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Highest Ranked Short Fiction 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
1 185 Sandkings SHORTFICTION George R. R. Martin
2 150 Enemy Mine SHORTFICTION Barry B. Longyear
3 144 The Button Molder SHORTFICTION Fritz Leiber
4 135 The Way of Cross and Dragon SHORTFICTION George R. R. Martin
5 120 Songhouse SHORTFICTION Orson Scott Card
6 114 giANTS SHORTFICTION Edward Bryant
7 107 Palely Loitering SHORTFICTION Christopher Priest
8 98 Options SHORTFICTION John Varley
9 97 Unaccompanied Sonata SHORTFICTION Orson Scott Card
10 97 Camps SHORTFICTION Jack Dann
11 95 Can These Bones Live? SHORTFICTION Ted Reynolds
12 91 The Battle of the Abaco Reefs SHORTFICTION Hilbert Schenck
13 87 Red As Blood SHORTFICTION Tanith Lee
14 86 The Moon Goddess and the Son SHORTFICTION Donald Kingsbury
15 82 The Locusts SHORTFICTION Steven Barnes and Larry Niven
16 80 War Beneath the Tree SHORTFICTION Gene Wolfe
17 64 Mars Masked SHORTFICTION Frederik Pohl
18 62 The Tale of Gorgik SHORTFICTION Samuel R. Delany
19 61 The Pathways of Desire SHORTFICTION Ursula K. Le Guin
20 60 The Angel of Death SHORTFICTION Michael Shea
21 59 Fireflood SHORTFICTION Vonda N. McIntyre
22 58 The Story Writer SHORTFICTION Richard Wilson
23 55 The Extraordinary Voyages of Amélie Bertrand SHORTFICTION Joanna Russ
24 54 Ker-Plop SHORTFICTION Ted Reynolds
25 53 Prose Bowl SHORTFICTION Barry N. Malzberg and Bill Pronzini
26 51 Daisy, in the Sun SHORTFICTION Connie Willis
27 50 Mackintosh Willy SHORTFICTION Ramsey Campbell
28 50 En mijn tred verdampt purperen oceanen SHORTFICTION Tais Teng
29 50 The Woman Who Loved the Moon SHORTFICTION Elizabeth A. Lynn
30 50 The Ways of Love SHORTFICTION Poul Anderson
31 50 The Last Defender of Camelot SHORTFICTION Roger Zelazny
32 50 Les hautes plaines SHORTFICTION Pierre Giuliani
33 35 Saturday's Shadow SHORTFICTION William F. Nolan
34 35 Petey SHORTFICTION T. E. D. Klein
35 35 Dreams of the Dreamer SHORTFICTION Joeseph Hammond
36 35 Crossing into Cambodia SHORTFICTION Michael Moorcock
37 35 First Make Them Mad SHORTFICTION Adrian Cole
38 35 The Well at the Half Cat SHORTFICTION John C. Tibbetts
39 35 Sex Pirates of the Blood Asteroid SHORTFICTION David Langford
40 35 The Dreamstone SHORTFICTION C. J. Cherryh
41 35
La créode?La creode
 SHORTFICTION
Joëlle Wintrebert?Joelle Wintrebert
42 35 The Ocean of Souls SHORTFICTION Adrian Cole
43 35 Breaking the Game SHORTFICTION Orson Scott Card
44 35 One Clay Foot SHORTFICTION Jack Wodhams
45 35 Northern Chess SHORTFICTION Tanith Lee
46 35 Homecoming SHORTFICTION Barry B. Longyear
47 35 The Fane of the Grey Rose SHORTFICTION Charles de Lint
48 35 Superzyte SHORTFICTION Peter Schattschneider
49 35 Spareen Among the Tartars SHORTFICTION Susan C. Petrey
50 35 La ballade des dieux SHORTFICTION Daniel Martinange
51 30 In Adam's Fall SHORTFICTION Jayge Carr
52 30 Voor en na de emotiebaan SHORTFICTION Peter Cuijpers
53 30 Quietus SHORTFICTION Orson Scott Card
54 29 Beer Run SHORTFICTION Michael McCollum
55 29 Old Friends SHORTFICTION Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.
56 29 Out There Where the Big Ships Go SHORTFICTION Richard Cowper
57 28 Duty, Honor, Planet SHORTFICTION Michael McCollum
58 28 Poppenregen SHORTFICTION Kathinka Lannoy
59 28 Redeemer SHORTFICTION Gregory Benford
60 28 ... And Master of One SHORTFICTION Ian Stewart
61 28 Galatea Galante, The Perfect Popsy SHORTFICTION Alfred Bester
62 26 Wave Rider SHORTFICTION Hilbert Schenck
63 25 Blood Sisters SHORTFICTION Joe Haldeman
64 25 In Trophonius's Cave SHORTFICTION James P. Girard
65 23 The Things That Are Gods SHORTFICTION John Brunner
66 22 The Crate SHORTFICTION Stephen King
67 22 Phoenix SHORTFICTION Mark J. McGarry
68 21 The Relic SHORTFICTION Gary Jennings
69 21 Silver Shoes for a Princess SHORTFICTION James P. Hogan
70 21 Rent Control SHORTFICTION Walter Tevis
71 20 The Ancient Mind at Work SHORTFICTION Suzy McKee Charnas
72 20 Spirals SHORTFICTION Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
73 20 The Exit Door Leads In SHORTFICTION Philip K. Dick
74 19 The Dancer in the Darkness SHORTFICTION Thomas F. Monteleone
75 19 Down & Out on Ellfive Prime SHORTFICTION Dean Ing
76 18 The Napoli Express SHORTFICTION Randall Garrett
77 17 Planet Story SHORTFICTION Harry Harrison
78 14 Some Events at the Templar Radiant SHORTFICTION Fred Saberhagen
79 14 All the Birds Come Home to Roost SHORTFICTION Harlan Ellison
80 13 "You're Welcome," Said the Robot and Turned to Watch the Snowflakes SHORTFICTION Alan Ryan
81 12 The View from Endless Scarp SHORTFICTION Marta Randall
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