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1998 Categories | All-time categories: Short fiction writer | Anthology | Collection | Novella | Novelette | Short Story |

(This was the Poll and Survey form)

  All-time Novelette
Pts
Vts
1sts
1)
''Flowers for Algernon'', Daniel Keyes (1959)
149
22
12
2)
''Nightfall'', Isaac Asimov (1941)
131
19
11
3)
''A Rose for Ecclesiastes'', Roger Zelazny (1963)
114
16
9
4)
''Fondly Fahrenheit'', Alfred Bester (1954)
93
14
5
5)
''The Bicentennial Man'', Isaac Asimov (1976)
75
12
3
6)
''Sandkings'', George R.R. Martin (1979)
74
11
4
*)
''A Canticle for Leibowitz'', Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1955)
66
11
2
8)
''The Cold Equations'', Tom Godwin (1954)
57
9
3
9)
''The Deathbird'', Harlan Ellison (1973)
53
8
3
10)
''Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand'', Vonda N. McIntyre (1973)
50
9
1
11)
''Paladin of the Lost Hour'', Harlan Ellison (1985)
41
7
0
*)
''For a Breath I Tarry'', Roger Zelazny (1966)
41
6
1
13)
''Blood Music'', Greg Bear (1983)
39
6
2
*)
''Burning Chrome'', William Gibson (1982)
39
6
1
*)
''—And He Built a Crooked House'', Robert A. Heinlein (1941)
39
6
1
16)
''Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones'', Samuel R. Delany (1968)
38
6
1
17)
''Gonna Roll the Bones'', Fritz Leiber (1967)
37
7
1
*)
''The Women Men Don't See'', James Tiptree, Jr. (1973)
37
6
0
19)
''Scanners Live in Vain'', Cordwainer Smith (1950)
36
7
0
20)
''Inconstant Moon'', Larry Niven (1971)
35
6
2
*)
''Kirinyaga'', Mike Resnick (1988)
35
6
0
22)
''Bloodchild'', Octavia E. Butler (1984)
34
5
2
23)
''The Screwfly Solution'', James Tiptree, Jr. (1977)
33
6
0
24)
''The Little Black Bag'', C.M. Kornbluth (1950)
32
6
0
*)
''The Girl Who Was Plugged In'', James Tiptree, Jr. (1973)
32
5
1
26)
''Mimsy Were the Borogoves'', Henry Kuttner (1943)
31
5
0
*)
''The Colour Out of Space'', H.P. Lovecraft (1927)
31
5
1
*)
''A Martian Odyssey'', Stanley G. Weinbaum (1934)
31
6
0
*)
''Fire Watch'', Connie Willis (1982)
31
6
0
30)
''Rachel In Love'', Pat Murphy (1987)
26
4
1
*)
''Neutron Star'', Larry Niven (1966)
26
5
0
32)
''We Can Remember It For You Wholesale'', Philip K. Dick (1966)
25
4
0
*)
''With Folded Hands...'', Jack Williamson (1947)
25
4
1
34)
''Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W'', Harlan Ellison (1974)
24
4
0
*)
''A Galaxy Called Rome'', Barry N. Malzberg (1975)
24
4
1
*)
''Alpha Ralpha Boulevard'', Cordwainer Smith (1961)
24
4
1
*)
''Unicorn Variation'', Roger Zelazny (1981)
24
4
1
*)
'' 'Arena' '', Fredric Brown (1944)
24
3
3
39)
''Black Destroyer'', A.E. van Vogt (1939)
22
4
0
40)
''The Ugly Little Boy'', Isaac Asimov (1958)
21
4
0
*)
''Nine Lives'', Ursula K. Le Guin (1969)
21
3
2
42)
''What's It Like Out There?'', Edmond Hamilton (1952)
20
3
1
*)
''Microcosmic God'', Theodore Sturgeon (1941)
20
3
2
44)
''The Proud Robot'', Henry Kuttner (1943)
19
3
0
*)
''Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight'', Ursula K. Le Guin (1987)
19
3
1
46)
''San Diego Lightfoot Sue'', Tom Reamy (1975)
18
3
0
*)
''The Ugly Chickens'', Howard Waldrop (1980)
18
3
1
*)
''At the Rialto'', Connie Willis (1989)
18
3
0
49)
''Faith of Our Fathers'', Philip K. Dick (1967)
17
3
0
*)
''The Lucky Strike'', Kim Stanley Robinson (1984)
17
3
0
51)
''The Jaguar Hunter'', Lucius Shepard (1985)
16
3
0
52)
''The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth'', Roger Zelazny (1965)
15
3
0
53)
''The Man Who Came Early'', Poul Anderson (1956)
14
3
0

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