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Highest Ranked Short Fiction published in 1973

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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
1 135 The Deathbird SHORTFICTION Harlan Ellison
2 135 The Death of Dr. Island SHORTFICTION Gene Wolfe
3 120 Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand SHORTFICTION Vonda N. McIntyre
4 114 The Girl Who Was Plugged In SHORTFICTION James Tiptree, Jr.
5 110 Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death SHORTFICTION James Tiptree, Jr.
6 95 With Morning Comes Mistfall SHORTFICTION George R. R. Martin
7 91 Death and Designation Among the Asadi SHORTFICTION Michael Bishop
8 78 The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas SHORTFICTION Ursula K. Le Guin
9 71 The White Otters of Childhood SHORTFICTION Michael Bishop
10 64 Chains of the Sea SHORTFICTION Gardner Dozois
11 62 Wings SHORTFICTION Vonda N. McIntyre
12 58 In the Group SHORTFICTION Robert Silverberg
13 57 Junction SHORTFICTION Jack Dann
14 54 Case and the Dreamer SHORTFICTION Theodore Sturgeon
15 50
日本以外全部沈没?Nihon Igai Zenbu Chinbotsu
 SHORTFICTION
筒井康隆?Tsutsui Yasutaka
つつい やすたか
16 50
Réhabilitation?Rehabilitation
 SHORTFICTION
Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein
17 50 The Jade Man's Eyes SHORTFICTION Michael Moorcock
18 50 Pages from a Young Girl's Journal SHORTFICTION Robert Aickman
19 35 After King Kong Fell SHORTFICTION Philip José Farmer
20 35 Sous les cendres SHORTFICTION
Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein
21 35 A Thing of Beauty SHORTFICTION Norman Spinrad
22 35 How I Lost the Second World War and Helped Turn Back the German Invasion SHORTFICTION Gene Wolfe
23 35 Ghoul's Garden SHORTFICTION John Jakes
24 35
Les étoiles en gelée de songes?Les etoiles en gelee de songes
 SHORTFICTION Daniel Walther
25 35 La princesse myope du building pourpre SHORTFICTION Jean-Pierre Andrevon
26 35 Shark SHORTFICTION Edward Bryant
27 30 The Feast of St. Dionysus SHORTFICTION Robert Silverberg
28 30 The Expensive Delicate Ship SHORTFICTION Brian W. Aldiss
29 30 Construction Shack SHORTFICTION Clifford D. Simak
30 29 Sketches Among the Ruins of My Mind SHORTFICTION Philip José Farmer
31 28 Ms. Found in an Abandoned Time Machine SHORTFICTION Robert Silverberg
32 27 The Defenseless Dead SHORTFICTION Larry Niven
33 25 Rumfuddle SHORTFICTION Jack Vance
34 24 The Safety Engineer SHORTFICTION William E. Cochrane
35 24 Mud Violet SHORTFICTION R. A. Lafferty
36 23 In the Problem Pit SHORTFICTION Frederik Pohl
37 22 Many Mansions SHORTFICTION Robert Silverberg
38 22 The Field of Vision SHORTFICTION Ursula K. Le Guin
39 21 My Brother Leopold SHORTFICTION Edgar Pangborn
40 20 The Answer SHORTFICTION Terry Carr
41 20 Brothers SHORTFICTION Gordon R. Dickson
42 20 'Kjwalll'kje'k'koothaïlll'kje'k SHORTFICTION Roger Zelazny
43 20 Barnaby's Clock SHORTFICTION R. A. Lafferty
44 17 The World Is a Sphere SHORTFICTION Edgar Pangborn
45 16 Epilog SHORTFICTION Clifford D. Simak
46 15 The Women Men Don't See SHORTFICTION James Tiptree, Jr.
47 1 The Time Machine SHORTFICTION Robert F. Young
48 1 He Fell Into a Dark Hole SHORTFICTION Jerry Pournelle
49 1 The City on the Sand SHORTFICTION George Alec Effinger
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