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Highest Ranked Short Fiction 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 79 Sam Hall SHORTFICTION Poul Anderson
2 50 The Nine Billion Names of God SHORTFICTION Arthur C. Clarke
3 50 Earthman, Come Home SHORTFICTION James Blish
4 50 A Case of Conscience SHORTFICTION James Blish
5 35 Second Variety SHORTFICTION Philip K. Dick
6 35 It's a Good Life SHORTFICTION Jerome Bixby
7 30 Star Light, Star Bright SHORTFICTION Alfred Bester
8 30 ... And My Fear Is Great ... SHORTFICTION Theodore Sturgeon
9 30 The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound SHORTFICTION Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson
10 29 A Saucer of Loneliness SHORTFICTION Theodore Sturgeon
11 29 Un-Man SHORTFICTION Poul Anderson
12 28 The Wall Around the World SHORTFICTION Theodore R. Cogswell
13 28 The Rose SHORTFICTION Charles L. Harness
14 28 Seventh Victim SHORTFICTION Robert Sheckley
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