 30 1949 ... And Now You Don't SHORTFICTION Isaac Asimov
51 30 1945 The Waveries SHORTFICTION Fredric Brown
52 30 1945 Into Thy Hands SHORTFICTION Lester del Rey
53 30 1944 Huddling Place SHORTFICTION Clifford D. Simak
54 30 1944 Arena SHORTFICTION Fredric Brown
55 30 1944 The Changeling SHORTFICTION A. E. van Vogt
56 30 1943 Doorway Into Time SHORTFICTION C. L. Moore
57 30 1943 The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath SHORTFICTION H. P. Lovecraft
58 30 1943 Citadel of Lost Ships SHORTFICTION Leigh Brackett
59 30 1942 There Shall Be Darkness SHORTFICTION C. L. Moore
60 30 1942 Nerves SHORTFICTION Lester del Rey
61 30 1940 It SHORTFICTION Theodore Sturgeon
62 30 1940 Martian Quest SHORTFICTION Leigh Brackett
63 30 1938 Werewoman SHORTFICTION C. L. Moore
64 30 1938 Sleepers of Mars SHORTFICTION John Wyndham
65 30 1938 "Hollerbochen's Dilemma" SHORTFICTION Ray Bradbury
66 29 1945 What You Need SHORTFICTION Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
67 29 1945 "I Remember Lemuria!" SHORTFICTION Richard S. Shaver
68 29 1944 The Wedge SHORTFICTION Isaac Asimov
69 29 1944 When the Bough Breaks SHORTFICTION Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
70 29 1944 Trog SHORTFICTION Murray Leinster
71 29 1943 The Halfling SHORTFICTION Leigh Brackett
72 29 1943 Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper SHORTFICTION Robert Bloch
73 29 1943 Attitude SHORTFICTION Hal Clement
74 29 1942 The Compleat Werewolf SHORTFICTION Anthony Boucher
75 29 1942 The Star Mouse SHORTFICTION Fredric Brown
76 29 1942 The Sunken Land SHORTFICTION Fritz Leiber
77 29 1940 Farewell to the Master SHORTFICTION Harry Bates
78 29 1940 The Mathematics of Magic SHORTFICTION L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
79 29 1940 The Stellar Legion SHORTFICTION Leigh Brackett
80 29 1938 Hyperpelosity SHORTFICTION L. Sprague de Camp
81 29 1938 A Matter of Form SHORTFICTION H. L. Gold
82 29 1938 Hollywood on the Moon SHORTFICTION Henry Kuttner
83 28 1945 The Piper's Son SHORTFICTION Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
84 28 1945 Correspondence Course SHORTFICTION Raymond F. Jones
85 28 1944 The Children's Hour SHORTFICTION Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
86 28 1944 And the Gods Laughed SHORTFICTION Fredric Brown
87 28 1944 A God Named Kroo SHORTFICTION Henry Kuttner
88 28 1944 The Big and the Little SHORTFICTION Isaac Asimov
89 28 1943 Exile SHORTFICTION Edmond Hamilton
90 28 1943 We Print the Truth SHORTFICTION Anthony Boucher
91 28 1943 The Proud Robot SHORTFICTION Henry Kuttner
92 28 1942 Etaoin Shrdlu SHORTFICTION Fredric Brown
93 28 1942 Asylum SHORTFICTION A. E. van Vogt
94 28 1942 Bridle and Saddle SHORTFICTION Isaac Asimov
95 28 1940 Vault of the Beast SHORTFICTION A. E. van Vogt
96 28 1940 The Roaring Trumpet SHORTFICTION L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
97 28 1940
Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius?Tloen, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
 SHORTFICTION Jorge Luis Borges
98 28 1938 Dead Knowledge SHORTFICTION John W. Campbell, Jr.
99 28 1938 The Faithful SHORTFICTION Lester del Rey
100 27 1944 Intruders from the Stars SHORTFICTION Ross Rocklynne
101 27 1944 Far Centaurus SHORTFICTION A. E. van Vogt
102 27 1943 Clash by Night SHORTFICTION Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
103 27 1943 Q. U. R. SHORTFICTION Anthony Boucher
104 27 1943 Symbiotica SHORTFICTION Eric Frank Russell
105 27 1942 Mimic SHORTFICTION Donald A. Wollheim
106 27 1942 Hell Is Forever SHORTFICTION Alfred Bester
107 27 1942 Goldfish Bowl SHORTFICTION Robert A. Heinlein
108 2 1944 Plague SHORTFICTION Murray Leinster
109 2 1944 The Dweller in Darkness SHORTFICTION August Derleth
110 2 1940 Darker Than You Think SHORTFICTION Jack Williamson
111 1 1945 De Profundis SHORTFICTION Murray Leinster
112 1 1945 Blind Alley SHORTFICTION Isaac Asimov
113 1 1945 Escape! SHORTFICTION Isaac Asimov
114 1 1945 Special Delivery SHORTFICTION George O. Smith
115 1 1945 Pandora's Millions SHORTFICTION George O. Smith
116 1 1945 Three Blind Mice SHORTFICTION Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
117 1 1945 The Lion and the Unicorn SHORTFICTION Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
118 1 1945 The Power SHORTFICTION Murray Leinster
119 1 1945 Line to Tomorrow SHORTFICTION Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
120 1 1945 Sword of Tomorrow SHORTFICTION Henry Kuttner
121 1 1945 The World-Thinker SHORTFICTION Jack Vance
122 1 1945 Things Pass By SHORTFICTION Murray Leinster
123 1 1945 Beggars in Velvet SHORTFICTION Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
124 1 1945 Lefty Feep Gets Henpecked SHORTFICTION Robert Bloch
125 1 1944 Old Man in New World SHORTFICTION Olaf Stapledon
126 1 1944 Panic: The Orson Welles Broadcast That Hoaxed America SHORTFICTION Orson Welles
127 1 1944 Kindness SHORTFICTION Lester del Rey
128 1 1944 The Beasts of Barsac SHORTFICTION Robert Bloch
129 1 1944 The Veil of Astellar SHORTFICTION Leigh Brackett
130 1 1944 Sanity SHORTFICTION Fritz Leiber
131 1 1944 Deadline SHORTFICTION Cleve Cartmill
132 1 1944 Technical Error SHORTFICTION Hal Clement
133 1 1944 Catch That Rabbit SHORTFICTION Isaac Asimov
134 1 1944 Census SHORTFICTION Clifford D. Simak
135 1 1944 Invariant SHORTFICTION John R. Pierce
136 1 1944 The Lake SHORTFICTION Ray Bradbury
137 1 1944 Terror Out of Space SHORTFICTION Leigh Brackett
138 1 1944 Wanderers of the Wolf Moon SHORTFICTION Nelson S. Bond
139 1 1944 The Giant Runt SHORTFICTION Ross Rocklynne
140 1 1944 Strangers on the Heights SHORTFICTION Manly Wade Wellman
141 1 1944 Minions of the Crystal Sphere SHORTFICTION Albert dePina
142 1 1944 The Return of Jongor SHORTFICTION Robert Moore Williams
143 1 1944 Star Base X SHORTFICTION Robert Moore Williams
144 1 1944 Ride the El to Doom SHORTFICTION Allison V. Harding
145 1 1944 The Gothic Window SHORTFICTION Dorothy Quick
146 1 1944 The Day the World Stood Still SHORTFICTION Allison V. Harding
147 1 1944 Hoofs SHORTFICTION Manly Wade Wellman
148 1 1944 The Mad Robot SHORTFICTION William P. McGivern
149 1 1944 And Then—the Silence SHORTFICTION Ray Bradbury
150 1 1944 Housing Problem SHORTFICTION Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
151 1 1944 The Yehudi Principle SHORTFICTION Fredric Brown
152 1 1943 The Gremlins SHORTFICTION Roald Dahl
153 1 1943 The Black, Black Witch SHORTFICTION Lester Dent
154 1 1943 They Bite SHORTFICTION Anthony Boucher
155 1 1943 Daymare SHORTFICTION Fredric Brown
156 1 1943 The Crowd SHORTFICTION Ray Bradbury
157 1 1943 Wet Magic SHORTFICTION Henry Kuttner
158 1 1943 Greenface SHORTFICTION James H. Schmitz
159 1 1943 Elsewhen SHORTFICTION Anthony Boucher
160 1 1943 The Cave SHORTFICTION P. Schuyler Miller
161 1 1943 One-Way Trip SHORTFICTION Anthony Boucher
162 1 1943 The Storm SHORTFICTION A. E. van Vogt
163 1 1943 The Beast SHORTFICTION A. E. van Vogt
164 1 1943 The Iron Standard SHORTFICTION Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
165 1 1943 Hell Hath Fury SHORTFICTION Cleve Cartmill
166 1 1943 The Scythe SHORTFICTION Ray Bradbury
167 1 1943 The Geezenstacks SHORTFICTION Fredric Brown
168 1 1943 The Wind SHORTFICTION Ray Bradbury
169 1 1943 The Angelic Angleworm SHORTFICTION Fredric Brown
170 1 1943 The Devil Is Not Mocked SHORTFICTION Manly Wade Wellman
171 1 1943 Thralls of the Endless Night SHORTFICTION Leigh Brackett
172 1 1943 Message from Mars SHORTFICTION Clifford D. Simak
173 1 1943 Opposites—React! SHORTFICTION Jack Williamson
174 1 1943 Wings of Icarus SHORTFICTION Ray Cummings
175 1 1943 The Giant Atom SHORTFICTION Malcolm Jameson
176 1 1943 The Lost Warship SHORTFICTION Robert Moore Williams
177 1 1943 Exile to Centauri SHORTFICTION Ross Rocklynne
178 1 1943 Time Locker SHORTFICTION Henry Kuttner
179 1 1943 The Great Brain Panic SHORTFICTION Don Wilcox
180 1 1943 Genie of Bagdad SHORTFICTION William P. McGivern
181 1 1943 Nothing But Gingerbread Left SHORTFICTION Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
182 1 1943 El milagro secreto SHORTFICTION Jorge Luis Borges
183 1 1942 Medusa SHORTFICTION Theodore Sturgeon
184 1 1942 Masters of Time SHORTFICTION A. E. van Vogt
185 1 1942 The Push of a Finger SHORTFICTION Alfred Bester
186 1 1942 QRM - Interplanetary SHORTFICTION George O. Smith
187 1 1942 The Sorcerer of Rhiannon SHORTFICTION Leigh Brackett
188 1 1942 Child of the Sun SHORTFICTION Leigh Brackett
189 1 1942 Barrier SHORTFICTION Anthony Boucher
190 1 1941 Universe SHORTFICTION Robert A. Heinlein
191 1 1941 Nightfall SHORTFICTION Isaac Asimov
192 1 1941 By His Bootstraps SHORTFICTION Robert A. Heinlein
193 1 1940 The Wheels of If SHORTFICTION L. Sprague de Camp
194 1 1940 The Warrior Race SHORTFICTION L. Sprague de Camp
195 1 1940 Quietus SHORTFICTION Ross Rocklynne
196 1 1940 Into the Darkness SHORTFICTION Ross Rocklynne
197 1 1940 Fruit of Knowledge SHORTFICTION C. L. Moore
198 1 1940 The Automatic Pistol SHORTFICTION Fritz Leiber
199 1 1940 Cargo SHORTFICTION Theodore Sturgeon
200 1 1940 Hindsight SHORTFICTION Jack Williamson
201 1 1940 Clerical Error SHORTFICTION Clifford D. Simak
202 1 1940 Homo Sol SHORTFICTION Isaac Asimov
203 1 1940 Dark Mission SHORTFICTION Lester del Rey
204 1 1940 The Bleak Shore SHORTFICTION Fritz Leiber
205 1 1940 The Hardwood Pile SHORTFICTION L. Sprague de Camp
206 1 1940 But Without Horns SHORTFICTION Norvell W. Page
207 1 1940 Let There Be Light SHORTFICTION Robert A. Heinlein
208 1 1940 Soldiers of the Black Goat SHORTFICTION Marian O'Hearn
209 1 1940 The Voyage That Lasted 600 Years SHORTFICTION Don Wilcox
210 1 1940 The Mound SHORTFICTION Zealia Bishop and H. P. Lovecraft
211 1 1940 Half-Breed SHORTFICTION Isaac Asimov
212 1 1940 Voyage to Nowhere SHORTFICTION Alfred Bester
213 1 1940 Song in a Minor Key SHORTFICTION C. L. Moore
214 1 1940 The Tapestry Gate SHORTFICTION Leigh Brackett
215 1 1940 The Sun Maker SHORTFICTION Jack Williamson
216 1 1940 John Carter of Mars SHORTFICTION Edgar Rice Burroughs and John Coleman Burroughs
217 1 1940 All Is Illusion SHORTFICTION Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
218 1 1939 Judson's Annihilator SHORTFICTION John Wyndham
219 1 1938 Black Vulmea's Vengeance SHORTFICTION Robert E. Howard
220 1 1938 Janice SHORTFICTION Shirley Jackson
221 1 1938 Dreadful Sleep SHORTFICTION Jack Williamson
222 1 1938 The World's Eighth Wonder SHORTFICTION Eric Frank Russell
223 1 1938 Robots Return SHORTFICTION Robert Moore Williams
224 1 1938 Seeds of the Dusk SHORTFICTION Raymond Z. Gallun
225 1 1938 The Men and the Mirror SHORTFICTION Ross Rocklynne
226 1 1938 Reunion on Ganymede SHORTFICTION Clifford D. Simak
227 1 1938 The Merman SHORTFICTION L. Sprague de Camp
228 1 1938 The Hairy Ones Shall Dance SHORTFICTION Manly Wade Wellman
229 1 1938 With and Without Buttons SHORTFICTION Mary Butts
230 1 1938 The Book SHORTFICTION H. P. Lovecraft
231 1 1938 The Black Drama SHORTFICTION Manly Wade Wellman
232 1 1938 The Brain Pirates SHORTFICTION John W. Campbell, Jr.
233 1 1938 An Experiment of the Dead SHORTFICTION Helen Simpson (1897-1940)
234 1 1938 Between Two Worlds SHORTFICTION Mary Lutyens
235 1 1938 Secret of the Observatory SHORTFICTION Robert Bloch
236 1 1938 The Dead Spot SHORTFICTION Jack Williamson
237 1 1916 Beyond Thirty SHORTFICTION Edgar Rice Burroughs
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