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Highest Ranked Authors and Editors of the 1980s

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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 Author
1 2396 Orson Scott Card
2 2391 Lucius Shepard
3 2175 Gene Wolfe
4 2049 Robert Silverberg
5 2028 George R. R. Martin
6 1874 Kim Stanley Robinson
7 1583 Stephen King
8 1569 Connie Willis
9 1435 William Gibson
10 1420 David Brin
11 1412 Michael Bishop
12 1339 Harlan Ellison
13 1308 Greg Bear
14 1307 Bruce Sterling
15 1205 Isaac Asimov
16 1109 Howard Waldrop
17 1083 C. J. Cherryh
18 1066 James Tiptree, Jr.
19 1014 Frederik Pohl
20 1004 John Varley
21 961 Charles N. Brown
22 941 Michael Swanwick
23 932 Andrew Porter
24 930 Tanith Lee
25 898 George Alec Effinger
26 886 Gregory Benford
27 882 Charles L. Grant
28 807 Brian W. Aldiss
29 801 Roger Zelazny
30 797 John Crowley
31 785 Dan Simmons
32 703 Gardner Dozois
33 702 Lois McMaster Bujold
34 695 Tim Powers
35 666 Terry Carr
36 652 Michael Whelan
37 648 Ursula K. Le Guin
38 639 Pat Cadigan
39 638 Ian Watson
40 628 Octavia E. Butler
41 625 Larry Niven
42 625 Timothy Zahn
43 623 Geoff Ryman
44 599 Martin H. Greenberg
45 590 Kate Wilhelm
46 585 Jack Dann
47 584 Karl Edward Wagner
48 582 Stephen R. Donaldson
49 581 Mike Resnick
50 570 Clive Barker
51 555 Bob Walters
52 544 Mike Glyer
53 535 Ronald M. Hahn
54 535 Robert R. McCammon
55 535 Thomas Ziegler
56 530 Keith Roberts
57 524 Thomas M. Disch
58 520 Ramsey Campbell
59 515 Joe R. Lansdale
60 507 Pat Murphy
61 503 Spider Robinson
62 501 Robert Holdstock
63 500
荒俣宏?あらまたひろし
Hiroshi Aramata
64 493 Poul Anderson
65 490 Terry Dowling
66 486 Vernor Vinge
67 485 F. Paul Wilson
68 475 R. A. MacAvoy
69 446 Suzy McKee Charnas
70 437 S. P. Somtow
71 437 Jonathan Carroll
72 433 Norman Spinrad
73 428 Philip K. Dick
74 424 Jane Yolen
75 420 Dennis Etchison
76 413 Robert Asprin
77 413 Gordon R. Dickson
78 411 Terri Windling
79 410 Herbert W. Franke
80 409 George Turner
81 406 Peter Straub
82 405 James P. Blaylock
83 404 Nancy Kress
84 399 Michael F. Flynn
85 398 Marion Zimmer Bradley
86 397 Charles de Lint
87 397 Avram Davidson
88 393 Jack McDevitt
89 386 Walter Jon Williams
90 385 Don Maitz
91 377 Robert A. Heinlein
92 373 Charles Sheffield
93 372 David R. Palmer
94 370 Hilbert Schenck
95 364 Piers Anthony
96 361 James Patrick Kelly
97 360 Thomas R. P. Mielke
98 356 Judith Moffett
99 347 Michael Shea
100 347 Anne McCaffrey
101 344 Lisa Tuttle
102 340 Jerry Pournelle
103 334 Arthur W. Saha
104 330 Robin Hobb
105 328 Iain M. Banks
106 326 Edward Bryant
107 326 John Sladek
108 325 J. G. Ballard
109 325 Joseph H. Delaney
110 324 Joanna Russ
111 318 Samuel R. Delany
112 318 David Pringle
113 311 Marc Stiegler
114 307 John Kessel
115 306 Parke Godwin
116 304 Jack Vance
117 300 Joan D. Vinge
118 300 Wolfgang Jeschke
119 298 Robin McKinley
120 293 Damien Broderick
121 290 Robert Charles Wilson
122 290 Karl Michael Armer
123 290
Élisabeth Vonarburg?Elisabeth Vonarburg
124 287 Clifford D. Simak
125 283 Lewis Shiner
126 279 Lisa Goldstein
127 276 Arthur C. Clarke
128 269 Barry N. Malzberg
129 267 Julian May
130 264 L. Neil Smith
131 264 Russell Hoban
132 255 Christopher Priest
133 255 Rainer Erler
134 254 Margaret Atwood
135 254 J. R. R. Tolkien
136 253 John M. Ford
137 252 Donald Kingsbury
138 251 Ellen Datlow
139 251 Donald A. Wollheim
140 250 Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
141 250 Richard Cowper
142 250
神林長平?Chōhei Kanbayashi
Chohei Kambayashi
Chouhei Kambayashi
Chōhei Kambayashi
Chouhei Kanbayashi
Chohei Kanbayashi
かんばやしちょうへい
143 248 Karen Joy Fowler
144 247 Neal Barrett, Jr.
145 244 M. John Harrison
146 242 David Langford
147 240 Harry Turtledove
148 240 Bob Eggleton
149 240 Keith Taylor
150 240 Reinmar Cunis
151 238 T. E. D. Klein
152 238 Ian McDonald
153 237 Joe Haldeman
154 237 Fritz Leiber
155 237 Nancy Springer
156 235 Barry B. Longyear
157 232 Stuart David Schiff
158 227 Robert L. Forward
159 223 Geoffrey A. Landis
160 221 Emma Bull
161 220 Richard E. Geis
162 219 Janet Aulisio
163 215 K. W. Jeter
164 212 Lawrence Watt-Evans
165 212 Michael P. Kube-McDowell
166 212 Steven Gould
167 210 Barbara Hambly
168 210 Horst Pukallus
169 210 Phyllis Eisenstein
170 209 Michael Moorcock
171 209 Sheri S. Tepper
172 208 William F. Wu
173 208 Douglas E. Winter
174 206 James E. Gunn
175 204 J. N. Williamson
176 203 Peter Cuijpers
177 200
小松左京?Komatsu Sakyou
Komatsu Sakyō
こまつさきょう
Komatsu Sakyo
178 200 David G. Hartwell
179 200 Simon Ounsley
180 199 David J. Schow
181 196 Guy Gavriel Kay
182 195 David Eddings
183 194 Mark Alan Arnold
184 193 Nancy A. Collins
185 191 David Wingrove
186 191 William G. Contento
187 190 Steve Rasnic Tem
188 190 Wynne Whiteford
189 190 Alan Ryan
190 190 Leigh Kennedy
191 187 Garry Kilworth
192 186 Rudy Rucker
193 185 Serge Brussolo
194 185 Christopher Evans
195 184 Bob Shaw
196 180 Chet Williamson
197 178 James Morrow
198 178 Marta Randall
199 177 Scott Baker
200 175 Jean Dion
201 175 Russell Blackford
202 175 George Clayton Johnson
203 175 Irmtraud Kremp
204 175 James Gurney
205 173 Susan Shwartz
206 170 Joy Chant
207 170 Jean-Pierre Andrevon
208 170
Joël Houssin?Joel Houssin
209 170 Jean-Pierre Hubert
210 170 Carl Amery
211 169 David B. Mattingly
212 168 Michael Blumlein
213 167 Terry Pratchett
214 167 Brian Stableford
215 167 Charles L. Harness
216 166 Ben Bova
217 163 Jan J. B. Kuipers
218 163 Stephen L. Burns
219 161 A. A. Attanasio
220 161 Gerben Hellinga, Jr.
221 158 Elizabeth A. Lynn
222 157 Vincent Di Fate
223 156 Kristine Kathryn Rusch
224 156 Barry Hughart
225 155 Victor Kelleher
226 155
Joëlle Wintrebert?Joelle Wintrebert
227 155 David J. Lake
228 153 Allen Steele
229 152 James P. Hogan
230 150 Bruce Boston
231 150 Daniel Keyes
232 149 Robert Stallman
233 149 Neil Barron
234 148 James White
235 148 Carl Sagan
236 148 Kirby McCauley
237 146 Charles Platt
238 145 Michael McCollum
239 145 Paul Harland
240 144 Susan Palwick
241 142 Patricia A. McKillip
242 141 Eddy C. Bertin
243 141 Robert A. Collins
244 140 Esther Rochon
245 140 A. Bertram Chandler
246 140
Claude-Michel Prévost?Claude-Michel Prevost
247 140 Michael G. Coney
248 140 Uwe Anton
249 140 Pierre Pelot
250 139 Amy Bechtel
251 138 Roger MacBride Allen
252 136 Todd Cameron Hamilton
253 136 Alan Moore
254 135 Walter Tevis
255 135 Margaret Mahy
256 135 Katherine Kurtz
257 135 Eileen Kernaghan
258 135 Tom Weller
259 135 Bruce McAllister
260 135 Luc Pomerleau
261 134 Anne Rice
262 134 P. C. Hodgell
263 134 G. Harry Stine
264 134 Eric Vinicoff
265 133 Frank Kelly Freas
266 132 Kathryn Cramer
267 131 Charles Beaumont
268 130 Brad Linaweaver
269 127 Bradley Denton
270 126 George Zebrowski
271 125 Bob Leman
272 124 Glen Cook
273 124 Suzette Haden Elgin
274 124 Diana L. Paxson
275 123 Jack C. Haldeman, II
276 121 Robert Bloch
277 121 Richard Matheson
278 121 Jim Burns
279 120 Jacques Mondoloni
280 120 Barrington J. Bayley
281 120 Candas Jane Dorsey
282 120 Stephen Hickman
283 120 Francis Berthelot
284 120 Georg Zauner
285 120 Lucy Sussex
286 120 David Morrell
287 120 Antoine Volodine
288 120 Leanne Frahm
289 120 Brian Lumley
290 120 Andreas Brandhorst
291 120 Werner Zillig
292 120 Michael Skeet
293 119 Ray Bradbury
294 119 Tanya Huff
295 119 Angela Carter
296 117 Jerry Oltion
297 117 Jack Williamson
298 117 Dean R. Koontz
299 117 Pamela Sargent
300 117 Robert Weinberg
301 117 Melinda M. Snodgrass
302 115 Algis Budrys
303 113 Frank Herbert
304 113 Ellen Kushner
305 113 Janet Kagan
306 112 Rebecca Ore
307 112 Thomas Harris
308 112 Lawrence Sutin
309 112 Raymond E. Feist
310 111 John Calvin Batchelor
311 111 Alan Lee
312 111 Joan Slonczewski
313 111 Everett F. Bleiler
314 110 Thomas T. Thomas
315 110 Eileen Gunn
316 110 Byron Preiss
317 109 R. A. Lafferty
318 109 Teresa Nielsen Hayden
319 109 Patrick Nielsen Hayden
320 108 Andre Norton
321 108 Damon Knight
322 105 Crawford Kilian
323 105 John Robert Colombo
324 105 Thomas Canty
325 105 Karl-Ulrich Burgdorf
326 105 Jean Pettigrew
327 105 Michael Weisser
328 105
Christian Léourier?Christian Leourier
329 105
Denis Côté?Denis Cote
330 105 Jean-Marc Gouanvic
331 105 Lloyd Penney
332 105 Keith Soltys
333 105 Michael Wallis
334 105 Guy Sirois
335 103 Jerry Yulsman
336 101 Dave Gibbons
337 101 Victor Koman
338 101 G.-J. Arnaud
339 100 Predrag Raos
340 100 John Clute
341 100
高千穂遙?たかちほはるか
Takachiho Haruka
342 100
川又千秋?かわまたちあき
Kawamata Chiaki
343 100
Radovan Devlić?Radovan Devlic
344 100
石原藤夫?Fujio Ishihara
345 100 Leo Dillon
346 100 Diane Dillon
347 100
山田正紀?やまだまさき
Yamada Masaki
348 100
井上ひさし?Hisashi Inoue
349 100
新井素子?Motoko Arai
350 100
半村良?Ryō Hanmura
Ryo Hanmura
はんむらりょう
351 100 Carol Emshwiller
352 100 Gudrun Pausewang
353 100 Tais Teng
354 100
野田昌宏?のだまさひろ
Noda Masahiro
355 100
夢枕獏?ゆめまくらばく
Yumemakura Baku
356 99 Nicholas Jainschigg
357 99 David A. Hardy
358 99 Richard Paul Russo
359 98 Andrew Weiner
360 96 Kim Newman
361 96 David A. Cherry
362 95 Pat LoBrutto
363 95 Don Sakers
364 93 Lynn Abbey
365 92 Phyllis Gotlieb
366 91 Marcia Martin
367 91 Jessica Amanda Salmonson
368 89 George Guthridge
369 89 Ken Grimwood
370 89 Beth Meacham
371 88 Lee Killough
372 87 Elizabeth Moon
373 86 Tad Williams
374 85 L. Sprague de Camp
375 85 Alexei Panshin
376 85 Cory Panshin
377 85 Lou Aronica
378 85 Tim Underwood
379 85 Robert Runté
380 85 Marjorie B. Kellogg
381 85 Alan Rodgers
382 85 Gisbert Haefs
383 85 Alain Bergeron
384 85 Bruno Lecigne
385 85 Richard Purtill
386 85 Chuck Miller
387 85 Charles Montpetit
388 85 Ron Miller
389 85 Nancy Farmer
390 85 Maria J. Pfannholz
391 85 Christian Grenier
392 85 Jean-Claude Dunyach
393 85 Jody Lee
394 85 Dean Ing
395 85 Carl Lundgren
396 85 Shawna McCarthy
397 85
René Reouven?Rene Reouven
398 85 Peter Carey
399 85 Norbert Spehner
400 84 Philip José Farmer
401 84 Paul J. Mikol
402 84 Christopher Hinz
403 84 Doug Fratz
404 83 John F. Carr
405 83 Will Shetterly
406 82 Clark Ashton Smith
407 82 Edward L. Ferman
408 82 Paul Di Filippo
409 82 John Shirley
410 82 Tim Sullivan
411 81 Michaela Roessner
412 81 Jim Aikin
413 81 Rob Chilson
414 81 John Skipp
415 81 Craig Spector
416 81 Mary Gentle
417 80 Diana Wynne Jones
418 78 Wojtek Siudmak
419 77 S. C. Sykes
420 77 Peter S. Beagle
421 74 Paul J. McAuley
422 74 Steven Popkes
423 73 Stephen Jones
424 73 Ted Reynolds
425 73
Emmanuel Carrère?Emmanuel Carrere
426 73 David Zindell
427 73 Sheila Finch
428 72 Kay Nolte Smith
429 71 Grant Callin
430 71 Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
431 70 Yves Meynard
432 70 John Barnes
433 70 Scott Bradfield
434 70 Claude J. Pelletier
435 70
Jörg Weigand?Joerg Weigand
436 70 Michael Morgental
437 70 Carol Heyer
438 70 Gary Ruddell
439 70 Hank Jankus
440 70 Philippe Cousin
441 70 Emmanuel Jouanne
442 70 Rosaleen Love
443 70 Claude Janelle
444 70 Rolf Krohn
445 70 Robert M. Philmus
446 70 Francine Pelletier
447 70 Leena Krohn
448 70 Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
449 70 Rhea Rose
450 70 Elizabeth Mitchell
451 70 Philippa C. Maddern
452 70 Charles L. Elkins
453 70 Cortney Skinner
454 70 Richard Laymon
455 70 John Farris
456 70 Virginia Hamilton
457 70 Jack Wodhams
458 70 Owen Barfield
459 70 Steve Forty
460 70
Christian Mähr?Christian Maehr
461 70 Jeanne Van Buren Dann
462 70 Gero Reimann
463 70 Dieter Hasselblatt
464 70 Johanna Braun
465 70
Günter Braun?Guenter Braun
466 69 C. S. Friedman
467 69 Patrick McGrath
468 68 Steven Barnes
469 68 Mildred Downey Broxon
470 67 Fred Saberhagen
471 65 Patricia Geary
472 65 Jan Bee Landman
473 65 Tony Chapdelaine
474 65 P. M. Fergusson
475 65 George Hay
476 65 Janet Morris
477 65 John Gribbin
478 65 Perry A. Chapdelaine
479 65 Patti Perret
480 65 David Alexander Smith
481 64 H. Beam Piper
482 64 Dave Duncan
483 64 Richard A. Lupoff
484 64 Jim Baen
485 64 Katherine Dunn
486 63 Leo Frankowski
487 63 Gillian Bradshaw
488 63 Kara Dalkey
489 63 Robert Westall
490 63 Paul Williams
491 63 Mary Caraker
492 62 John Brunner
493 62 Dean Wesley Smith
494 62 Vonda N. McIntyre
495 62 Melanie Rawn
496 62 Richard Grant
497 62 Mercedes Lackey
498 61 Doris Egan
499 60 Alan Gutierrez
500 60 Michael Armstrong
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