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Tabulation from Short Fiction Writer votes
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This table tallies all the short fiction votes -- for all-time novella, novelette, and short story -- by name of author only. The number of different stories nominated by each author is shown in the last column.
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All-time Short Fiction Writer Derived from Short Fiction Votes
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Pts
|
Vts
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1sts
|
# of
Stories
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1)
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Harlan Ellison
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573
|
91
|
25
|
15
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2)
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Robert A. Heinlein
|
426
|
68
|
16
|
15
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3)
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Isaac Asimov
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369
|
57
|
20
|
10
|
4)
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Roger Zelazny
|
325
|
51
|
17
|
10
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5)
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James Tiptree, Jr.
|
257
|
43
|
7
|
11
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6)
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Ray Bradbury
|
225
|
35
|
8
|
18
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7)
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John Varley
|
211
|
35
|
8
|
8
|
8)
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Arthur C. Clarke
|
207
|
33
|
12
|
5
|
9)
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Ursula K. Le Guin
|
205
|
32
|
9
|
10
|
10)
|
Cordwainer Smith
|
183
|
30
|
7
|
6
|
11)
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Gene Wolfe
|
182
|
30
|
6
|
11
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12)
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Fritz Leiber
|
159
|
27
|
4
|
12
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13)
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Daniel Keyes
|
149
|
22
|
12
|
1
|
14)
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George R.R. Martin
|
137
|
21
|
7
|
5
|
15)
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Jack Vance
|
136
|
22
|
7
|
7
|
16)
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Connie Willis
|
132
|
21
|
4
|
5
|
17)
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Robert Silverberg
|
130
|
22
|
4
|
8
|
*)
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C.L. Moore
|
130
|
20
|
5
|
2
|
19)
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Alfred Bester
|
120
|
19
|
5
|
5
|
20)
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H.G. Wells
|
117
|
18
|
6
|
2
|
21)
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Samuel R. Delany
|
114
|
18
|
4
|
4
|
22)
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Theodore Sturgeon
|
108
|
17
|
7
|
11
|
23)
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John W. Campbell
|
100
|
16
|
2
|
4
|
24)
|
Lucius Shepard
|
95
|
16
|
2
|
7
|
25)
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Larry Niven
|
92
|
17
|
2
|
6
|
26)
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Walter M. Miller, Jr.
|
90
|
15
|
2
|
4
|
27)
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Frederik Pohl
|
88
|
14
|
3
|
4
|
28)
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Anne McCaffrey
|
81
|
12
|
4
|
5
|
27)
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H.P. Lovecraft
|
76
|
12
|
4
|
5
|
26)
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Greg Bear
|
74
|
11
|
4
|
3
|
27)
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Poul Anderson
|
70
|
11
|
5
|
7
|
28)
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Kim Stanley Robinson
|
69
|
12
|
1
|
4
|
29)
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Orson Scott Card
|
66
|
10
|
4
|
5
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30)
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Philip K. Dick
|
64
|
11
|
0
|
5
|
31)
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Clifford D. Simak
|
63
|
11
|
1
|
2
|
32)
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Tom Godwin
|
62
|
10
|
3
|
1
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33)
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Barry Longyear
|
61
|
11
|
1
|
1
|
34)
|
Octavia E. Butler
|
57
|
9
|
3
|
3
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35)
|
Lois McMaster Bujold
|
56
|
9
|
2
|
2
|
*)
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Henry Kuttner
|
56
|
9
|
0
|
3
|
37)
|
Lester del Rey
|
53
|
9
|
1
|
3
|
38)
|
Avram Davidson
|
52
|
9
|
0
|
4
|
39)
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C.M. Kornbluth
|
51
|
10
|
0
|
4
|
40)
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Vonda N. McIntyre
|
50
|
9
|
1
|
1
|
41)
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Edgar Allan Poe
|
49
|
7
|
2
|
5
|
*)
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Mike Resnick
|
49
|
9
|
1
|
2
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