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Highest Ranked Non-Fiction of the 1950s

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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 62 1953 Science-Fiction Handbook NONFICTION Catherine Crook de Camp and L. Sprague de Camp
2 50 1954 A Handbook of Science Fiction and Fantasy NONFICTION Donald H. Tuck
3 50 1953 Conquest of the Moon NONFICTION Wernher von Braun and Willy Ley and Fred L. Whipple
4 50 1952 Lands Beyond NONFICTION L. Sprague de Camp and Willy Ley
5 50 1951 Child of Light: A Reassessment of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley NONFICTION Muriel Spark
6 50 1951 The Exploration of Space NONFICTION Arthur C. Clarke
7 35 1955 Men, Microscopes and Living Things NONFICTION Katherine B. Shippen
8 35 1951 Dragons in Amber NONFICTION Willy Ley
9 35 1951 Rockets, Jets, Guided Missiles and Space Ships NONFICTION Jack Coggins and Fletcher Pratt
10 30 1953 Modern Science Fiction: Its Meaning and Its Future NONFICTION Reginald Bretnor
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