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"End-of-the-World" themes... ___________________________________________ FIRST PLACE Best "Apocalyptic SF" Novella / Story Ray Bradbury "The Smile" _____________________________________________________ SECOND PLACE Best "Apocalyptic SF" Novella / Story James Blish "Tomb Tapper" Philip K. Dick "The Builder" P. Schuyler Miller "Spawn" Jack Vance "The Men Return" _____________________________________________________ THIRD PLACE Best "Apocalyptic SF" Novella / Story Robert Bloch "Daybroke" Ray Bradbury "There Will Come Soft Rains" Lester Del Rey "Idealist" Philip K. Dick "The Defenders"; "Second Variety" Harlan Ellison "A Boy and His Dog" David Keller "The Ivy War" Henry Kuttner "Home There Is No Returning" Tim Lebbon "The Origin Of Truth" John W. Randal "Bad Animals" David Redd "A Quiet Kind Of Madness" Robert Reed "Mac And Me" Rudy Rucker "Chu and the Nants" Robert Silverberg "Hot Times in Magma City" Philip Wylie "Blunder" Roger Zelazny "Damnation Alley" _____________________________________________________ FOURTH PLACE Best "Apocalyptic SF" Novella / Story Robert Abernathy "When The Mountain Shook" James Blish "The Box"; "King of the Hill" Nelson Bond "The World of William Gresham" Ray Bradbury "Mr. Pale" Fredric Brown "The Last Train" Morrison F. Colladay "Giant in the Earth" Arthur Clarke "No Morning After" Alfred Coppel "Defender Of The Faith" Tananarive Due "Patient Zero" Philip K. Dick "Diversion" ("War Game"); "Jon's World"; "The Great C" John Russell Fearn (as Polton Cross) "The Last Secret Weapon" Francis Flagg "After Armageddon" Horace Gold (as Clyde Crane Campbell) "Inflexure" Austin Hall "The Man Who Saved the Earth" Karl Hansen "Wires" Edmond Hamilton "Alien Earth"; "In The World's Dusk" "The Comet Doom" Robert A. Heinlein "The Year of the Jackpot" Richard Kadrey "Good-Bye, Houston Street, Good-Bye" Fritz Leiber "Last"; "When The Last Gods Die"; "A Pail of Air" Milton Lesser "Revolt of the Brains" (as C.H.Thames) Richard Matheson "Dance Of The Dead"; "The Last Day" Michael Moorcock "The Last Vigil" ("Waiting for the End of Time") Larry Niven "Inconstant Moon" Andre Norton "The People of the Crater" William T. Powers "A Congregation Of Vapours" Tom Reamy "Dinosaurs" Charles Recour "That We May Rise Again" Frank M. Robinson "East Wind, West Wind" Spider Robinson "Not Fade Away" Joel Townsley Rogers "The Night The World Turned Over" Clifford Simak "The World Of The Red Sun" Michael Swanwick "Mummer Kiss" Donald Wandrei "The Black Fog" << Return to Top of Page ------------ Also see: (full navigation tree) BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL: Best SF Novel (General Themes) Best Space SF Novel Best Time SF Novel Best Apocalyptic SF Novel BEST SCIENCE FICTION COLLECTIONS BEST SCIENCE FICTION SERIES: Best SF Series (general themes) Best Space SF Series BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVELLA: Best SF Novella 1920-1960 (general themes) Best SF Novella 1961-now (general themes) Best Space SF Novella 1920-1960 Best Space SF Novella 1961-now Best Time SF Novella Best Apocalyptic SF Novella BEST SCIENCE FICTION STORY: Best SF Story 1920-1960 (general themes) Best SF Story 1961-now (general themes) Best Space SF Story 1920-1960 Best Space SF Story 1961-now Best Time SF Story Best Apocalyptic SF Story BEST FANTASY NOVEL BEST FANTASY COLLECTION BEST FANTASY SERIES BEST FANTASY NOVELLA BEST FANTASY STORY: Best Fantasy Story 1920-1960 Best Fantasy Story 1961-now --------------------- RETURN TO MAIN PAGE Labels: best |
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Catastrophe Planet by Keith Laumer
Earth falling to pieces, alien invasion, heroine in distress, heroic action.What more could you ask for.
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