Locus All-Time Best

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Other Names: Locus 1975 Poll, All-Time Best Novel, Locus 1987 Poll, All-Time Best Fantasy Novel, Locus 1987 Poll, All-Time Best SF Novel, Locus 1998 Poll, All-Time Best Fantasy Novel Before 1990, , Locus 1998 Poll, All-Time Best SF Novel Before 1990
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Locus Magazine's annual poll periodically includes 'all-time best' categories for novel or author. The Best SF Novel of All-Time poll was last held in 1998 and was restricted to books published

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Years:
All, 1998 (100), 1987 (80), 1975 (42)
WorkCategoryOrder LabelYear
The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
Fantasy Novel11998
Dune by Frank Herbert
Science Fiction Novel11998
The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
Fantasy Novel11987
Dune by Frank Herbert
Science Fiction Novel11987
Dune by Frank Herbert
All-Time Best Novel11975
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
Fantasy Novel21998
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
Science Fiction Novel21998
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
Fantasy Novel21987
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Science Fiction Novel21987
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
All-Time Best Novel21975
The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
Fantasy Novel31998
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Science Fiction Novel31998
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Fantasy Novel31987
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
Science Fiction Novel31987
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
All-Time Best Novel31975
The Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula K. Le Guin
Fantasy Novel41998
The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
Science Fiction Novel41998
The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
Fantasy Novel41987
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
Science Fiction Novel41987
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
All-Time Best Novel41975
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Fantasy Novel51998
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Science Fiction Novel51998
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Fantasy Novel51987
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Science Fiction Novel51987
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
All-Time Best Novel51975
The Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake
Fantasy Novel61998
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
Science Fiction Novel61998
The Once and Future King by T. H. White
Fantasy Novel61987
The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
Science Fiction Novel61987
The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
All-Time Best Novel61975
The Once and Future King by T. H. White
Fantasy Novel71998
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Science Fiction Novel71998
Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny
Fantasy Novel71987
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Science Fiction Novel71987
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
All-Time Best Novel71975
Little, Big by John Crowley
Fantasy Novel81998
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
Science Fiction Novel81998
The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever by Stephen Donaldson
Fantasy Novel81987
Gateway by Frederik Pohl
Science Fiction Novel81987
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
All-Time Best Novel81975
Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny
Fantasy Novel91998
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Science Fiction Novel91998
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
Fantasy Novel91987
Ringworld by Larry Niven
Science Fiction Novel91987
More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon
All-Time Best Novel91975
The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever by Stephen Donaldson
Fantasy Novel101998
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Science Fiction Novel101998
Little, Big by John Crowley
Fantasy Novel101987
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
Science Fiction Novel101987
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
All-Time Best Novel101975
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
Fantasy Novel111998
Gateway by Frederik Pohl
Science Fiction Novel111998
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Fantasy Novel111987
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
Science Fiction Novel111987
Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
All-Time Best Novel111975
The Belgariad by David Eddings
Fantasy Novel121998
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Science Fiction Novel121998
More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon
Science Fiction Novel121987
Ringworld by Larry Niven
All-Time Best Novel121975
Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake
Fantasy Novel12.11987
Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake
Fantasy Novel12.21987
Titus Alone by Mervyn Peake
Fantasy Novel12.31987
The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
Fantasy Novel131998
More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon
Science Fiction Novel131998
The Riddle-Master of Hed by Patricia A. McKillip
Fantasy Novel131987
The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven
Science Fiction Novel131987
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
All-Time Best Novel131975
The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
Fantasy Novel141998
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
Science Fiction Novel141998
The Incomplete Enchanter by L. Sprague de Camp
Fantasy Novel141987
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Science Fiction Novel141987
The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
All-Time Best Novel141975
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Science Fiction Novel151998
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Fantasy Novel151987
The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
Science Fiction Novel151987
The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
All-Time Best Novel151975
The Dying Earth by Jack Vance
Fantasy Novel15.11998
The Eyes of the Overworld by Jack Vance
Fantasy Novel15.21998
Cugel's Saga by Jack Vance
Fantasy Novel15.31998
Rhialto the Marvellous by Jack Vance
Fantasy Novel15.41998
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Fantasy Novel161998
Startide Rising by David Brin
Science Fiction Novel161998
The Dying Earth by Jack Vance
Fantasy Novel161987
Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
Science Fiction Novel161987
Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement
All-Time Best Novel161975
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Fantasy Novel171998
The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
Science Fiction Novel171998
Glory Road by Robert A. Heinlein
Fantasy Novel171987
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Science Fiction Novel171987
The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke
All-Time Best Novel171975
To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer
All-Time Best Novel171975
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Fantasy Novel181998
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Fantasy Novel181998
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Science Fiction Novel181998
A Spell for Chameleon by Piers Anthony
Fantasy Novel181987
The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
Science Fiction Novel181987
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Science Fiction Novel181987
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Science Fiction Novel191998
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Fantasy Novel191987
Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg
All-Time Best Novel191975
The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition by Stephen King
Fantasy Novel201998
Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
Science Fiction Novel201998
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Fantasy Novel201987
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Science Fiction Novel201987
Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
All-Time Best Novel201975
The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
All-Time Best Novel201975
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Fantasy Novel211998
1984 by George Orwell
Science Fiction Novel211998
Silverlock by John Myers Myers
Fantasy Novel211987
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
Science Fiction Novel211987
The Riddle-Master of Hed by Patricia A. McKillip
Fantasy Novel221998
The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
Science Fiction Novel221998
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Fantasy Novel221987
Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg
Science Fiction Novel221987
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
All-Time Best Novel221975
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
All-Time Best Novel221975
The Worm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison
Fantasy Novel231998
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Science Fiction Novel231998
The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition by Stephen King
Fantasy Novel231987
The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey
Fantasy Novel231987
Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
Science Fiction Novel231987
Glory Road by Robert A. Heinlein
Fantasy Novel241998
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
Science Fiction Novel241998
Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein
Science Fiction Novel241987
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
All-Time Best Novel241975
The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl
All-Time Best Novel241975
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
All-Time Best Novel241975
Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock
Fantasy Novel251998
Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh
Science Fiction Novel251998
Ringworld by Larry Niven
Science Fiction Novel251998
Lord Valentine's Castle by Robert Silverberg
Fantasy Novel251987
Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Science Fiction Novel251987
Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
Science Fiction Novel251987
The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
Fantasy Novel261987
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Fantasy Novel271998
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
Science Fiction Novel271998
The Shining by Stephen King
Fantasy Novel271987
To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer
Science Fiction Novel271987
Cities in Flight by James Blish
All-Time Best Novel271975
Witch World by Andre Norton
Fantasy Novel281998
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
Science Fiction Novel281998
Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber
Fantasy Novel281987
Earth Abides by George R. Stewart
Science Fiction Novel281987
A Case of Conscience by James Blish
All-Time Best Novel281975
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
All-Time Best Novel281975
The Fionavar Tapestry 1. The Summer Tree 2. The Wandering Fire 3. The Darkest Road by Guy Gavriel Kay
Fantasy Novel291998
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Science Fiction Novel291998
The Worm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison
Fantasy Novel291987
Deryni Rising by Katherine Kurtz
Fantasy Novel291987
The Door into Summer by Robert A. Heinlein
Science Fiction Novel291987
Deryni Rising by Katherine Kurtz
Fantasy Novel301998
The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven
Science Fiction Novel301998
City by Clifford D. Simak
Science Fiction Novel301987
The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov
All-Time Best Novel301975
Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein
All-Time Best Novel301975
Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon
All-Time Best Novel301975
Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon
All-Time Best Novel301975
Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
Science Fiction Novel311998
Witch World by Andre Norton
Fantasy Novel311987
The Witches of Karres by James H. Schmitz
Science Fiction Novel311987
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Fantasy Novel321998
Replay by Ken Grimwood
Fantasy Novel321998
Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon
Science Fiction Novel321998
Wizard and Glass by Stephen King
Fantasy Novel321987
The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke
Science Fiction Novel321987
Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock
Fantasy Novel32.11998
Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg
Science Fiction Novel331998
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Fantasy Novel331987
The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov
Science Fiction Novel331987
The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke
Science Fiction Novel341998
1984 by George Orwell
Science Fiction Novel341987
The Dragon in the Sea by Frank Herbert
All-Time Best Novel341975
Davy by Edgar Pangborn
All-Time Best Novel341975
The Incomplete Enchanter by L. Sprague de Camp
Fantasy Novel351998
Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
Science Fiction Novel351998
Norstrilia by Cordwainer Smith
Science Fiction Novel351987
Swords and Deviltry by Fritz Leiber
Fantasy Novel35.11998
Swords Against Death by Fritz Leiber
Fantasy Novel35.21998
Swords in the Mist by Fritz Leiber
Fantasy Novel35.31998
Swords Against Wizardry by Fritz Leiber
Fantasy Novel35.41998
The Swords of Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber
Fantasy Novel35.51998
Swords and Ice Magic by Fritz Leiber
Fantasy Novel35.61998
The Knight and Knave of Swords by Fritz Leiber
Fantasy Novel35.71998
Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Science Fiction Novel361998
Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement
Science Fiction Novel361987
Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
All-Time Best Novel361975
The Door into Summer by Robert A. Heinlein
All-Time Best Novel361975
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
All-Time Best Novel361975
A Mirror for Observers by Edgar Pangborn
All-Time Best Novel361975
The Witches of Karres by James H. Schmitz
All-Time Best Novel361975
Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement
Science Fiction Novel371998
Ubik by Philip K. Dick
Science Fiction Novel371987
Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh
Science Fiction Novel381998
City by Clifford D. Simak
Science Fiction Novel381998
Timescape by Gregory Benford
Science Fiction Novel381987
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
Science Fiction Novel381987
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Science Fiction Novel401998
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Science Fiction Novel401987
Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein
Science Fiction Novel411998
Earth Abides by George R. Stewart
Science Fiction Novel411998
Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh
Science Fiction Novel411987
1984 by George Orwell
All-Time Best Novel411975
Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin
All-Time Best Novel411975
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
Science Fiction Novel421987
Ubik by Philip K. Dick
Science Fiction Novel431998
The Door into Summer by Robert A. Heinlein
Science Fiction Novel431998
Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon
Science Fiction Novel431998
Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon
Science Fiction Novel431987
Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein
Science Fiction Novel441987
Davy by Edgar Pangborn
Science Fiction Novel451987
The Witches of Karres by James H. Schmitz
Science Fiction Novel461998
Norstrilia by Cordwainer Smith
Science Fiction Novel461998
Have Spacesuit, Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein
Science Fiction Novel481998
Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein
Science Fiction Novel481998
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Science Fiction Novel481998
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Science Fiction Novel511998
The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
Science Fiction Novel521998
To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer
Science Fiction Novel52.11998
The Fabulous Riverboat by Philip José Farmer
Science Fiction Novel52.21998
The Dark Design by Philip José Farmer
Science Fiction Novel52.31998
The Magic Labyrinth by Philip José Farmer
Science Fiction Novel52.41998
Gods of Riverworld by Philip José Farmer
Science Fiction Novel52.51998

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Locus Magazine's annual poll periodically includes 'all-time best' categories for novel or author. The Best SF Novel of All-Time poll was last held in 1998 and was restricted to books published before 1990.

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