Top 10 Updates
Dec. 7th, 2004 02:50 pmAfter ranking the stories in S.C.E. paperback #6 : "Wildfire”, Enterprise's : "By the Book" and Star Trek’s “Home is the Hunter” some of my Top Ten lists have changed.
Overall Top 10 :
With both "Wildfire" Books now ranked on the tied seventh place, David Mack pushed out several novels/stories previously tied in ninth place :
The 34th Rule
Catalyst of Sorrows
Sarek
Ranks of the last ranked novels/stories :
T 7 : S.C.E. – Wildfire (Books One & Two) , David Mack * 89 %
T 32 : S.C.E. – War Stories (Books One & Two) , Keith R.A. DeCandido * 84 %
T 152 : Star Trek – Home is the Hunter, Dana Kramer Rolls * 72 %
T 160 : S.C.E. – Enigma Ship, J. Steven York & Christina F. York * 70 %
T 178 : Enterprise – By the Book, Dean Wesley Smith & Kristine Kathryn Rusch * 67 %
Author Top 10
With a 89 % ranking for both "Wildfire" parts David Mack jumped from the third to the second place. Keith R.A. DeCandido was able to raise his average ranking with the "War Stories" - duology, but remains in sixth place. Both D.W. Smith's (69,80) and K.K. Rusch's (69,40) average ranking dropped slightly, but they remain in 18th respectively 19th place. Christina F. York’s (69,33) average ranking climbed slightly but she remains on place 20. Both J. Steven York and Dana Kramer-Rolls haven’t enough ranked stories (min. 3) to be in the authors ranking.
Star Trek - Starfleet Corps of Engineers
With both "Wildfire" books (T1.) and both "War Stories" books (T4.) new in it, several stories fall out of the Top 10 :
Tales of the Dominion War : Field Expediency
Foundations, Book Two
Foundations, Book Three
Ranks of the last ranked novels/stories :
T 1 : Wildfire (Books One & Two) , David Mack * 89 %
T 4 : War Stories (Books One & Two) , Keith R.A. DeCandido * 84 %
T 21 : Enigma Ship, J. Steven York & Christina F. York * 70 %
(Star Trek -) Enterprise Top 8
Rank of the last ranked novel :
5 : By the Book, Dean Wesley Smith & Kristine Kathryn Rusch * 67 %
Overall Top 10 :
With both "Wildfire" Books now ranked on the tied seventh place, David Mack pushed out several novels/stories previously tied in ninth place :
The 34th Rule
Catalyst of Sorrows
Sarek
Ranks of the last ranked novels/stories :
T 7 : S.C.E. – Wildfire (Books One & Two) , David Mack * 89 %
T 32 : S.C.E. – War Stories (Books One & Two) , Keith R.A. DeCandido * 84 %
T 152 : Star Trek – Home is the Hunter, Dana Kramer Rolls * 72 %
T 160 : S.C.E. – Enigma Ship, J. Steven York & Christina F. York * 70 %
T 178 : Enterprise – By the Book, Dean Wesley Smith & Kristine Kathryn Rusch * 67 %
| Rank | Title | Author(s) | Ranking |
| 1 | DS 9 : Fallen Heroes | Dafydd ab Hugh | 98 |
| 2 | DS 9 : The left Hand of Destiny, Book One | J.G. Hertzler & Jeffrey Lang | 95 |
| . | DS 9 : The left Hand of Destiny, Book Two | J.G. Hertzler & Jeffrey Lang | 95 |
| 4 | DS 9 : A Stitch in Time | Andrew J. Robinson | 92 |
| 5 | TOS : Ishmael | Barbara Hambly | 90 |
| . | DS 9 : Mission Gamma 1 - Twilight | David R. George III | 90 |
| 7 | The Lost Era : Serpents among the Ruins | David R. George III | 89 |
| . | TNG : A time for war, a time for peace | Keith R.A. DeCandido | 89 |
| . | S.C.E. : Wildfire, Book One | David Mack | 89 |
| . | S.C.E. : Wildfire, Book Two | David Mack | 89 |
Author Top 10
With a 89 % ranking for both "Wildfire" parts David Mack jumped from the third to the second place. Keith R.A. DeCandido was able to raise his average ranking with the "War Stories" - duology, but remains in sixth place. Both D.W. Smith's (69,80) and K.K. Rusch's (69,40) average ranking dropped slightly, but they remain in 18th respectively 19th place. Christina F. York’s (69,33) average ranking climbed slightly but she remains on place 20. Both J. Steven York and Dana Kramer-Rolls haven’t enough ranked stories (min. 3) to be in the authors ranking.
| Rank | Previous Rank | Author | Ranked Stories | average Ranking | change |
| 1 | (1) | David R. George III | 3 | 89,00 | --- |
| 2 | (3) | David Mack | 8 | 85,00 | +1,33 |
| 3 | (2) | Margaret Wander Bonanno | 3 | 84,00 | --- |
| 4 | (4) | S.D. Perry | 6 | 82,00 | --- |
| 5 | (5) | Dave Stern | 3 | 80,33 | --- |
| 6 | (6) | Keith R.A. DeCandido | 19 | 80,11 | +0,46 |
| 7 | (7) | Andy Mangels | 4 | 79,25 | --- |
| . | (7) | Michael A. Martin | 4 | 79,25 | --- |
| 9 | (9) | Kevin Dilmore | 9 | 79,11 | --- |
| 10 | (10) | Dayton Ward | 10 | 77,80 | --- |
Star Trek - Starfleet Corps of Engineers
With both "Wildfire" books (T1.) and both "War Stories" books (T4.) new in it, several stories fall out of the Top 10 :
Tales of the Dominion War : Field Expediency
Foundations, Book Two
Foundations, Book Three
Ranks of the last ranked novels/stories :
T 1 : Wildfire (Books One & Two) , David Mack * 89 %
T 4 : War Stories (Books One & Two) , Keith R.A. DeCandido * 84 %
T 21 : Enigma Ship, J. Steven York & Christina F. York * 70 %
| 1 | Wildfire, Book One | David Mack | 89 |
| . | Wildfire, Book One | David Mack | 89 |
| 3 | Caveat Emptor | Ian Edington & Mike Collins | 86 |
| 4 | Invincible, Book One | Keith R.A. DeCandido & David Mack | 84 |
| . | Invincible, Book Two | Keith R.A. DeCandido & David Mack | 84 |
| . | War Stories, Book One | Keith R.A. DeCandido | 84 |
| . | War Stories, Book Two | Keith R.A. DeCandido | 84 |
| 8 | Interphase, Book One | Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore | 80 |
| . | Interphase, Book Two | Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore | 80 |
| 10 | Fatal Error | Keith R.A. DeCandido | 79 |
| . | No Surrender | Jeff Mariotte | 79 |
(Star Trek -) Enterprise Top 8
Rank of the last ranked novel :
5 : By the Book, Dean Wesley Smith & Kristine Kathryn Rusch * 67 %
| 1 | What price Honor ? | Dave Stern | 83 |
| 2 | Daedalus | Dave Stern | 79 |
| . | Daedalus's Children | Dave Stern | 79 |
| 4 | Shockwave | Paul Ruditis | 78 |
| 5 | By the Book | D.W. Smith & K.K. Rusch | 67 |
| 6 | Broken Bow | Diane Carey | 63 |
| 7 | Surak's Soul | J.M. Dillard | 60 |
| 8 | Strange New Worlds VII : Earthquake Weather | Louisa M. Swann | 37 |