| Utopia | Thomas More |
1551 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
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| The New Atlantis | Francis Bacon |
1627 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
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| Somnium | Johannes Kepler |
1634 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1977 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 1: From Gilgamesh to Wells edited by James Gunn |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
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| The Man in the Moone | Francis Godwin |
1638 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
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| "Voyage to the Moon" | Cyrano de Bergerac |
1650 |
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| 1967 | Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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| The Blazing World | Margaret Cavendish |
1666 |
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| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2021 | 29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK |
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| Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds | Bernard de Fontenelle |
1686 |
|
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| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
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| Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan Swift |
1726 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
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| A Trip to the Moon | Murtagh McDermot |
1728 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| Nils Klim | Ludvig Holberg |
1741 |
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| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
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| A Journey to the World Under-Ground | Ludvig Holberg |
1742 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| Micromégas | Voltaire |
1752 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| The Elephant in the Moon | Samuel Butler |
1759 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| The Castle of Otranto | Horace Walpole |
1764 |
|
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| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
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| Memoirs of the Year Two Thousand Five Hundred | Louis-Sébastien Mercier |
1772 |
|
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| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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|
| The Last Man | Jean-Baptiste de Grainville |
1805 |
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| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
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| "The Men of the Moon" | Washington Irving |
1809 |
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| 1966 | Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin |
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| "The Sandman" | E. T. A. Hoffmann |
1816 |
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| 1981 | Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh |
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 6: Around the World edited by James Gunn |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
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|
| Frankenstein | Mary Shelley |
1818 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2014 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2018 | The Great American Read - PBS |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2021 | 29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
| 2023 | The 25 Best Science Fiction Books I've Ever Read (Parts 1 and 2) - Outlaw Bookseller |
| 2023 | My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time |
| 2023 | Your Top Science Fiction Books Of All Time (Survey Results) - Media Death Cult |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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|
| Symzonia | Adam Seaborn |
1820 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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|
| The Last Man | Mary Shelley |
1826 |
|
|
| 1943 | The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
|
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|
| The Mummy! | Jack London |
1827 |
|
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| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
|
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|
| A Voyage to the Moon | Joseph Atterly |
1827 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
|
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|
| "The Mortal Immortal" | Mary Shelley |
1833 |
|
|
| 1967 | Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1981 | Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2010 | The Dreaming Sex: Early Tales of Scientific Imagination by Women edited by Mike Ashley |
|
|
|
| "Man-Bats on the Moon" | Richard Adams Locke |
1835 |
|
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| 2017 | Frankenstein Dreams edited by Michael Sims |
|
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|
| "The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall" | Edgar Allan Poe |
1835 |
|
|
| 1967 | Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
|
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|
| "Young Goodman Brown" | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
1835 |
|
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| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
|
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| The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantuket | Edgar Allan Poe |
1838 |
|
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "The Fall of the House of Usher" | Edgar Allan Poe |
1839 |
|
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| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
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|
| "A Descent into the Maelström" | Edgar Allan Poe |
1841 |
|
|
| 1981 | Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh |
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Birthmark" | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
1843 |
|
|
| 1966 | Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin |
|
|
|
| "The Tell-Tale Heart" | Edgar Allan Poe |
1843 |
|
|
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "The Artist of the Beautiful" | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
1844 |
|
|
| 1966 | Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin |
|
|
|
| "Rappaccini's Daughter" | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
1844 |
|
|
| 1966 | Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin |
| 1977 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 1: From Gilgamesh to Wells edited by James Gunn |
| 1981 | Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh |
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
|
|
|
| "A Tale of the Ragged Mountains" | Edgar Allan Poe |
1844 |
|
|
| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1966 | Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin |
|
|
|
| "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" | Edgar Allan Poe |
1845 |
|
|
| 1966 | Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin |
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 2017 | Frankenstein Dreams edited by Michael Sims |
|
|
|
| "The Cask of Amontillado" | Edgar Allan Poe |
1846 |
|
|
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
|
| Eureka: A Prose Poem | Edgar Allan Poe |
1848 |
|
|
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
|
|
|
| "Mellonta Tauta" | Edgar Allan Poe |
1849 |
|
|
| 1966 | Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin |
| 1977 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 1: From Gilgamesh to Wells edited by James Gunn |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
|
|
|
| The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe | Edgar Allan Poe |
1850-56 |
|
|
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
|
|
|
| "The Old Nurse's Story" | Mrs. Gaskell |
1852 |
|
|
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
|
|
|
| "Master Zacharius" | Jules Verne |
1854 |
|
|
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
|
|
|
| "The Bell-Tower" | Herman Melville |
1855 |
|
|
| 1966 | Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin |
|
|
|
| "The Diamond Lens" | Fitz-James O'Brien |
1858 |
|
|
| 1966 | Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin |
| 1977 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 1: From Gilgamesh to Wells edited by James Gunn |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
|
|
|
| "What Was It?" | Fitz-James O'Brien |
1859 |
|
|
| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
|
|
|
| "The Wondersmith" | Fitz-James O'Brien |
1859 |
|
|
| 1967 | Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
|
|
|
| "The Atoms of Chladni" | J. D. Whelpley |
1860 |
|
|
| 1966 | Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin |
|
|
|
| Five Weeks in a Balloon | Jules Verne |
1863 |
|
|
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
|
|
|
| Journey to the Center of the Earth | Jules Verne |
1864 |
|
|
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
|
|
|
| Uncle Silas | Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu |
1864 |
|
|
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
|
|
|
| From the Earth to the Moon | Jules Verne |
1865 |
|
|
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
|
|
|
| The Adventures of Captain Hatteras | Jules Verne |
1866 |
|
|
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
|
|
|
| "The Signalman" | Charles Dickens |
1866 |
|
|
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
|
|
|
| "The Moonstone Mass" | Harriet Prescott Spofford |
1868 |
|
|
| 2010 | The Dreaming Sex: Early Tales of Scientific Imagination by Women edited by Mike Ashley |
|
|
|
| The Brick Moon | Edward Everett Hale |
1869 |
|
|
| 1967 | Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
|
|
|
| All Around the Moon | Jules Verne |
1870 |
|
|
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
|
|
|
| Around the Moon | Jules Verne |
1870 |
|
|
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
|
|
|
| "The Ghost in the Cap'n Brown House" | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
1870 |
|
|
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
|
|
|
| "Was He Dead?" | Silas W. Mitchell |
1870 |
|
|
| 1966 | Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin |
|
|
|
| The Battle of Dorking | Sir George Chesney |
1871 |
|
|
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
|
|
|
| The Coming Race | Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
1871 |
|
|
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
|
|
|
| "The Gray Wolf" | George MacDonald |
1871 |
|
|
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
|
|
|
| Through the Looking Glass | Lewis Carroll |
1871 |
|
|
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
|
|
|
| Vril, the Power of the Coming Race | Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
1871 |
|
|
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
|
|
|
| Erewhon | Samuel Butler |
1872 |
|
|
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
|
|
|
| Lumen | Camille Flammarion |
1872 |
|
|
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
|
|
|
| Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea | Jules Verne |
1872 |
|
|
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
|
|
|
| "The Automaton Ear" | Florence McLandburgh |
1873 |
|
|
| 2015 | The Feminine Future: Early Science Fiction by Women Writers edited by Mike Ashley |
| 2017 | Frankenstein Dreams edited by Michael Sims |
|
|
|
| The Mysterious Island | Jules Verne |
1874 |
|
|
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
|
|
|
| Caxton's Book | W. H. Rhodes |
1876 |
|
|
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
|
|
|
| "The Telescopic Eye" | W. H. Rhodes |
1876 |
|
|
| 2017 | Frankenstein Dreams edited by Michael Sims |
|
|
|
| Off on a Comet | Jules Verne |
1877 |
|
|
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
|
|
|
| The Strange Life of Ivan Osokin | P. D. Ouspensky |
1878 |
|
|
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
|
|
|
| The Begum's Fortune | Jules Verne |
1879 |
|
|
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
|
|
|
| "A Psychological Shipwreck" | Ambrose Bierce |
1879 |
|
|
| 1966 | Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin |
|
|
|
| "The Senator's Daughter" | Edward Page Mitchell |
1879 |
|
|
| 2017 | Frankenstein Dreams edited by Michael Sims |
|
|
|
| Across the Zodiac | Percy Greg |
1880 |
|
|
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
|
|
|
| Dr. Heidenhoff's Process | Edward Bellamy |
1880 |
|
|
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
|
|
|
| "The Clock That Went Backwards" | Edward Page Mitchell |
1881 |
|
|
| 1981 | Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2017 | Frankenstein Dreams edited by Michael Sims |
|
|
|
| Mizora: World of Women | Mary E. Bradley Lane |
1881 |
|
|
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
|
|
|
| "Into the Sun" | Robert Duncan Milne |
1882 |
|
|
| 1981 | Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh |
|
|
|
| "The Lady or the Tiger?" | Frank R. Stockton |
1882 |
|
|
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
|
| The Revolt of Man | Walter Besant |
1882 |
|
|
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
|
|
|
| Aleriel, or A Voyage to Other Worlds | Wladislaw Somerville Lach-Szyrma |
1883 |
|
|
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
|
|
|
| Le Vingtième Siècle | Albert Robida |
1883 |
|
|
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
|
|
|
| "The Body-Snatcher" | Robert Louis Stevenson |
1884 |
|
|
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
|
|
|
| Flatland | Edwin A. Abbott |
1884 |
|
|
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
|
|
|
| "A Tale of Negative Gravity" | Frank R. Stockton |
1884 |
|
|
| 1981 | Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh |
|
|
|
| After London | Richard Jefferies |
1885 |
|
|
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
|
|
|
| "The Great Keinplatz Experiment" | Arthur Conan Doyle |
1885 |
|
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1981 | Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh |
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| King Solomon's Mines | H. Rider Haggard |
1885 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "The Blindman's World" | Edward Bellamy |
1886 |
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| 1966 | Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin |
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| The Future Eve | Auguste Villiers de l’Isle-Adam |
1886 |
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| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Monarch of Dreams" | Thomas Wentworth Higginson |
1886 |
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| 1966 | Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin |
| 2017 | Frankenstein Dreams edited by Michael Sims |
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| Robur the Conqueror | Jules Verne |
1886 |
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
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| She | H. Rider Haggard |
1886 |
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
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| Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Robert Louis Stevenson |
1886 |
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| 1964 | A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Damon Knight |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
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| Allan Quatermain | H. Rider Haggard |
1887 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "The Canterville Ghost" | Oscar Wilde |
1887 |
|
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Christmas 200,000 B.C." | Stanley Waterloo |
1887 |
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| 1966 | Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin |
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| A Crystal Age | W. H. Hudson |
1887 |
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| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
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| "An Divided Republic: An Allegory of the Future" | Lillie Devereux Blake |
1887 |
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| 2015 | The Feminine Future: Early Science Fiction by Women Writers edited by Mike Ashley |
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| "The Horla, or Modern Ghosts" | Guy De Maupassant |
1887 |
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| 1981 | Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh |
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| La Guerre au vingtième siècle | Albert Robida |
1887 |
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| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Shapes" | J. -H. Rosny aîné |
1887 |
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| 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1981 | Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh |
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| "The War of the Twentieth Century" | Albert Robida |
1887 |
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| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 6: Around the World edited by James Gunn |
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| "An Express of the Future" | Jules Verne |
1888 |
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| 1968 | Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
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| The Great War Syndicate | Frank R. Stockton |
1888 |
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| The Inner House | Walter Besant |
1888 |
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| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
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| Looking Backward | Edward Bellamy |
1888 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
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| A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder | James De Mille |
1888 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
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|
| Thoth | Joseph Shield Nicholson |
1888 |
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| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
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| Anno Domini 2000, or, Woman's Destiny | Julius Vogel |
1889 |
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| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
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| A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Mark Twain |
1889 |
|
|
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
|
|
|
| "In the Year 2889" | Jules Verne |
1889 |
|
|
| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "To Whom This May Come" | Edward Bellamy |
1889 |
|
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| 1966 | Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin |
| 1981 | Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh |
|
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|
| A.D. 2000 | Alvarado Fuller |
1890 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| Caesar's Column | Ignatius Donnelly |
1890 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
|
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|
| "Dr. Materialismus" | Frederic Jesup Stimson |
1890 |
|
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| 1966 | Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin |
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|
| Mizora | Mary E. Bradley Lane |
1890 |
|
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| 2004 | Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward |
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| News from Nowhere | William Morris |
1890 |
|
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| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
|
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|
| Le Vingtième siècle. La vie électrique | Albert Robida |
1890 |
|
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| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
|
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|
| Freeland | Theodor Hertzka |
1891 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
|
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|
| "The Ingenious Patriot" | Ambrose Bierce |
1891 |
|
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| 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
|
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|
| "Old Doctor Rutherford" | D. F. Hannigan |
1891 |
|
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| 1968 | Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
|
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|
| "Citizen 504" | Charles H. Palmer |
1892 |
|
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| 1968 | Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
|
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|
| "The Doom of London" | Robert Barr |
1892 |
|
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| 1968 | Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
|
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|
| The Goddess of Atvatabar | William Richard Bradshaw |
1892 |
|
|
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
|
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|
| "In the Year Ten Thousand" | Will N. Harben |
1892 |
|
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| 1966 | Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin |
|
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|
| "The Los Amigos Fiasco" | Arthur Conan Doyle |
1892 |
|
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| 1967 | Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
|
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|
| The Angel of the Revolution | George Griffith |
1893 |
|
|
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
|
|
|
| "The Damned Thing" | Ambrose Bierce |
1893 |
|
|
| 1977 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 1: From Gilgamesh to Wells edited by James Gunn |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
|
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|
| Hartmann the Anarchist or The Doom of the Great City | Edward Douglas Fawcett |
1893 |
|
|
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
|
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|
| "Mysterious Disappearances" | Ambrose Bierce |
1893 |
|
|
| 1966 | Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin |
| 2017 | Frankenstein Dreams edited by Michael Sims |
|
|
|
| Unveiling a Parallel | Alice Ilgenfritz Jones, Ella Merchant |
1893 |
|
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| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
|
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|
| "The Earth Slept: A Vision" | Adeline Knapp |
1894 |
|
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| 2010 | The Dreaming Sex: Early Tales of Scientific Imagination by Women edited by Mike Ashley |
|
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|
| "The Great God Pan" | Arthur Machen |
1894 |
|
|
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
|
| The Human Drift | King Camp Gillette |
1894 |
|
|
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
|
|
|
| A Journey in Other Worlds | John Jacob Astor IV |
1894 |
|
|
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
|
|
|
| Journey to Mars | Gustavus W. Pope |
1894 |
|
|
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
|
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|
| Omega: The Last Days of the World | Camille Flammarion |
1894 |
|
|
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
|
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| A Traveler from Altruria | William Dean Howells |
1894 |
|
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| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
|
|
|
| "Another World" | J. -H. Rosny aîné |
1895 |
|
|
| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 6: Around the World edited by James Gunn |
|
|
|
| Etidorhpa | John Lloyd |
1895 |
|
|
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
|
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|
| The Ghost of Guy Thyrle | Edgar Fawcett |
1895 |
|
|
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
|
|
|
| "Lost in a Comet's Tail; or, Frank Reade, Jr.'s Strange Adventure with His New Air-Ship" | Luis Senarens |
1895 |
|
|
| 1967 | Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
|
|
|
| Propeller Island | Jules Verne |
1895 |
|
|
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
|
|
|
| "The Purple Death" | W. L. Auden |
1895 |
|
|
| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
|
|
|
| "The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes" | H. G. Wells |
1895 |
|
|
| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
|
|
|
| The Time Machine | H. G. Wells |
1895 |
|
|
| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 1974 | Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad |
| 1975 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
| 2023 | The 25 Best Science Fiction Books I've Ever Read (Parts 1 and 2) - Outlaw Bookseller |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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|
|
| "A Wife Manufactured to Order" | Alice W. Fuller |
1895 |
|
|
| 2010 | The Dreaming Sex: Early Tales of Scientific Imagination by Women edited by Mike Ashley |
| 2017 | Frankenstein Dreams edited by Michael Sims |
|
|
|
| Daybreak | James Cowan |
1896 |
|
|
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
|
|
|
| "Good Lady Ducayne" | Mary Elizabeth Braddon |
1896 |
|
|
| 2010 | The Dreaming Sex: Early Tales of Scientific Imagination by Women edited by Mike Ashley |
|
|
|
| "In the Abyss" | H. G. Wells |
1896 |
|
|
| 1943 | The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 1981 | Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh |
|
|
|
| The Island of Doctor Moreau | H. G. Wells |
1896 |
|
|
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
|
|
|
| "London's Danger" | Weatherby Chesney |
1896 |
|
|
| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
|
|
|
| "The Blue Laboratory" | L. T. Meade, Robert Eustace |
1897 |
|
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| 2010 | The Dreaming Sex: Early Tales of Scientific Imagination by Women edited by Mike Ashley |
|
|
|
| "The Crystal Egg" | H. G. Wells |
1897 |
|
|
| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
|
| The Invisible Man | H. G. Wells |
1897 |
|
|
| 1964 | A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Damon Knight |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
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|
| "The Microbe of Death" | Rudolph De Cordova |
1897 |
|
|
| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
|
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|
| "The Star" | H. G. Wells |
1897 |
|
|
| 1966 | Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science edited by Terry Carr |
| 1977 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 1: From Gilgamesh to Wells edited by James Gunn |
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
|
|
| "The Thames Valley Catastrophe" | Grant Allen |
1897 |
|
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| 1968 | Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
| 1981 | Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh |
| 2017 | Frankenstein Dreams edited by Michael Sims |
|
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|
| To Venus in Five Seconds | Fred T. Jane |
1897 |
|
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| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
|
|
|
| Two Planets | Kurd Lasswitz |
1897 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
|
|
|
| Armageddon | Stanley Waterloo |
1898 |
|
|
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
|
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|
| "A Corner in Lightning" | George Griffith |
1898 |
|
|
| 1968 | Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
|
|
|
| Edison's Conquest of Mars | Garrett P. Serviss |
1898 |
|
|
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
|
|
|
| "From the London Times of 1904" | Mark Twain |
1898 |
|
|
| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1966 | Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin |
|
|
|
| "The Lizard" | Weatherby Chesney |
1898 |
|
|
| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
| 1981 | Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh |
|
|
|
| "The Man Who Could Work Miracles" | H. G. Wells |
1898 |
|
|
| 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| The War of the Worlds | H. G. Wells |
1898 |
|
|
| 1975 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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|
| "Where the Air Quivered" | L. T. Meade, Robert Eustace |
1898 |
|
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| 1968 | Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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| The Yellow Danger | M. P. Shiel |
1898 |
|
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "Ely's Automatic Housemaid" | Elizabeth Bellamy |
1899 |
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| 2015 | The Feminine Future: Early Science Fiction by Women Writers edited by Mike Ashley |
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| "The Master of the Octopus" | Edward Olin Weeks |
1899 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
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| "The Monster of Lake LaMetrie" | Wardon Allan Curtis |
1899 |
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| 1968 | Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
| 2017 | Frankenstein Dreams edited by Michael Sims |
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| "Moxon's Master" | Ambrose Bierce |
1899 |
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| 1943 | The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim |
| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
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| "The Purple Terror" | Fred M. White |
1899 |
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| 1968 | Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
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| "A Story of the Days to Come" | H. G. Wells |
1899 |
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| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| A Strange Discovery | Charles Romyn Dake |
1899 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "A Thousand Deaths" | Jack London |
1899 |
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| 1966 | Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin |
| 1981 | Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh |
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| "The Wheels of Dr. Ginochio Gyves" | Ellsworth Douglas, Edwin Pallander |
1899 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
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| When the Sleeper Wakes | H. G. Wells |
1899 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
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| "A Glimpse of the Sinless Star" | George Griffith |
1900 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
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| His Wisdom, the Defender | Simon Newcomb |
1900 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "Homeward Bound" | George Griffith |
1900 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
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| "In Saturn's Realm" | George Griffith |
1900 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
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| The Moon Metal | Garrett P. Serviss |
1900 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "A Visit to the Moon" | George Griffith |
1900 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
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| "The World of the Crystal Cities" | George Griffith |
1900 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
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| "The World of the War God" | George Griffith |
1900 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
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| The First Men in the Moon | H. G. Wells |
1901 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Lady Automaton" | E. E. Kellett |
1901 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
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| "The Last Days of Earth: Being the Story of the Launching of the "Red Sphere"" | George C. Wallis |
1901 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
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| "The Last Stand of the Decapods" | Frank T. Bullen |
1901 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
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| "Lord Beden's Motor" | Harris Burland |
1901 |
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| 1968 | Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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| The Lord of the Sea | M. P. Shiel |
1901 |
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "The Man Who Meddled with Eternity" | E. Tickner-Edwards |
1901 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
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| "The New Accelerator" | H. G. Wells |
1901 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| The Purple Cloud | M. P. Shiel |
1901 |
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| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Raid of Le Vengeur" | George Griffith |
1901 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
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| Riallaro: The Archipelago of Exiles | Godfrey Sweven |
1901 |
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| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "The Universal Library" | Kurd Lasswitz |
1901 |
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| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 6: Around the World edited by James Gunn |
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| "When Time Turned" | Ethel Watts Mumford |
1901 |
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| 2015 | The Feminine Future: Early Science Fiction by Women Writers edited by Mike Ashley |
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| "The Monkey's Paw" | W. W. Jacobs |
1902 |
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| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| The Supermale | Alfred Jarry |
1902 |
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| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
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| "Wireless" | Rudyard Kipling |
1902 |
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| 2017 | Frankenstein Dreams edited by Michael Sims |
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| "The Black Shadow" | Own Oliver |
1903 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
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| "The Bookman" | Jack London |
1903 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
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| The Certainty of a Future Life on Mars | Louis Pope Gratacap |
1903 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "The Dust of Death" | Fred M. White |
1903 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
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| Force ennemie | John Antoine Nau |
1903 |
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| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Four Days' Night" | Fred M. White |
1903 |
|
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| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
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| "The Four White Days" | Fred M. White |
1903 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
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| "The Hall Bedroom" | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman |
1903 |
|
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| 2010 | The Dreaming Sex: Early Tales of Scientific Imagination by Women edited by Mike Ashley |
| 2017 | Frankenstein Dreams edited by Michael Sims |
|
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| "The Invisible Force" | Fred M. White |
1903 |
|
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| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
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| "The Land Ironclads" | H. G. Wells |
1903 |
|
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| 1968 | Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
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| Questionable Shapes | William Dean Howells |
1903 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "The Ray of Displacement" | Harriet Prescott Spofford |
1903 |
|
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| 1968 | Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2015 | The Feminine Future: Early Science Fiction by Women Writers edited by Mike Ashley |
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| The Riddle of the Sands | Erskine Childers |
1903 |
|
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| A Round Trip to the Year 2000 | William Wallace Cook |
1903 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "Those Fatal Filaments" | Mabel Ernestine Abbott |
1903 |
|
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| 2015 | The Feminine Future: Early Science Fiction by Women Writers edited by Mike Ashley |
|
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| Adrift in the Unknown | William Wallace Cook |
1904 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "The Country of the Blind" | H. G. Wells |
1904 |
|
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| 1967 | Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "The Curious Experience of Thomas Dunbar" | Francis Stevens |
1904 |
|
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| 2010 | The Dreaming Sex: Early Tales of Scientific Imagination by Women edited by Mike Ashley |
|
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| The Food of the Gods | H. G. Wells |
1904 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "From Pole to Pole" | George Griffith |
1904 |
|
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| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
|
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| "The Great White Moth" | Fred M. White |
1904 |
|
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| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
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| "The Green Spider" | Arthur Sparsfield Ward |
1904 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
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| The Master of the World | Jules Verne |
1904 |
|
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| The Napoleon of Notting Hill | G. K. Chesterton |
1904 |
|
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "A Star Fell" | L. J. Beeston |
1904 |
|
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| 1979 | Science Fiction Rivals of H. G. Wells edited by Alan K. Russell |
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| Lieut. Gullivar Jones: His Vacation | Edwin Lester Arnold |
1905 |
|
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| A Modern Utopia | H. G. Wells |
1905 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
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| "Professor Jonkin's Cannibal Plant" | Howard R. Garis |
1905 |
|
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| 1968 | Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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| "Submarined" | Walter Wood |
1905 |
|
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| 1968 | Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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| "The Sultana's Dream" | Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain |
1905 |
|
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| 2010 | The Dreaming Sex: Early Tales of Scientific Imagination by Women edited by Mike Ashley |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
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| Sultana's Dream | Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain |
1905 |
|
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
|
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| With the Night Mail | Rudyard Kipling |
1905 |
|
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| 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1977 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 1: From Gilgamesh to Wells edited by James Gunn |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
|
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| An Anglo-American Alliance | Gregory Casparian |
1906 |
|
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
|
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| Before Adam | Jack London |
1906 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
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| "Finis" | Frank L. Pollock |
1906 |
|
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| 1968 | Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
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| "In re State vs. Forbes" | Warren Earle |
1906 |
|
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| 1968 | Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
|
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| In the Days of the Comet | H. G. Wells |
1906 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
|
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| Between the Dark and the Daylight | William Dean Howells |
1907 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "Congealing the Ice Trust" | H. G. Bishop |
1907 |
|
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| 1968 | Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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| The Iron Heel | Jack London |
1907 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "Itself" | Edgar Mayhew Bacon |
1907 |
|
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| 1968 | Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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| "The Mansion of Forgetfulness" | Don Mark Lemon |
1907 |
|
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| 1968 | Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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| The Mystery | Stewart Edward White, Samuel Hopkins Adams |
1907 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| Ozma of Oz | L. Frank Baum |
1907 |
|
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
|
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| Through the Eye of the Needle | William Dean Howells |
1907 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "The Triumph of Mechanics" | Karl Hans Strobl |
1907 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
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| "The Voice in the Night" | William Hope Hodgson |
1907 |
|
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| 1968 | Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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| "A Curious Fragment" | Jack London |
1908 |
|
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| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
|
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| "The Death-Trap" | George Daulton |
1908 |
|
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| 1968 | Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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| Docteur Lerne, sous-dieu (Doctor Lerne, Undergod) | Maurice Renard |
1908 |
|
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| The Great Stone of Sardis | Frank R. Stockton |
1908 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| The House on the Borderland | William Hope Hodgson |
1908 |
|
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| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| Le Prisonnier de la Planète Mars | Gustave Le Rouge |
1908 |
|
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| Red Star | Alexander Bogdanov |
1908 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| The Smoky God | Willis George Emerson |
1908 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "System" | Josef Čapek, Karel Čapek |
1908 |
|
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| 1967 | Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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| "The Third Drug" | E. Nesbit |
1908 |
|
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| 2015 | The Feminine Future: Early Science Fiction by Women Writers edited by Mike Ashley |
|
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| The War in the Air | H. G. Wells |
1908 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
|
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| "The Five Senses" | E. Nesbit |
1909 |
|
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| 2010 | The Dreaming Sex: Early Tales of Scientific Imagination by Women edited by Mike Ashley |
| 2017 | Frankenstein Dreams edited by Michael Sims |
|
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| The Machine Stops | E. M. Forster |
1909 |
|
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
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|
| "The Tilting Island" | Thomas J. Vivian, Grena J. Bennett |
1909 |
|
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| 1968 | Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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| The Achievements of Luther Trant | William MacHarg, Edwin Balmer |
1910 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| The Blue Beril | Maurice Renard |
1910 |
|
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "An Experiment in Gyro-Hats" | Ellis Parker Butler |
1910 |
|
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| 1968 | Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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| The Green Mouse | Robert Williams Chambers |
1910 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "The Hybrid Hyperborean Ant" | Roy L. McCardell |
1910 |
|
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| 1968 | Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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| "The Painter of Dead Women" | Edna W. Underwood |
1910 |
|
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| 2015 | The Feminine Future: Early Science Fiction by Women Writers edited by Mike Ashley |
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| "The Air Serpent" | Will A. Page |
1911 |
|
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| 1968 | Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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| Alraune | Hanns Heinz Ewer |
1911 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| A Columbus of Space | Garrett P. Serviss |
1911 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "The Dam" | Hugh S. Johnson |
1911 |
|
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| 1968 | Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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| "Elements of Pataphysics" | Alfred Jarry |
1911 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| Gestes et opinions du docteur Faustroll pataphysicien | Alfred Jarry |
1911 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| The Hampdenshire Wonder | J. D. Beresford |
1911 |
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| Moving the Mountain | Charlotte Perkins Gilman |
1911 |
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| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
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| "The New Overworld" | Paul Scheerbart |
1911 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "New York A. D. 2660" | Hugo Gernsback |
1911 |
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| 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |
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| The Nyctalope on Mars | Jean de La Hire |
1911 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| The Poisoned Pen | Arthur Benjamin Reeve |
1911 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "As Easy as A.B.C." | Rudyard Kipling |
1912 |
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| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "Dark Lot of One Saul" | M. P. Shiel |
1912 |
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| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| The Lost World | Arthur Conan Doyle |
1912 |
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| 1949 | The Seventeen Basic SF Titles - Arkham Sampler |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
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| The Night Land | William Hope Hodgson |
1912 |
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| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| The Scarlet Plague | Jack London |
1912 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
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| The Second Deluge | Garrett P. Serviss |
1912 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
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| The Sign at Six | Stewart Edward White |
1912 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| Tarzan of the Apes | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
1912 |
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| 2020 | Library of America Science Fiction |
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| The Vacant World | George Allan England |
1912 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| Le Mystérieux Docteur Cornelius | Gustave Le Rouge |
1912-13 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| Goslings | J. D. Beresford |
1913 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Horror of the Heights" | Arthur Conan Doyle |
1913 |
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| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
| 2017 | Frankenstein Dreams edited by Michael Sims |
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| "Mechanopolis" | Miguel De Unamuno |
1913 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu | Sax Rohmer |
1913 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| The Poison Belt | Arthur Conan Doyle |
1913 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
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| Angel Island | Inez Haynes Irwin |
1914 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| Darkness and Dawn | George Allan England |
1914 |
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
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| "Dracula's Guest" | Bram Stoker |
1914 |
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| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
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| The Flying Inn | G. K. Chesterton |
1914 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| Locus Solus | Raymond Roussel |
1914 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Place of Pain" | M. P. Shiel |
1914 |
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| 1967 | Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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| The Story of Ab | Stanley Waterloo |
1914 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| The World Set Free | H. G. Wells |
1914 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| Herland | Charlotte Perkins Gilman |
1915 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| L.P.M.: The End of the Great War | John Stewart Barney |
1915 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "Lady Clanbevan's Baby" | Richard Dehan (Clotilde Augusta Inez Mary) |
1915 |
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| 2010 | The Dreaming Sex: Early Tales of Scientific Imagination by Women edited by Mike Ashley |
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| The Man Who Rocked the Earth | Arthur Cheyney Train, Robert Williams Wood |
1915 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "Monsieur Fly-by-Night" | Muriel Pollexfen |
1915 |
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| 2010 | The Dreaming Sex: Early Tales of Scientific Imagination by Women edited by Mike Ashley |
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| The Star Rover | Jack London |
1915 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| The Conquest of America | Cleveland Langston Moffett |
1916 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| Voyage to Faremido: Gulliver's Fifth Voyage | Frigyes Karinthy |
1916 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| Drowsy | J. A. Mitchell |
1917 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Flying Teuton" | Alice Brown |
1917 |
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| 2015 | The Feminine Future: Early Science Fiction by Women Writers edited by Mike Ashley |
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| "The Great Beast of Kafue" | Richard Dehan (Clotilde Augusta Inez Mary) |
1917 |
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| 2015 | The Feminine Future: Early Science Fiction by Women Writers edited by Mike Ashley |
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| The Messiah of the Cylinder | Victor Rousseau |
1917 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| A Princess of Mars | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
1917 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2020 | Library of America Science Fiction |
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| "The Diminishing Draft" | Waldemar Kaempffert |
1918 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Doom of Principal City" | Yefim Zozulya |
1918 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Friend Island" | Francis Stevens |
1918 |
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| 1970 | Under the Moons of Mars: A History and Anthology of 'The Scientific Romance' in the Munsey Magazines, 1912-1920 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2015 | The Feminine Future: Early Science Fiction by Women Writers edited by Mike Ashley |
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| The Gods of Mars | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
1918 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| Meccania: The Super-State | Owen Gregory |
1918 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "The People of the Pit" | A. Merritt |
1918 |
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| 1967 | Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
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| The Red One | Jack London |
1918 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
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| "Dagon" | H. P. Lovecraft |
1919 |
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| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
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| "The Girl in the Golden Atom" | Ray Cummings |
1919 |
|
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| 1970 | Under the Moons of Mars: A History and Anthology of 'The Scientific Romance' in the Munsey Magazines, 1912-1920 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| The Heads of Cerberus | Francis Stevens |
1919 |
|
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Man Who Saved the Earth" | Austin Hall |
1919 |
|
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| The Moon Pool | A. Merritt |
1919 |
|
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| 1970 | Under the Moons of Mars: A History and Anthology of 'The Scientific Romance' in the Munsey Magazines, 1912-1920 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
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| "The Runaway Skyscraper" | Murray Leinster |
1919 |
|
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
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| "The Ultimate Ingredient" | Greye La Spina |
1919 |
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| 2010 | The Dreaming Sex: Early Tales of Scientific Imagination by Women edited by Mike Ashley |
|
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| The Warlord of Mars | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
1919 |
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| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
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| What Not: A Prophetic Comedy | Rose Macaulay |
1919 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| When the World Shook | H. Rider Haggard |
1919 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| City of Endless Night | Milo Hastings |
1920 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "The Comet" | W. E. B. Du Bois |
1920 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "The Green Splotches" | T. S. Stribling |
1920 |
|
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| 1943 | The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim |
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| "The Mad Planet" | Murray Leinster |
1920 |
|
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| 1970 | Under the Moons of Mars: A History and Anthology of 'The Scientific Romance' in the Munsey Magazines, 1912-1920 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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| The People of the Ruins | Edward Shanks |
1920 |
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| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| Thuvia, Maid of Mars | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
1920 |
|
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| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
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| A Voyage to Arcturus | David Lindsay |
1920 |
|
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| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| Back to Methuselah | George Bernard Shaw |
1921 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| Capillaria | Frigyes Karinthy |
1921 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| The Devolutionist | Homer Eon Flint |
1921 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Nameless City" | H. P. Lovecraft |
1921 |
|
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
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| "A Negligible Experiment" | J. D. Beresford |
1921 |
|
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| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
|
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| "A Shady Plot" | Elsie Brown |
1921 |
|
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| At the Earth's Core | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
1922 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
|
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| The Chessman of Mars | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
1922 |
|
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| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
|
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| The Girl in the Golden Atom | Ray Cummings |
1922 |
|
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| Theodore Savage | Cicely Hamilton |
1922 |
|
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| The Tremendous Event | Maurice LeBlanc |
1922 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| Aelita | Aleksey Tolstoy |
1923 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| The Clockwork Man | E. V. Odle |
1923 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| Men Like Gods | H. G. Wells |
1923 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| Nordenholt's Millions | J. J. Connington |
1923 |
|
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| Pellucidar | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
1923 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| R.U.R. | Karel Čapek |
1923 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "Sold to Satan" | Mark Twain |
1923 |
|
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| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Thing from—Outside" | George Allan England |
1923 |
|
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| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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| "The Death-Trap" | Saki |
1924 |
|
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
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| The Isles of Wisdom | Aleksander Moszkowski |
1924 |
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| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| The Land that Time Forgot | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
1924 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| The Millennium | Upton Sinclair |
1924 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| We | Yevgeny Zamyatin |
1924 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
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| The Amphibians | S. Fowler Wright |
1924-25 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| Heart of a Dog | Mikhail Bulgakov |
1925 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| Krakatit | Karel Čapek |
1925 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| The Navigators of Infinity | J. -H. Rosny aîné |
1925 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| Out of the Silence | Erle Cox |
1925 |
|
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| 1949 | The Seventeen Basic SF Titles - Arkham Sampler |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| Ralph 124C 41+ | Hugo Gernsback |
1925 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Eggs from Lake Tanganyika" | Curt Siodmak |
1926 |
|
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| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
|
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| Emperor of the If | Guy Dent |
1926 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| Lolly Willowes | Sylvia Townsend Warner |
1926 |
|
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| 2004 | Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
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| Metropolis | Thea von Harbou |
1926 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| The Moon Maid | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
1926 |
|
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| The Negro President | Monteiro Lobato |
1926 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| The Ship of Ishtar | A. Merritt |
1926 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "Through the Vortex" | Donald E. Keyhoe |
1926 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
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| "The Tissue-Culture King" | Julian Huxley |
1926 |
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| Useless Hands | Claude Farrère |
1926 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| The Absolute at Large | Karel Čapek |
1927 |
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| 1964 | A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Damon Knight |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| The Color Out of Space | H. P. Lovecraft |
1927 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Colour Out of Space" | H. P. Lovecraft |
1927 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1967 | Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| Deluge | S. Fowler Wright |
1927 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "Evolution Island" | Edmond Hamilton |
1927 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
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| "The Fate of the Poseidonia" | Clare Winger Harris |
1927 |
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| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| The Man with Six Senses | Muriel Jaeger |
1927 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Man with the Strange Head" | Miles J. Breuer, M.D. |
1927 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Red Brain" | Donald Wandrei |
1927 |
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| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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| "The Retreat to Mars" | Cecil B. White |
1927 |
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| The Short Stories of H.G. Wells | H. G. Wells |
1927 |
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| 1949 | The Seventeen Basic SF Titles - Arkham Sampler |
| 1952 | Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
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| Amphibian Man | Alexander Belyae |
1928 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| Armageddon—2419 A.D. | Philip Francis Nowlan |
1928 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Call of Cthulhu" | H. P. Lovecraft |
1928 |
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| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| Lest Ye Die | Cicely Hamilton |
1928 |
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| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
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| "The Metal Man" | Jack Williamson |
1928 |
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| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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| "The Miracle of the Lily" | Clare Winger Harris |
1928 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 2010 | The Dreaming Sex: Early Tales of Scientific Imagination by Women edited by Mike Ashley |
| 2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
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| Orlando | Virginia Woolf |
1928 |
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| 2004 | Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
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| "The Revolt of the Pedestrians" | David H. Keller |
1928 |
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| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
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| When the World Screamed | Arthur Conan Doyle |
1928 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| Around the World in Eighty Days | Jules Verne |
1929 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
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| "The Artificial Man" | Clare Winger Harris |
1929 |
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| 2015 | The Feminine Future: Early Science Fiction by Women Writers edited by Mike Ashley |
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| The Bedbug | Vladimir Mayakovsky |
1929 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Diabolical Drug" | Clare Winger Harris |
1929 |
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| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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| "The Dunwich Horror" | H. P. Lovecraft |
1929 |
|
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
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| "The Eternal Man" | D. D. Sharp |
1929 |
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| The Greatest Adventure | John Taine |
1929 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Hounds of Tindalos" | Frank Belknap Long |
1929 |
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| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| The Maracot Deep | Arthur Conan Doyle |
1929 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "One Leg Too Many" | W. Alexander |
1929 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Rat" | S. Fowler Wright |
1929 |
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| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "The Roger Bacon Formula" | Fletcher Pratt |
1929 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Star-Stealers" | Edmond Hamilton |
1929 |
|
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| 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| Three Came Unarmed | Eileen Arbuthnot Roberston |
1929 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| The World Below | S. Fowler Wright |
1929 |
|
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| 1949 | The Seventeen Basic SF Titles - Arkham Sampler |
| 1952 | Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| The Black Monarch | Paul Ernst |
1930 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "Creatures of the Light" | Sophie Wenzel Ellis |
1930 |
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| 2015 | The Feminine Future: Early Science Fiction by Women Writers edited by Mike Ashley |
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| The Day the World Ended | Sax Rohmer |
1930 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Earth Dwellers" | André Maurois |
1930 |
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| 1964 | The 9th Annual of the Year's Best SF edited by Judith Merril |
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| Gladiator | Philip Wylie |
1930 |
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| 1949 | The Seventeen Basic SF Titles - Arkham Sampler |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Gostak and the Doshes" | Miles J. Breuer, M.D. |
1930 |
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| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
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| "Humanity on Venus" | Olaf Stapledon |
1930 |
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| 1967 | Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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| Insatiability | Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz |
1930 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| The Iron Star | John Taine |
1930 |
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| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
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| "The Ivy War" | David H. Keller |
1930 |
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| Last and First Men | Olaf Stapledon |
1930 |
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| 1949 | The Seventeen Basic SF Titles - Arkham Sampler |
| 1974 | Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad |
| 1975 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
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| The Last Hero | Leslie Charteris |
1930 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "Mr. Murphy of New York" | Thomas McMorrow |
1930 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
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| The Seventh Bowl | Neil Bell |
1930 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "The Ship That Turned Aside" | G. Peyton Wertenbaker |
1930 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Spawn of the Stars" | Charles W. Diffin |
1930 |
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Via the Hewitt Ray" | M. F. Rupert |
1930 |
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| 2015 | The Feminine Future: Early Science Fiction by Women Writers edited by Mike Ashley |
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| "A Visitor from Egypt" | Frank Belknap Long |
1930 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Awlo of Ulm" | S. P. Meek |
1931 |
|
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| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
|
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| "The Bees from Borneo" | Will H. Gray |
1931 |
|
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| Black No More | George Samuels Schuyler |
1931 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "The City of the Singing Flame" | Clark Ashton Smith |
1931 |
|
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| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
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| The Coming of the Amazons | Owen McMahon Johnson |
1931 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "The Conquest of Gola" | Leslie F. Stone |
1931 |
|
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
|
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| The Face in the Abyss | A. Merritt |
1931 |
|
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Fifth-Dimension Catapult" | Murray Leinster |
1931 |
|
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| 1976 | Science Fiction of the Thirties edited by Damon Knight |
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| "Green Thoughts" | John Collier |
1931 |
|
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| 1943 | The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim |
| 1972 | A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight |
|
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| "The Jameson Satellite" | Neil R. Jones |
1931 |
|
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| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
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| Jimgrim | Talbot Mundy |
1931 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "The Man Who Evolved" | Edmond Hamilton |
1931 |
|
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| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
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| No Traveller Returns | John Collier |
1931 |
|
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "Out Around Rigel" | Robert H. Wilson |
1931 |
|
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| 1976 | Science Fiction of the Thirties edited by Damon Knight |
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| "The Prince of Space" | Jack Williamson |
1931 |
|
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| 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer |
|
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| "The Sargasso of Space" | Edmond Hamilton |
1931 |
|
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| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
|
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| Seeds of Life | John Taine |
1931 |
|
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "Submicroscopic" | S. P. Meek |
1931 |
|
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| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
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| "Tetrahedra of Space" | P. Schuyler Miller |
1931 |
|
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| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
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| "Through the Purple Cloud" | Jack Williamson |
1931 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
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| The Weigher of Souls | André Maurois |
1931 |
|
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "The World of the Red Sun" | Clifford D. Simak |
1931 |
|
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| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
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| "Brain" | S. Fowler Wright |
1932 |
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
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| Brave New World | Aldous Huxley |
1932 |
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| 1949 | The Seventeen Basic SF Titles - Arkham Sampler |
| 1952 | Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1956 | Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1974 | Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| Dwellers in the Mirage | A. Merritt |
1932 |
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| Last Men in London | Olaf Stapledon |
1932 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Lost Machine" | John Wyndham |
1932 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "The Moon Era" | Jack Williamson |
1932 |
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| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
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| The New Gods Lead | S. Fowler Wright |
1932 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "Pirates of the Gorm" | Nat Schachner |
1932 |
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| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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| "The Planetoid of Doom" | Morrison Colladay |
1932 |
|
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Politics" | Murray Leinster |
1932 |
|
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
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| "The Space Coffin" | A. Rowley Hilliard |
1932 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
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| Three Go Back | J. Leslie Mitchell |
1932 |
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| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| To-Morrow's Yesterday | John Gloag |
1932 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "Tumithak of the Corridors" | Charles R. Tanner |
1932 |
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| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
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| Zothique | Clark Ashton Smith |
1932-53 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Battery of Hate" | John W. Campbell, Jr. |
1933 |
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| 1976 | Science Fiction of the Thirties edited by Damon Knight |
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| "Giant in the Earth" | Morrison Colladay |
1933 |
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Into the Meteorite Orbit" | Frank K. Kelly |
1933 |
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| 1976 | Science Fiction of the Thirties edited by Damon Knight |
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| Lost Horizon | James Hilton |
1933 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
|
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| "The Man Who Awoke" | Laurence Manning |
1933 |
|
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| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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| "Shambleau" | C. L. Moore |
1933 |
|
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
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| The Shape of Things to Come | H. G. Wells |
1933 |
|
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| Tom's A-Cold | John Collier |
1933 |
|
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Tower of the Elephant" | Robert E. Howard |
1933 |
|
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| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
|
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| "Tumithak in Shawm" | Charles R. Tanner |
1933 |
|
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| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
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| When Worlds Collide | Edwin Balmer, Philip Wylie |
1933 |
|
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
|
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| "Atomic Power" | John W. Campbell, Jr. |
1934 |
|
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
|
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| Before the Dawn | John Taine |
1934 |
|
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| 1949 | The Seventeen Basic SF Titles - Arkham Sampler |
|
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| "The Black God's Kiss" | C. L. Moore |
1934 |
|
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| 2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
|
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| "Born of the Sun" | Jack Williamson |
1934 |
|
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| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
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| "Colossus" | Donald Wandrei |
1934 |
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| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
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| "The Doorbell" | David H. Keller |
1934 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| Intrigue on the Upper Level | Thomas Temple Hoyne |
1934 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "The Last Men" | Frank Belknap Long |
1934 |
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| 1976 | Science Fiction of the Thirties edited by Damon Knight |
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| "The Last Poet and the Robots" | A. Merritt |
1934 |
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| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "The Literary Corkscrew" | David H. Keller |
1934 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
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| "The Lost Language" | David H. Keller |
1934 |
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| 1976 | Science Fiction of the Thirties edited by Damon Knight |
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| "A Martian Odyssey" | Stanley G. Weinbaum |
1934 |
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| 1943 | The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "A Matter of Size" | Harry Bates |
1934 |
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
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| "The Miracle Merchant" | Saki |
1934 |
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Old Faithful" | Raymond Z. Gallun |
1934 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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| "The Other" | Howard Wandrei |
1934 |
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| 1976 | Science Fiction of the Thirties edited by Damon Knight |
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| "A Scientist Divides" | Donald Wandrei |
1934 |
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |
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| Seven Famous Novels | H. G. Wells |
1934 |
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| 1949 | The Seventeen Basic SF Titles - Arkham Sampler |
| 1952 | Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1956 | Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1966 | Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll |
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| "Sidewise in Time" | Murray Leinster |
1934 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "The Three Marked Pennies" | Mary Elizabeth Counselman |
1934 |
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| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
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| "Twilight" | John W. Campbell, Jr. |
1934 |
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| 1943 | The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
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| "The Wall" | Howard Wandrei |
1934 |
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| 1976 | Science Fiction of the Thirties edited by Damon Knight |
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| Winter's Youth | John Gloag |
1934 |
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| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "The 32nd of May" | Paul Ernst |
1935 |
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Accursed Galaxy" | Edmond Hamilton |
1935 |
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| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
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| "The Adaptive Ultimate" | Stanley G. Weinbaum |
1935 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
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| "Alas, All Thinking!" | Harry Bates |
1935 |
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| 1976 | Science Fiction of the Thirties edited by Damon Knight |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Davey Jones' Ambassador" | Raymond Z. Gallun |
1935 |
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1976 | Science Fiction of the Thirties edited by Damon Knight |
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| The Green Child | Herbert Edward Read |
1935 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "The Ideal" | Stanley G. Weinbaum |
1935 |
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
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| "Jirel Meets Magic" | C. L. Moore |
1935 |
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| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
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| Lost on Venus | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
1935 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "The Lotus Eaters" | Stanley G. Weinbaum |
1935 |
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| 1967 | Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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| "The Machine" | John W. Campbell, Jr. |
1935 |
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| The Machine to Kill | Gaston Leroux |
1935 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Mad Moon" | Stanley G. Weinbaum |
1935 |
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| 1976 | Science Fiction of the Thirties edited by Damon Knight |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Night" | John W. Campbell, Jr. |
1935 |
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| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
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| Odd John | Olaf Stapledon |
1935 |
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| 1974 | Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
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| "The Parasite Planet" | Stanley G. Weinbaum |
1935 |
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| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
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| "Proxima Centauri" | Murray Leinster |
1935 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
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| "Star Ship Invincible" | Frank K. Kelly |
1935 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
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| "The Thing in the Woods" | Fletcher Pratt |
1935 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| Things to Come | H. G. Wells |
1935 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "The Ultimate Metal" | Nat Schachner |
1935 |
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Upper Level Road" | F. Orlin Tremaine |
1935 |
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| At the Mountains of Madness | H. P. Lovecraft |
1936 |
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Brain Stealers of Mars" | John W. Campbell, Jr. |
1936 |
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| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
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| Caleb Catlum's America | Vincent McHugh |
1936 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "The Chrysalis" | P. Schuyler Miller |
1936 |
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Council of Drones" | W. K. Sonnemann |
1936 |
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| 1976 | Science Fiction of the Thirties edited by Damon Knight |
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| "Devolution" | Edmond Hamilton |
1936 |
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| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
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| "En Route to Pluto" | Wallace West |
1936 |
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Flame Midget" | Frank Belknap Long |
1936 |
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Fourth Dynasty" | R. R. Winterbotham |
1936 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "He Who Shrank" | Henry Hasse |
1936 |
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
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| "The Human Pets of Mars" | Leslie F. Stone |
1936 |
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| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
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| "The Lanson Screen" | Arthur Leo Zagat |
1936 |
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Liquid Life" | Ralph Milne Farley |
1936 |
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Microscopic Giants" | Paul Ernst |
1936 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Red Nails" | Robert E. Howard |
1936 |
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| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
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| "A Rival from the Grave" | Seabury Quinn |
1936 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
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| "The Shadow Out of Time" | H. P. Lovecraft |
1936 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
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| The Shadow Over Innsmouth | H. P. Lovecraft |
1936 |
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| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Time Decelerator" | A. MacFadyen, Jr. |
1936 |
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| 1976 | Science Fiction of the Thirties edited by Damon Knight |
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| "By the Waters of Babylon" | Stephen Vincent Benét |
1937 |
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| 1943 | The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim |
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| "Forgetfulness" | John W. Campbell, Jr. |
1937 |
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| "Locomotive 38, the Ojibway" | William Saroyan |
1937 |
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Minus Planet" | John D. Clark |
1937 |
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| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
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| "Past, Present and Future" | Nat Schachner |
1937 |
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| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
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| "The Resurrection of Jimber-Jaw" | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
1937 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1967 | Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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| "The Sands of Time" | P. Schuyler Miller |
1937 |
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
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| "Seeker of To-morrow" | Leslie J. Johnson, Eric Frank Russell |
1937 |
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| 1976 | Science Fiction of the Thirties edited by Damon Knight |
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| Star Maker | Olaf Stapledon |
1937 |
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| 1949 | The Seventeen Basic SF Titles - Arkham Sampler |
| 1974 | Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad |
| 1975 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
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| Sugar in the Air | E. C. Large |
1937 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| Swastika Night | Katharine Burdekin |
1937 |
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| 2004 | Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
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| To Walk the Night | William Sloane |
1937 |
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| 1949 | The Seventeen Basic SF Titles - Arkham Sampler |
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| "Una" | John Wyndham |
1937 |
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| 1956 | Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
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| War with the Newts | Karel Čapek |
1937 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
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| "Within the Pyramid" | R. DeWitt Miller |
1937 |
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
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| The Young Men Are Coming! | M. P. Shiel |
1937 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| Anthem | Ayn Rand |
1938 |
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|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
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| "Beyond Space and Time" | Joel Townsley Rogers |
1938 |
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| 1959 | A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher |
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| "The Command" | L. Sprague de Camp |
1938 |
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| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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| "Dead Knowledge" | John W. Campbell, Jr. |
1938 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Exiles from the Universe" | Stanton A. Coblentz |
1938 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
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| "The Faithful" | Lester del Rey |
1938 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
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| "The Flight of the Dawn Star" | Robert Moore Williams |
1938 |
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "He That Hath Wings" | Edmond Hamilton |
1938 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
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| "Helen O'Loy" | Lester del Rey |
1938 |
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|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Hollerbochen's Dilemma" | Ray Bradbury |
1938 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Hollywood on the Moon" | Henry Kuttner |
1938 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "How We Went to Mars" | Arthur C. Clarke |
1938 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
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| "Hyperpilosity" | L. Sprague de Camp |
1938 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1976 | Science Fiction of the Thirties edited by Damon Knight |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
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| "A Matter of Form" | H. L. Gold |
1938 |
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|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Men and the Mirror" | Ross Rocklynne |
1938 |
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| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
|
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| "The Merman" | L. Sprague de Camp |
1938 |
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| 1976 | Science Fiction of the Thirties edited by Damon Knight |
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| "Of Jovian Build" | Oscar J. Friend |
1938 |
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| Out of the Silent Planet | C. S. Lewis |
1938 |
|
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| 1974 | Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
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| "Pigeons From Hell" | Robert E. Howard |
1938 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Pithecanthropus Rejectus" | Manly Wade Wellman |
1938 |
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| 1976 | Science Fiction of the Thirties edited by Damon Knight |
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| "Robot's Return" | Robert Moore Williams |
1938 |
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
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| "Robots Return" | Robert Moore Williams |
1938 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
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| "Rule 18" | Clifford D. Simak |
1938 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
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| "Seeds of the Dusk" | Raymond Z. Gallun |
1938 |
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
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| "Sleepers of Mars" | John Wyndham |
1938 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "The Terrible Sense" | Calvin Peregoy |
1938 |
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Time Trap" | Henry Kuttner |
1938 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Werewoman" | C. L. Moore |
1938 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Who Goes There?" | John W. Campbell, Jr. |
1938 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Wings Across the Cosmos" | Polton Cross |
1938 |
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| After Many a Summer Dies the Swan | Aldous Huxley |
1939 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "Almuric" | Robert E. Howard |
1939 |
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| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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| "Black Destroyer" | A. E. van Vogt |
1939 |
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "The Blue Giraffe" | L. Sprague de Camp |
1939 |
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| Carson of Venus | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
1939 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "Children of the "Betsy B"" | Malcolm Jameson |
1939 |
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Cloak of Aesir" | John W. Campbell, Jr. |
1939 |
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| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Day Is Done" | Lester del Rey |
1939 |
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| 1976 | Science Fiction of the Thirties edited by Damon Knight |
| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Divide and Rule" | L. Sprague de Camp |
1939 |
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| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Ether Breather" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1939 |
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| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Four-Sided Triangle" | William F. Temple |
1939 |
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| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Gnarly Man" | L. Sprague de Camp |
1939 |
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| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Greater Than Gods" | C. L. Moore |
1939 |
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| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Heavy Planet" | Milton A. Rothman |
1939 |
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "I, Robot" | Otto Binder |
1939 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Life-Line" | Robert A. Heinlein |
1939 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Living Fossil" | L. Sprague de Camp |
1939 |
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Madness from Mars" | Clifford D. Simak |
1939 |
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| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "Marooned Off Vesta" | Isaac Asimov |
1939 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
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| "Misfit" | Robert A. Heinlein |
1939 |
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| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Misguided Halo" | Henry Kuttner |
1939 |
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| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Monster from Nowhere" | Nelson S. Bond |
1939 |
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| The New Adam | Stanley G. Weinbaum |
1939 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
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| "None But Lucifer" | H. L. Gold, L. Sprague de Camp |
1939 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Nothing Happens on the Moon" | Paul Ernst |
1939 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Pilgrimage" | Nelson S. Bond |
1939 |
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| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Robot Nemesis" | Edward E. Smith |
1939 |
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| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
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| "The Rocket of 1955" | C. M. Kornbluth |
1939 |
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| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Rust" | Joseph E. Kelleam |
1939 |
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| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Spawn" | P. Schuyler Miller |
1939 |
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| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "Special Flight" | John Berryman |
1939 |
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| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| "Star Bright" | Jack Williamson |
1939 |
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| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Strange Flight of Richard Clayton" | Robert Bloch |
1939 |
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| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Time-Travel Happens!" | A. M. Phillips |
1939 |
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
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| "Trends" | Isaac Asimov |
1939 |
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| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Trouble With Water" | H. L. Gold |
1939 |
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| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Ultimate Catalyst" | John Taine |
1939 |
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Automatic Pistol" | Fritz Leiber |
1940 |
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| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Blowups Happen" | Robert A. Heinlein |
1940 |
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|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1956 | Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Butyl and the Breather" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1940 |
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| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Chaser" | John Collier |
1940 |
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "The Circular Ruins" | Jorge Luis Borges |
1940 |
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| 1966 | 11th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
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| "Coventry" | Robert A. Heinlein |
1940 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Dark Mission" | Lester del Rey |
1940 |
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Dwindling Sphere" | Willard Hawkins |
1940 |
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| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Emergency Landing" | Ralph Williams |
1940 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Exalted" | L. Sprague de Camp |
1940 |
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| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Farewell to the Master" | Harry Bates |
1940 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Hindsight" | Jack Williamson |
1940 |
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| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Homo Sol" | Isaac Asimov |
1940 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "If This Goes On …" | Robert A. Heinlein |
1940 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
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| "The Impossible Highway" | Oscar J. Friend |
1940 |
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| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Into the Darkness" | Ross Rocklynne |
1940 |
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| 1978 | Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr |
| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "It" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1940 |
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|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| Kallocain | Karin Boye |
1940 |
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| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
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| "Magic, Inc." | Robert A. Heinlein |
1940 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Martian Quest" | Leigh Brackett |
1940 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "The Mathematics of Magic" | L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt |
1940 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Old Man Mulligan" | P. Schuyler Miller |
1940 |
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| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Postpaid to Paradise" | Robert Arthur |
1940 |
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| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Quietus" | Ross Rocklynne |
1940 |
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "Requiem" | Robert A. Heinlein |
1940 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "The Roads Must Roll" | Robert A. Heinlein |
1940 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "The Roaring Trumpet" | L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt |
1940 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Robbie" | Isaac Asimov |
1940 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "The Smallest God" | Lester del Rey |
1940 |
|
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| 1978 | Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr |
|
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| "The Stellar Legion" | Leigh Brackett |
1940 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Stepson of Space" | Raymond Z. Gallun |
1940 |
|
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| 1978 | Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
|
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| "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" | Jorge Luis Borges |
1940 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
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|
| "Vault of the Beast" | A. E. van Vogt |
1940 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1978 | Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr |
| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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|
| "The Warrior Race" | L. Sprague de Camp |
1940 |
|
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| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Adam and No Eve" | Alfred Bester |
1941 |
|
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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|
| "… And He Built a Crooked House" | Robert A. Heinlein |
1941 |
|
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| 1943 | The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1978 | Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Armageddon" | Fredric Brown |
1941 |
|
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| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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| "Bullard Reflects" | Malcolm Jameson |
1941 |
|
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| 1959 | A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher |
|
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|
| "By His Bootstraps" | Robert A. Heinlein |
1941 |
|
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1978 | Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward" | H. P. Lovecraft |
1941 |
|
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| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
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|
| "Evolution's End" | Robert Arthur |
1941 |
|
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| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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| "A Gnome There Was" | Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore |
1941 |
|
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| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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| "Hereafter, Inc." | Lester del Rey |
1941 |
|
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| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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| The Incomplete Enchanter | L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt |
1941 |
|
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
|
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|
| "Interview with a Lemming" | James Thurber |
1941 |
|
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| 1968 | Best SF: 1967 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
|
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|
| "Jay Score" | Eric Frank Russell |
1941 |
|
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| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
|
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| "Kazam Collects" | C. M. Kornbluth |
1941 |
|
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| 1978 | Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
|
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| Lest Darkness Fall | L. Sprague de Camp |
1941 |
|
|
| 1952 | Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1956 | Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
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|
| "Liar!" | Isaac Asimov |
1941 |
|
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| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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|
| "The Library of Babel" | Jorge Luis Borges |
1941 |
|
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| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
|
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| "Magic City" | Nelson S. Bond |
1941 |
|
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| 1959 | A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher |
| 1978 | Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
|
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|
| "The Mechanical Mice" | Maurice G. Hugi, Eric Frank Russell |
1941 |
|
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1978 | Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr |
| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
|
|
| "Microcosmic God" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1941 |
|
|
| 1943 | The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim |
| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1978 | Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr |
| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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|
|
| "Nightfall" | Isaac Asimov |
1941 |
|
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1978 | Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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|
| "Reason" | Isaac Asimov |
1941 |
|
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1978 | Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "The Seesaw" | A. E. van Vogt |
1941 |
|
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| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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| "Short-Circuited Probability" | Norman L. Knight |
1941 |
|
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
|
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|
| "Shottle Bop" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1941 |
|
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| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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|
| "Smoke Ghost" | Fritz Leiber |
1941 |
|
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| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
|
|
|
| "Snulbug" | Anthony Boucher |
1941 |
|
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| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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| "Solar Plexus" | James Blish |
1941 |
|
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| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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|
| "Solution Unsatisfactory" | Robert A. Heinlein |
1941 |
|
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Space Episode" | Leslie Perri |
1941 |
|
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| 2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
|
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|
| "They" | Robert A. Heinlein |
1941 |
|
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| 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Time Wants a Skeleton" | Ross Rocklynne |
1941 |
|
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| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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|
| "Universe" | Robert A. Heinlein |
1941 |
|
|
| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Vortex Blaster" | Edward E. Smith |
1941 |
|
|
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
|
|
|
| "The Words of Guru" | C. M. Kornbluth |
1941 |
|
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| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Asylum" | A. E. van Vogt |
1942 |
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|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 4 (1942) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Barrier" | Anthony Boucher |
1942 |
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| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 4 (1942) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Bridle and Saddle" | Isaac Asimov |
1942 |
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|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Child of the Green Light" | Leigh Brackett |
1942 |
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| 1978 | Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr |
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| "Co-Operate—Or Else!" | A. E. van Vogt |
1942 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 4 (1942) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Compleat Werewolf" | Anthony Boucher |
1942 |
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|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "The Embassy" | Donald A. Wollheim |
1942 |
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Etaoin Shrdlu" | Fredric Brown |
1942 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Foundation" | Isaac Asimov |
1942 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 4 (1942) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Goldfish Bowl" | Robert A. Heinlein |
1942 |
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|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Hell Is Forever" | Alfred Bester |
1942 |
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|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Heritage" | Robert Abernathy |
1942 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| Islandia | Austin Tappan Wright |
1942 |
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| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
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| "Jackdaw" | Ross Rocklynne |
1942 |
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Link" | Cleve Cartmill |
1942 |
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
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| "Mimic" | Donald A. Wollheim |
1942 |
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|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 4 (1942) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "My Name Is Legion" | Lester del Rey |
1942 |
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| 1978 | Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
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| "Nerves" | Lester del Rey |
1942 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 4 (1942) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
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| "Piggy Bank" | Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore |
1942 |
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| 1959 | A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher |
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| "Proof" | Hal Clement |
1942 |
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|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 4 (1942) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Push of a Finger" | Alfred Bester |
1942 |
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| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 4 (1942) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "QRM - Interplanetary" | George O. Smith |
1942 |
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| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 4 (1942) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Recruiting Station" | A. E. van Vogt |
1942 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Runaround" | Isaac Asimov |
1942 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| The Shooting Star | Hergé |
1942 |
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| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Star Mouse" | Fredric Brown |
1942 |
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|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 4 (1942) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Storm Warning" | Donald A. Wollheim |
1942 |
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| 1978 | Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr |
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| "The Sunken Land" | Fritz Leiber |
1942 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "There Shall Be Darkness" | C. L. Moore |
1942 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Tools" | Clifford D. Simak |
1942 |
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Twonky" | Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore |
1942 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1978 | Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr |
| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 4 (1942) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag" | Robert A. Heinlein |
1942 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Via Jupiter" | Otto Binder |
1942 |
|
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Victory Unintentional" | Isaac Asimov |
1942 |
|
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| 1978 | Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr |
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| "The Wabbler" | Murray Leinster |
1942 |
|
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| 1958 | Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1978 | Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
|
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| "Waldo" | Robert A. Heinlein |
1942 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1959 | A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "We Guard the Black Planet!" | Henry Kuttner |
1942 |
|
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| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
|
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| "The Weapon Shop" | A. E. van Vogt |
1942 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 4 (1942) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
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| "The Wings of Night" | Lester del Rey |
1942 |
|
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 4 (1942) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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| "With Flaming Swords" | Cleve Cartmill |
1942 |
|
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| Ashes, Ashes | René Barjavel |
1943 |
|
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "Backfire" | Ross Rocklynne |
1943 |
|
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
|
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| "The Cave" | P. Schuyler Miller |
1943 |
|
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| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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| "Clash By Night" | Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore |
1943 |
|
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| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Daymare" | Fredric Brown |
1943 |
|
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| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| Donovan's Brain | Curt Siodmak |
1943 |
|
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| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
|
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| "Doorway Into Time" | C. L. Moore |
1943 |
|
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| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1978 | Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath" | H. P. Lovecraft |
1943 |
|
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| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
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| "Exile" | Edmond Hamilton |
1943 |
|
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| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Expedition" | Anthony Boucher |
1943 |
|
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
|
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|
| "Flight into Darkness" | J. Francis McComas |
1943 |
|
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
|
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| "Frontier Planet" | Manly Wade Wellman |
1943 |
|
|
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
|
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| "The Halfling" | Leigh Brackett |
1943 |
|
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| 1978 | Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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| "The Iron Standard" | Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore |
1943 |
|
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| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Lost Art" | George O. Smith |
1943 |
|
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| 1959 | A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher |
|
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| "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" | Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore |
1943 |
|
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
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|
| Perelandra | C. S. Lewis |
1943 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
|
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|
| "The Proud Robot" | Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore |
1943 |
|
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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|
| "Q. U. R." | Anthony Boucher |
1943 |
|
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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|
| "The Search" | A. E. van Vogt |
1943 |
|
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
|
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|
| "The Storm" | A. E. van Vogt |
1943 |
|
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| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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| "Symbiotica" | Eric Frank Russell |
1943 |
|
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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| "Time Locker" | Henry Kuttner |
1943 |
|
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
|
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| "And the Gods Laughed" | Fredric Brown |
1944 |
|
|
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
|
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|
| "Arena" | Fredric Brown |
1944 |
|
|
| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "As Never Was" | P. Schuyler Miller |
1944 |
|
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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|
| "The Children's Hour" | Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore |
1944 |
|
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| 1959 | A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher |
| 1981 | Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories |
|
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|
| "City" | Clifford D. Simak |
1944 |
|
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| 1978 | Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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|
| "Culture" | Jerry Shelton |
1944 |
|
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
|
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|
| "Deadline" | Cleve Cartmill |
1944 |
|
|
| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1978 | Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
|
|
| "Desertion" | Clifford D. Simak |
1944 |
|
|
| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Environment" | Chester S. Geier |
1944 |
|
|
| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
|
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| "Far Centaurus" | A. E. van Vogt |
1944 |
|
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| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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|
| "The Great Fog" | H. F. Heard |
1944 |
|
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
|
|
|
| The Green Isle of the Great Deep | Neil M. Gunn |
1944 |
|
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| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
|
|
|
| "Huddling Place" | Clifford D. Simak |
1944 |
|
|
| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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|
| "Invariant" | John R. Pierce |
1944 |
|
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| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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|
| "Juggernaut" | A. E. van Vogt |
1944 |
|
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
|
|
|
| "Killdozer!" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1944 |
|
|
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Kindness" | Lester del Rey |
1944 |
|
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| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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|
| "Lobby" | Clifford D. Simak |
1944 |
|
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
|
|
|
| "No Woman Born" | C. L. Moore |
1944 |
|
|
| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1955 | Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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|
|
| "Plague" | Murray Leinster |
1944 |
|
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
|
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|
| "Sanity" | Fritz Leiber |
1944 |
|
|
| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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|
| Sirius | Olaf Stapledon |
1944 |
|
|
| 1949 | The Seventeen Basic SF Titles - Arkham Sampler |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
|
|
|
| "Tricky Tonnage" | Malcolm Jameson |
1944 |
|
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
|
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|
| "The Veil of Astellar" | Leigh Brackett |
1944 |
|
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| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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| "When the Bough Breaks" | Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore |
1944 |
|
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| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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| The Angry Planet | John Keir Cross |
1945 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
|
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|
| "Blind Alley" | Isaac Asimov |
1945 |
|
|
| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 7 (1945) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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|
| "Camouflage" | Henry Kuttner |
1945 |
|
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| 1966 | Best SF Six edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 7 (1945) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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|
| "Correspondence Course" | Raymond F. Jones |
1945 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 7 (1945) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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| "De Profundis" | Murray Leinster |
1945 |
|
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| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 7 (1945) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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|
| "The Dead Hand" | Isaac Asimov |
1945 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
|
|
|
| "The Ethical Equations" | Murray Leinster |
1945 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
|
|
|
| "First Contact" | Murray Leinster |
1945 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 7 (1945) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Giant Killer" | A. Bertram Chandler |
1945 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 7 (1945) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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|
| "I Remember Lemuria!" | Richard S. Shaver |
1945 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
|
|
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| "Into Thy Hands" | Lester del Rey |
1945 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 7 (1945) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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| "John Thomas's Cube" | John Leimert |
1945 |
|
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
|
|
|
| "The Mixed Men" | A. E. van Vogt |
1945 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
|
|
|
| The Mule | Isaac Asimov |
1945 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
|
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|
| "Pandora's Millions" | George O. Smith |
1945 |
|
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "Pi in the Sky" | Fredric Brown |
1945 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1978 | Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 7 (1945) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
|
|
| "The Piper's Son" | Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore |
1945 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 7 (1945) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
|
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|
| The Portable Novels of Science | Donald A. Wollheim |
1945 |
|
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| 1952 | Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books |
|
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| "The Power" | Murray Leinster |
1945 |
|
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| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 7 (1945) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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| That Hideous Strength | C. S. Lewis |
1945 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "Uncommon Sense" | Hal Clement |
1945 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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| "V-2: Rocket Cargo Ship" | Willy Ley |
1945 |
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
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| "The Vanishing Venusians" | Leigh Brackett |
1945 |
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| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 7 (1945) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Wanted - An Enemy" | Fritz Leiber |
1945 |
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| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 7 (1945) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Waveries" | Fredric Brown |
1945 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 7 (1945) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "What You Need" | Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore |
1945 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 7 (1945) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Absalom" | Henry Kuttner |
1946 |
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| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| Adventures in Time and Space | Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas |
1946 |
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| 1949 | The Seventeen Basic SF Titles - Arkham Sampler |
| 1952 | Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1956 | Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1966 | Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "Alexander the Bait" | William Tenn |
1946 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Animal Farm" | George Orwell |
1946 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
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| The Best of Science Fiction | Groff Conklin |
1946 |
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| 1949 | The Seventeen Basic SF Titles - Arkham Sampler |
| 1952 | Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "The Chronokinesis of Jonathan Hull" | Anthony Boucher |
1946 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Conqueror's Isle" | Nelson S. Bond |
1946 |
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| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Cure" | Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore |
1946 |
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| 1972 | A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight |
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| "Evidence" | Isaac Asimov |
1946 |
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| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Hunter Gracchus" | Franz Kafka |
1946 |
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| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 6: Around the World edited by James Gunn |
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| "The Last Objective" | Paul A. Carter |
1946 |
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "A Logic Named Joe" | Murray Leinster |
1946 |
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| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Loophole" | Arthur C. Clarke |
1946 |
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Lorelei of the Red Mist" | Ray Bradbury, Leigh Brackett |
1946 |
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| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Meihem in ce Klasrum" | Dolton Edwards |
1946 |
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| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Memorial" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1946 |
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| 1978 | Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |
| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Mewhu's Jet" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1946 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Million-Year Picnic" | Ray Bradbury |
1946 |
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| 1978 | Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "N Day" | R. S. Richardson |
1946 |
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Nightmare" | Chan Davis |
1946 |
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Pacet Is a Crazy Place" | Fredric Brown |
1946 |
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| 1956 | Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
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| "Placet Is a Crazy Place" | Fredric Brown |
1946 |
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| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Rescue Party" | Arthur C. Clarke |
1946 |
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| The Skylark of Space | Edward E. Smith |
1946 |
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
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| Slan | A. E. van Vogt |
1946 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| 1949 | The Seventeen Basic SF Titles - Arkham Sampler |
| 1952 | Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1956 | Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1966 | Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| Star of the Unborn | Franz Werfel |
1946 |
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| 2024 | The 15 Best Sci-Fi Books I've Ever Read 2024 - Bookpilled |
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| "Technical Error" | Arthur C. Clarke |
1946 |
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| 1978 | Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| The Time Stream | John Taine |
1946 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "Vintage Season" | Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore |
1946 |
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| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 1981 | Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories |
| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Child's Play" | William Tenn |
1947 |
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "E for Effort" | T. L. Sherred |
1947 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1964 | A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Damon Knight |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova |
| 1981 | Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Exit the Professor" | Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore |
1947 |
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| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Figure" | Edward Grendon |
1947 |
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Fires Within" | Arthur C. Clarke |
1947 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Green Hills of Earth" | Robert A. Heinlein |
1947 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Hobbyist" | Eric Frank Russell |
1947 |
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| 1961 | Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "Housing Shortage" | Harry Walton |
1947 |
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "It's Great to Be Back!" | Robert A. Heinlein |
1947 |
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1978 | Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
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| L'Écume des jours | Boris Vian |
1947 |
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| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
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| The Legion of Space | Jack Williamson |
1947 |
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
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| "Letter to Ellen" | Chan Davis |
1947 |
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| 1978 | Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Little Lost Robot" | Isaac Asimov |
1947 |
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| 1956 | Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Man Who Never Grew Young" | Fritz Leiber |
1947 |
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| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Margin for Error" | Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore |
1947 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Person from Porlock" | Raymond F. Jones |
1947 |
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| Rocket Ship Galileo | Robert A. Heinlein |
1947 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
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| Spacehounds of IPC | Edward E. Smith |
1947 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Strange Drug of Dr. Caber" | Lord Dunsany |
1947 |
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| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
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| "Thunder and Roses" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1947 |
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| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Time and Time Again" | H. Beam Piper |
1947 |
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Tiny and the Monster" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1947 |
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| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Tomorrow's Children" | Poul Anderson, F. N. Waldrop |
1947 |
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| The Twenty-One Balloons | William Pène du Bois |
1947 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| Venus Equilateral | George O. Smith |
1947 |
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
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| "Wake for the Living" | Ray Bradbury |
1947 |
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| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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| The Weapon Makers | A. E. van Vogt |
1947 |
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| 1952 | Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books |
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| "With Folded Hands …" | Jack Williamson |
1947 |
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
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| "Zero Hour" | Ray Bradbury |
1947 |
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| 1956 | Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| … And Some Were Human | Lester del Rey |
1948 |
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| 1952 | Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "… And the Moon Be Still as Bright" | Ray Bradbury |
1948 |
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| 1949 | The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| Beyond This Horizon | Robert A. Heinlein |
1948 |
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| 1952 | Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
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| "The Brooklyn Project" | William Tenn |
1948 |
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| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Catnip" | Robert Bloch |
1948 |
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| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
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| "A Child Is Crying" | John D. MacDonald |
1948 |
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| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| Darker Than You Think | Jack Williamson |
1948 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "Don't Look Now" | Henry Kuttner |
1948 |
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| 1978 | Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Dormant" | A. E. van Vogt |
1948 |
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| 1955 | Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Doughnut Jockey" | Erik Fennel |
1948 |
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| 1949 | The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Dreams Are Sacred" | Peter Phillips |
1948 |
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| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "Dwellers in Silence" | Ray Bradbury |
1948 |
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| 1950 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1950 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline" | Isaac Asimov |
1948 |
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Ex Machina" | Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore |
1948 |
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| 1949 | The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| Final Blackout | L. Ron Hubbard |
1948 |
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
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| "The Forgotten Enemy" | Arthur C. Clarke |
1948 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
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| "Genius" | Poul Anderson |
1948 |
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| 1949 | The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Happy Ending" | Henry Kuttner |
1948 |
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| 1949 | The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "He Walked Around the Horses" | H. Beam Piper |
1948 |
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| 1958 | Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1972 | A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "In Hiding" | Wilmar H. Shiras |
1948 |
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| 1949 | The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1966 | Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science edited by Terry Carr |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
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| "Knock" | Fredric Brown |
1948 |
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| 1949 | The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Late Night Final" | Eric Frank Russell |
1948 |
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| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Lottery" | Shirley Jackson |
1948 |
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| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Mars Is Heaven!" | Ray Bradbury |
1948 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1949 | The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "The Monster" | A. E. van Vogt |
1948 |
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| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
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| "No Connection" | Isaac Asimov |
1948 |
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| 1949 | The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Period Piece" | John R. Pierce |
1948 |
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| 1949 | The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Pillar of Fire" | Ray Bradbury |
1948 |
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| 1959 | A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher |
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| "Rat Race" | Dorothy De Courcy, John de Courcy |
1948 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Ring Around the Redhead" | John D. MacDonald |
1948 |
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| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| Sinister Barrier | Eric Frank Russell |
1948 |
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| 1952 | Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books |
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| "The Strange Case of John Kingman" | Murray Leinster |
1948 |
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| 1949 | The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| Strange Ports of Call | August Derleth |
1948 |
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| 1949 | The Seventeen Basic SF Titles - Arkham Sampler |
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| "Thang" | Martin Gardner |
1948 |
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| 1949 | The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "That Only a Mother" | Judith Merril |
1948 |
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| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1978 | Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
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| "Tiger Ride" | James Blish, Damon Knight |
1948 |
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| 1978 | Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
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| A Treasury of Science Fiction | Groff Conklin |
1948 |
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| 1952 | Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books |
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| Triplanetary | Edward E. Smith |
1948 |
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| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
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| Walden Two | B. F. Skinner |
1948 |
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| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
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| Who Goes There? | John W. Campbell, Jr. |
1948 |
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| 1949 | The Seventeen Basic SF Titles - Arkham Sampler |
| 1952 | Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1956 | Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
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| Without Sorcery | Theodore Sturgeon |
1948 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| The World of Null-A | A. E. van Vogt |
1948 |
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| 1952 | Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1956 | Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1966 | Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
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| The Lensman Series | Edward E. Smith |
1948-54 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "Adaptation" | John Wyndham |
1949 |
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| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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| Against the Fall of Night | Arthur C. Clarke |
1949 |
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| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| The Aleph and Other Stories | Jorge Luis Borges |
1949 |
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| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
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| "Alien Earth" | Edmond Hamilton |
1949 |
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| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 11 (1949) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949 | Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty |
1949 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
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| "The Box" | James Blish |
1949 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Built Up Logically" | Howard Schoenfeld |
1949 |
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| 1972 | A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
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| "Cold War" | Henry Kuttner |
1949 |
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| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 11 (1949) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Contact, Incorporated" | Robertson Osborne |
1949 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Copper Dahlia" | Gerald Kersh |
1949 |
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| 1956 | Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
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| "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed" | Ray Bradbury |
1949 |
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| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Dear Pen Pal" | A. E. van Vogt |
1949 |
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| 1978 | Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
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| "Defense Mechanism" | Katherine MacLean |
1949 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 11 (1949) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Doomsday Deferred" | Murray Leinster |
1949 |
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| 1950 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1950 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| Earth Abides | George R. Stewart |
1949 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| "Easter Eggs" | Robert S. Carr |
1949 |
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| 1950 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1950 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Enchantress of Venus" | Leigh Brackett |
1949 |
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| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer |
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| "Eternity Lost" | Clifford D. Simak |
1949 |
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| 1950 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1950 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 11 (1949) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Fireproof" | Hal Clement |
1949 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
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| "Five Years in the Marmalade" | Robert W. Krepps |
1949 |
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| 1950 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1950 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Flaw" | John D. MacDonald |
1949 |
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| 1950 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1950 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 11 (1949) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Gulf" | Robert A. Heinlein |
1949 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1964 | A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Damon Knight |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "History Lesson" | Arthur C. Clarke |
1949 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 11 (1949) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| The Humanoids | Jack Williamson |
1949 |
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| 1952 | Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1956 | Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
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| "The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1949 |
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| 1950 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1950 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 11 (1949) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| "Kaleidoscope" | Ray Bradbury |
1949 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1966 | Best SF Six edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 11 (1949) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Lake of the Gone Forever" | Leigh Brackett |
1949 |
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| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
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| "Letter to a Phoenix" | Fredric Brown |
1949 |
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| 1966 | Best SF Six edited by Edmund Crispin |
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| "The Life-Work of Professor Muntz" | Murray Leinster |
1949 |
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| 1950 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1950 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "The Long Watch" | Robert A. Heinlein |
1949 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
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| "The Man" | Ray Bradbury |
1949 |
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| 1950 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1950 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Manna" | Peter Phillips |
1949 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1972 | A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 11 (1949) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Marionettes, Inc." | Ray Bradbury |
1949 |
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| A Martian Odyssey and Others | Stanley G. Weinbaum |
1949 |
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| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
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| "The Miniature" | John D. MacDonald |
1949 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Mouse" | Fredric Brown |
1949 |
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| 1950 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1950 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "My Trial as a War Criminal" | Leo Szilard |
1949 |
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| 1962 | The 7th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
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| Nineteen Eighty-Four | George Orwell |
1949 |
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| 1952 | Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1956 | Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1974 | Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad |
| 1975 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2003 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2018 | The Great American Read - PBS |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
| 2023 | My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time |
| 2023 | Your Top Science Fiction Books Of All Time (Survey Results) - Media Death Cult |
| 2023 | The 25 Best Science Fiction Books I've Ever Read (Parts 1 and 2) - Outlaw Bookseller |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| "The Only Thing We Learn" | C. M. Kornbluth |
1949 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 11 (1949) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "Opening Doors" | Wilmar H. Shiras |
1949 |
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| 1950 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1950 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "The Outer Limit" | Graham Doar |
1949 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "A Present from Joe" | Eric Frank Russell |
1949 |
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| 1955 | Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin |
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| "The Prisoner in the Skull" | Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore |
1949 |
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| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 11 (1949) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Private - Keep Out!" | Philip MacDonald |
1949 |
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| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 11 (1949) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Private Eye" | Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore |
1949 |
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| 1950 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1950 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1981 | Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 11 (1949) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
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| "The Red Queen's Race" | Isaac Asimov |
1949 |
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| 1972 | A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 11 (1949) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Refuge for Tonight" | Robert Moore Williams |
1949 |
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| 1950 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1950 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "September 2005: The Martian" | Ray Bradbury |
1949 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| Seven Days in New Crete | Robert Graves |
1949 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "Venus and the Seven Sexes" | William Tenn |
1949 |
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| 1978 | Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
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| Watch the Northwind Rise | Robert Graves |
1949 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| What Mad Universe | Fredric Brown |
1949 |
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| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 2003 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
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| "The Witches of Karres" | James H. Schmitz |
1949 |
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| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 11 (1949) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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| "And Be Merry …" | Katherine MacLean |
1950 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "… And Now You Don't" | Isaac Asimov |
1950 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Bindlestiff" | James Blish |
1950 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Born of Man and Woman" | Richard Matheson |
1950 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Cancerqueen" | Tommaso Landolfi |
1950 |
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| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 6: Around the World edited by James Gunn |
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| "The City" | Ray Bradbury |
1950 |
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| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
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| "Coming Attraction" | Fritz Leiber |
1950 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| Conan the Conqueror | Robert E. Howard |
1950 |
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "Contagion" | Katherine MacLean |
1950 |
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| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
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| "Darwinian Pool Room" | Isaac Asimov |
1950 |
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| 1979 | The End of Summer: Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Malzberg and Pronzini |
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| "Dear Devil" | Eric Frank Russell |
1950 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Dreaming Jewels" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1950 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| The Dying Earth | Jack Vance |
1950 |
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| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2024 | The 15 Best Sci-Fi Books I've Ever Read 2024 - Bookpilled |
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| "Enchanted Village" | A. E. van Vogt |
1950 |
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| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| Farmer in the Sky | Robert A. Heinlein |
1950 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
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| First Lensman | Edward E. Smith |
1950 |
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| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
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| "Flight to Forever" | Poul Anderson |
1950 |
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| 1952 | Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Forever and the Earth" | Ray Bradbury |
1950 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Forget-Me-Not" | William F. Temple |
1950 |
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| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "The Fox in the Forest" | Ray Bradbury |
1950 |
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| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| Fury | Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore |
1950 |
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| 1974 | Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
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| Gather, Darkness! | Fritz Leiber |
1950 |
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
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| "The Gnurrs Come from the Voodvork Out" | Reginald Bretnor |
1950 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "The Harpers of Titan" | Edmond Hamilton |
1950 |
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| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
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| "The Helping Hand" | Poul Anderson |
1950 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| I, Robot | Isaac Asimov |
1950 |
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| 1952 | Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1956 | Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1966 | Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
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| "Invasion" | Frank Belknap Long |
1950 |
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| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
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| "Isolationist" | Mack Reynolds |
1950 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Last Enemy" | H. Beam Piper |
1950 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "The Last Martian" | Fredric Brown |
1950 |
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| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Later Than You Think" | Fritz Leiber |
1950 |
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| 1963 | Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin |
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| "Liane the Wayfarer" | Jack Vance |
1950 |
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| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "The Little Black Bag" | C. M. Kornbluth |
1950 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "The Long Dawn" | Noel Loomis |
1950 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| The Man Who Sold the Moon | Robert A. Heinlein |
1950 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1952 | Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1956 | Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1959 | A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher |
| 1966 | Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| The Martian Chronicles | Ray Bradbury |
1950 |
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| 1952 | Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1956 | Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1966 | Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll |
| 1974 | Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad |
| 1975 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| "The Mindworm" | C. M. Kornbluth |
1950 |
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| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Misbegotten Missionary" | Isaac Asimov |
1950 |
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| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Morning of the Day They Did It" | E. B. White |
1950 |
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| 1959 | A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher |
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| Needle | Hal Clement |
1950 |
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| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "The New Reality" | Charles L. Harness |
1950 |
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| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Nobody Saw the Ship" | Murray Leinster |
1950 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Not to be Opened—" | Peter Grainger |
1950 |
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| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Not with a Bang" | Damon Knight |
1950 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1966 | Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science edited by Terry Carr |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Oddy and Id" | Alfred Bester |
1950 |
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| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Okie" | James Blish |
1950 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Peacebringer" | Ward Moore |
1950 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| Pebble in the Sky | Isaac Asimov |
1950 |
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| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
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| "Process" | A. E. van Vogt |
1950 |
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| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Sack" | William Morrison |
1950 |
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| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Scanners Live in Vain" | Cordwainer Smith |
1950 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "The Second Night of Summer" | James H. Schmitz |
1950 |
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| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
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| Shadow on the Hearth | Judith Merril |
1950 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
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| "The Silly Season" | C. M. Kornbluth |
1950 |
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| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Skirmish" | Clifford D. Simak |
1950 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
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| "Spectator Sport" | John D. MacDonald |
1950 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Star Ducks" | Bill Brown |
1950 |
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| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1966 | Best SF Six edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "A Stone and a Spear" | Raymond F. Jones |
1950 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "A Subway Named Mobius" | A. J. Deutsch |
1950 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1961 | Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Summer People" | Shirley Jackson |
1950 |
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| 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Summer Wear" | L. Sprague de Camp |
1950 |
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| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "The Swordsmen of Varnis" | Clive Jackson |
1950 |
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| 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer |
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| "There Will Come Soft Rains" | Ray Bradbury |
1950 |
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| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
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| "The Third Level" | Jack Finney |
1950 |
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| 1972 | A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight |
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
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| "To Serve Man" | Damon Knight |
1950 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
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| "To the Stars" | L. Ron Hubbard |
1950 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Trespass!" | Poul Anderson, Gordon R. Dickson |
1950 |
|
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| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Trigger Tide" | Wyman Guin |
1950 |
|
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
|
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| "Two Face" | Frank Belknap Long |
1950 |
|
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| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "The Veldt" | Ray Bradbury |
1950 |
|
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| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| The Voyage of the Space Beagle | A. E. van Vogt |
1950 |
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| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
|
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| Waldo and Magic, Inc. | Robert A. Heinlein |
1950 |
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| 1966 | Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll |
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| "The War Against the Moon" | André Maurois |
1950 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
|
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| "The Xi Effect" | R. S. Richardson |
1950 |
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| 1955 | Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
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| "… And Then There Were None" | Eric Frank Russell |
1951 |
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| 1952 | Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
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| "Angel's Egg" | Edgar Pangborn |
1951 |
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| 1956 | Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1985 | The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Appointment in Tomorrow" | Fritz Leiber |
1951 |
|
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| 1952 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "At No Extra Cost" | Peter Phillips |
1951 |
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| 1952 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Balance" | John Christopher |
1951 |
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| 1952 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Betelgeuse Bridge" | William Tenn |
1951 |
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| 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
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| "Bettyann" | Kris Neville |
1951 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
|
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| "Beyond Bedlam" | Wyman Guin |
1951 |
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| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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| "Breeds There a Man …?" | Isaac Asimov |
1951 |
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| 1985 | The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Brightness Falls from the Air" | Margaret St. Clair |
1951 |
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| 1952 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
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| City at World's End | Edmond Hamilton |
1951 |
|
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
|
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| "Common Denominator" | John D. MacDonald |
1951 |
|
|
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Counter Charm" | Peter Phillips |
1951 |
|
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
|
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| "Dark Interlude" | Fredric Brown, Mack Reynolds |
1951 |
|
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| 1952 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
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| The Day of the Triffids | John Wyndham |
1951 |
|
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| The Disappearance | Philip Wylie |
1951 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2004 | Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward |
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| "Duel on Syrtis" | Poul Anderson |
1951 |
|
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| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
|
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| "Dune Roller" | Julian May |
1951 |
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| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1985 | The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Extending the Holdings" | Donald A. Wollheim |
1951 |
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| 1952 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Feedback" | Katherine MacLean |
1951 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
|
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| "The Fire Balloons" | Ray Bradbury |
1951 |
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| 1955 | Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1985 | The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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| "The First Martian" | A. E. van Vogt |
1951 |
|
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| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
|
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| "The Fog Horn" | Ray Bradbury |
1951 |
|
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
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| "Fulfilment" | A. E. van Vogt |
1951 |
|
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
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| "The Fun They Had" | Isaac Asimov |
1951 |
|
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Generation of Noah" | William Tenn |
1951 |
|
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| 1952 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
|
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| Gray Lensman | Edward E. Smith |
1951 |
|
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| 1952 | Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| The Green Hills of Earth | Robert A. Heinlein |
1951 |
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| 1952 | Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1956 | Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2003 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
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| "The Head Hunters" | Ralph Williams |
1951 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "High Threshold" | Alan E. Nourse |
1951 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Hunting Season" | Frank M. Robinson |
1951 |
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| 1952 | Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "I'm Scared" | Jack Finney |
1951 |
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| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1985 | The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| The Illustrated Man | Ray Bradbury |
1951 |
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| 1952 | Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1956 | Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
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| "The Inhabited Men" | Margaret St. Clair |
1951 |
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| 2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
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| "Izzard and the Membrane" | Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
1951 |
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| 1952 | Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "The Man on Top" | Reginald Bretnor |
1951 |
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| 1961 | The 6th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
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| "The Marching Morons" | C. M. Kornbluth |
1951 |
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| 1952 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1985 | The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Men of the Ten Books" | Jack Vance |
1951 |
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| 1952 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "The Monkey Wrench" | Gordon R. Dickson |
1951 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
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| The Moon is Hell | John W. Campbell, Jr. |
1951 |
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| 1952 | Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books |
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| "Nine-Finger Jack" | Anthony Boucher |
1951 |
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| 1952 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Null-P" | William Tenn |
1951 |
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| 1985 | The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Of Time and Third Avenue" | Alfred Bester |
1951 |
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| 1952 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
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| "The Other Now" | Murray Leinster |
1951 |
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| 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
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| "The Other Side" | Walter Kubilius |
1951 |
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| 1952 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "A Pail of Air" | Fritz Leiber |
1951 |
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| 1985 | The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "A Peculiar People" | Betsy Curtis |
1951 |
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| 1952 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "The Pedestrian" | Ray Bradbury |
1951 |
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| 1952 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Pictures Don't Lie" | Katherine MacLean |
1951 |
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| 1955 | Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1985 | The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
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| "Pleasant Dreams" | Ralph Robin |
1951 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Poor Superman" | Fritz Leiber |
1951 |
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| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| Prelude to Space | Arthur C. Clarke |
1951 |
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| 1956 | Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| Prince Caspian | C. S. Lewis |
1951 |
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| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
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| "Protected Species" | H. B. Fyfe |
1951 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
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| The Puppet Masters | Robert A. Heinlein |
1951 |
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| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
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| "The Quest for Saint Aquin" | Anthony Boucher |
1951 |
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| 1963 | Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1985 | The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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| "The Rag Thing" | Donald A. Wollheim |
1951 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Rats" | Arthur Porges |
1951 |
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| 1952 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "The Road to the Sea" | Arthur C. Clarke |
1951 |
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| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| Rogue Queen | L. Sprague de Camp |
1951 |
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| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
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| "The Santa Claus Planet" | Frank M. Robinson |
1951 |
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| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Second Dawn" | Arthur C. Clarke |
1951 |
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| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
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| "Seeker of the Sphinx" | Arthur C. Clarke |
1951 |
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| 1952 | Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "The Sentinel" | Arthur C. Clarke |
1951 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1985 | The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "The Shape of Things That Came" | Richard Deming |
1951 |
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| 1959 | A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher |
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| "Superiority" | Arthur C. Clarke |
1951 |
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| 1985 | The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Test Piece" | Eric Frank Russell |
1951 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Tiger by the Tail" | Alan E. Nourse |
1951 |
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| 1985 | The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| Time and Again | Clifford D. Simak |
1951 |
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "The Tourist Trade" | Wilson Tucker |
1951 |
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| 1952 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "The Two Shadows" | William F. Temple |
1951 |
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| 1952 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Ultima Thule" | Eric Frank Russell |
1951 |
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| 1970 | Best SF Seven: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
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| "The Weapon" | Fredric Brown |
1951 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1966 | Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science edited by Terry Carr |
| 1985 | The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| The Weapon Shops of Isher | A. E. van Vogt |
1951 |
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| 1966 | Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll |
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| "Winner Lose All" | Jack Vance |
1951 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Witch War" | Richard Matheson |
1951 |
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| 1952 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "With These Hands" | C. M. Kornbluth |
1951 |
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| 1985 | The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Witness" | Eric Frank Russell |
1951 |
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| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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| "The Woman from Altair" | Leigh Brackett |
1951 |
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| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
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| "Zeritsky's Law" | Ann Griffith |
1951 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| The Foundation Trilogy | Isaac Asimov |
1951-53 |
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| 1952 | Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1956 | Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1966 | Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll |
| 1975 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2003 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2021 | 29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| "All the Way Back" | Michael Shaara |
1952 |
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| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "The Altar at Midnight" | C. M. Kornbluth |
1952 |
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| 1956 | Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1979 | The End of Summer: Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Malzberg and Pronzini |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Analogues" | Damon Knight |
1952 |
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| 1979 | The End of Summer: Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Malzberg and Pronzini |
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| "The April Witch" | Ray Bradbury |
1952 |
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Ararat" | Zenna Henderson |
1952 |
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| 1953 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
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| The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology | John W. Campbell, Jr. |
1952 |
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| 1952 | Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1956 | Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books |
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| "Baby HP" | Juan José Arreola |
1952 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Baby Is Three" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1952 |
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| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 1981 | Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| The Best From Fantasy and Science Fiction | Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas |
1952 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "Beyond Lies the Wub" | Philip K. Dick |
1952 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "The Bliss of Solitude" | J. T. McIntosh |
1952 |
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| 1961 | Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
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| "Blood's a Rover" | Chad Oliver |
1952 |
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| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| "Bring the Jubilee" | Ward Moore |
1952 |
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| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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| "The Business, as Usual" | Mack Reynolds |
1952 |
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Catch That Martian" | Damon Knight |
1952 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Category Phoenix" | Boyd Ellanby |
1952 |
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| 1953 | Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "The Choice" | W. Hilton-Young |
1952 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| City | Clifford D. Simak |
1952 |
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| 1956 | Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1966 | Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2003 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
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| "Command Performance" | Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
1952 |
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| 1953 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Conditionally Human" | Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
1952 |
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| 1953 | Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "The Conqueror" | Mark Clifton |
1952 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1953 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Cost of Living" | Robert Sheckley |
1952 |
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| 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Counter-Transference" | William F. Temple |
1952 |
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| 1953 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Counterfeit" | Alan E. Nourse |
1952 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
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| "The Deep" | Isaac Asimov |
1952 |
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| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "Delay in Transit" | F. L. Wallace |
1952 |
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| 1979 | Neglected Visions edited by Barry N. Malzberg, Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| The Demolished Man | Alfred Bester |
1952 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| 1956 | Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1966 | Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll |
| 1975 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2003 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
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| "The Dreamer" | Alfred Coppel |
1952 |
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| 1953 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Dumb Martian" | John Wyndham |
1952 |
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| 1955 | Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin |
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| "Fast Falls the Eventide" | Eric Frank Russell |
1952 |
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| 1953 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Firewater" | William Tenn |
1952 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1953 | Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "The Fly" | Arthur Porges |
1952 |
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| 1953 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1966 | Best SF Six edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "The Gadget Had a Ghost" | Murray Leinster |
1952 |
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| 1953 | Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Game for Blondes" | John D. MacDonald |
1952 |
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| 1953 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Girls from Earth" | Frank M. Robinson |
1952 |
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| 1953 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Grenville's Planet" | Michael Shaara |
1952 |
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| 1958 | Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
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| "Hobson's Choice" | Alfred Bester |
1952 |
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| 1956 | Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "I Am Nothing" | Eric Frank Russell |
1952 |
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| 1953 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "The Impacted Man" | Robert Sheckley |
1952 |
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| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Instinct" | Lester del Rey |
1952 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| Islands in the Sky | Arthur C. Clarke |
1952 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| Judgment Night | C. L. Moore |
1952 |
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| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
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| "The Last Days of Shandakor" | Leigh Brackett |
1952 |
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| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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| The Legion of Time | Jack Williamson |
1952 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
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| Limbo | Bernard Wolfe |
1952 |
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| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
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| The Long Loud Silence | Wilson Tucker |
1952 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "Lost Memory" | Peter Phillips |
1952 |
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| 1979 | Neglected Visions edited by Barry N. Malzberg, Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Love" | Richard Wilson |
1952 |
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| 1979 | The End of Summer: Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Malzberg and Pronzini |
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| "Lover, When You're Near Me" | Richard Matheson |
1952 |
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| 1953 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "The Lovers" | Philip José Farmer |
1952 |
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| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
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| "The Luckiest Man in Denv" | C. M. Kornbluth |
1952 |
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| 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |
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| "Machine" | John Jakes |
1952 |
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| 1953 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Manners of the Age" | H. B. Fyfe |
1952 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Martian Way" | Isaac Asimov |
1952 |
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| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "The Middle of the Week after Next" | Murray Leinster |
1952 |
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| 1953 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Minister Without Portfolio" | Mildred Clingerman |
1952 |
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| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| "The Moon Is Green" | Fritz Leiber |
1952 |
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| 1953 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Never Underestimate …" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1952 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Noise Level" | Raymond F. Jones |
1952 |
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| 1963 | Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin |
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| Player Piano | Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
1952 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2020 | Library of America Science Fiction |
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| "Sail On! Sail On!" | Philip José Farmer |
1952 |
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
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| Science Fiction Omnibus | Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty |
1952 |
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| 1952 | Astounding Magazine, the Twenty-Eight All-Time Best SF Books |
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| "Shipshape Home" | Richard Matheson |
1952 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Snowball Effect" | Katherine MacLean |
1952 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| The Sound of His Horn | Sarban |
1952 |
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| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "A Sound of Thunder" | Ray Bradbury |
1952 |
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| 1966 | Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science edited by Terry Carr |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "The Spectre General" | Theodore R. Cogswell |
1952 |
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| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova |
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| "The Star Dummy" | Anthony Boucher |
1952 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| Star Man's Son: 2250 A.D. | Andre Norton |
1952 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "Surface Tension" | James Blish |
1952 |
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| 1953 | Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Survival" | John Wyndham |
1952 |
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| 1953 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "Telek" | Jack Vance |
1952 |
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| This Island Earth | Raymond F. Jones |
1952 |
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| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
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| "The Time Machine" | Dino Buzzati |
1952 |
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| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 6: Around the World edited by James Gunn |
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| The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | C. S. Lewis |
1952 |
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| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
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| "What Have I Done?" | Mark Clifton |
1952 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "What's It Like Out There?" | Edmond Hamilton |
1952 |
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1966 | Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science edited by Terry Carr |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
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| "The Year of the Jackpot" | Robert A. Heinlein |
1952 |
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| 1966 | Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science edited by Terry Carr |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Yesterday House" | Fritz Leiber |
1952 |
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| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Youth" | Isaac Asimov |
1952 |
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| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound" | Poul Anderson, Gordon R. Dickson |
1953 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "All Cats Are Gray" | Andre Norton |
1953 |
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| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
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| "… And My Fear Is Great …" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1953 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "And the Rock Cried Out" | Ray Bradbury |
1953 |
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| 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Assignment in Aldeberan" | Kendell Foster Crossen |
1953 |
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| 1954 | Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "The Available Data on the Worp Reaction" | Lion Miller |
1953 |
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| 1958 | Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
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| "A Bad Day for Sales" | Fritz Leiber |
1953 |
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| 1954 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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| "The Big Holiday" | Fritz Leiber |
1953 |
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| 1954 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| The Black Star Passes | John W. Campbell, Jr. |
1953 |
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
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| Bring the Jubilee | Ward Moore |
1953 |
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| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
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| "A Case of Conscience" | James Blish |
1953 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1955 | Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Cerebrative Psittacoid" | H. Nearing, Jr. |
1953 |
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| 1955 | Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin |
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| Childhood's End | Arthur C. Clarke |
1953 |
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| 1956 | Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1966 | Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll |
| 1975 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
| 2023 | My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time |
| 2023 | Your Top Science Fiction Books Of All Time (Survey Results) - Media Death Cult |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| "The Collectors" | G. Gordon Dewey, Peter Grainger |
1953 |
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| 1954 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Common Time" | James Blish |
1953 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
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| "The Commuter" | Philip K. Dick |
1953 |
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| Conjure Wife | Fritz Leiber |
1953 |
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| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "Counterspy" | Kelley Edwards |
1953 |
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| 1958 | Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
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| "Critical Factor" | Hal Clement |
1953 |
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| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
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| "Crucifixus Etiam" | Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
1953 |
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| 1954 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
| 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
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| "The Defenders" | Philip K. Dick |
1953 |
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| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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| "Disappearing Act" | Alfred Bester |
1953 |
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| 1979 | The End of Summer: Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Malzberg and Pronzini |
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| "DP!" | Jack Vance |
1953 |
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| 1954 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
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| E Pluribus Unicorn | Theodore Sturgeon |
1953 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "Earthman, Come Home" | James Blish |
1953 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova |
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| "The Enormous Room" | H. L. Gold, Robert W. Krepps |
1953 |
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| 1954 | Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| Fahrenheit 451 | Ray Bradbury |
1953 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| 1956 | Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| "First Lady" | J. T. McIntosh |
1953 |
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| 1955 | Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin |
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| "Food to All Flesh" | Zenna Henderson |
1953 |
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| 1958 | Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
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| "Four in One" | Damon Knight |
1953 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1958 | Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Hall of Mirrors" | Fredric Brown |
1953 |
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| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| Iceworld | Hal Clement |
1953 |
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "Imposter" | Philip K. Dick |
1953 |
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| 1956 | Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "It's a Good Life" | Jerome Bixby |
1953 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1961 | Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "The Last Day" | Richard Matheson |
1953 |
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| 1954 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
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| "The Liberation of Earth" | William Tenn |
1953 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| The Lights in the Sky Are Stars | Fredric Brown |
1953 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "Loo Ree" | Zenna Henderson |
1953 |
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| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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| "Lot" | Ward Moore |
1953 |
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| 1954 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Made in U.S.A." | J. T. McIntosh |
1953 |
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| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "The Man with English" | H. L. Gold |
1953 |
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| 1966 | Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science edited by Terry Carr |
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| "The Model of a Judge" | William Morrison |
1953 |
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| 1954 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Monsters" | Robert Sheckley |
1953 |
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| 1963 | Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin |
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| More Than Human | Theodore Sturgeon |
1953 |
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| 1956 | Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1966 | Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll |
| 1975 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2003 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2020 | Library of America Science Fiction |
| 2023 | My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| "Mother" | Philip José Farmer |
1953 |
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| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| Mutant | Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore |
1953 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "My Darling Hecate" | Wyman Guin |
1953 |
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| 1979 | Neglected Visions edited by Barry N. Malzberg, Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander |
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| "The Nine Billion Names of God" | Arthur C. Clarke |
1953 |
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| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1956 | Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| Northwest Smith | C. L. Moore |
1953 |
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| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
| 2023 | The 25 Best Science Fiction Books I've Ever Read (Parts 1 and 2) - Outlaw Bookseller |
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| One | David Karp |
1953 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "One in Three Hundred" | J. T. McIntosh |
1953 |
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| 1954 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "One Way Street" | Jerome Bixby |
1953 |
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| 1955 | The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| "Or Else" | Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore |
1953 |
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| 1955 | Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin |
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| The Paradox Men | Charles L. Harness |
1953 |
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| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
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| "Prott" | Margaret St. Clair |
1953 |
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| 1955 | Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| Ring Around the Sun | Clifford D. Simak |
1953 |
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| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
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| "Roog" | Philip K. Dick |
1953 |
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "The Rose" | Charles L. Harness |
1953 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| "The Ruum" | Arthur Porges |
1953 |
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| 1955 | Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "Sam Hall" | Poul Anderson |
1953 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1979 | The End of Summer: Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Malzberg and Pronzini |
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| "A Saucer of Loneliness" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1953 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Second Variety" | Philip K. Dick |
1953 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1954 | Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "The Sentimentalists" | Murray Leinster |
1953 |
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| 1954 | Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Seventh Victim" | Robert Sheckley |
1953 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Shape" | Robert Sheckley |
1953 |
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| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Sky Lift" | Robert A. Heinlein |
1953 |
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
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| The Space Merchants | Frederik Pohl, C. M. Kornbluth |
1953 |
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| 1956 | Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1966 | Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll |
| 1975 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2020 | Library of America Science Fiction |
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| "Specialist" | Robert Sheckley |
1953 |
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| 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
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| "Star Light, Star Bright" | Alfred Bester |
1953 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| Star Science Fiction Stories | Frederik Pohl |
1953 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
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| Starman Jones | Robert A. Heinlein |
1953 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "Student Body" | F. L. Wallace |
1953 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| The Sword of Rhiannon | Leigh Brackett |
1953 |
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| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
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| The Syndic | C. M. Kornbluth |
1953 |
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "Three Hearts and Three Lions" | Poul Anderson |
1953 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Thy Rocks and Rills" | Robert E. Gilbert |
1953 |
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| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "Time Is the Traitor" | Alfred Bester |
1953 |
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| 1954 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| To the End of Time | Olaf Stapledon |
1953 |
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| 1956 | Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1966 | Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll |
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| "Un-Man" | Poul Anderson |
1953 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Unready to Wear" | Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
1953 |
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| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Variable Man" | Philip K. Dick |
1953 |
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| The Victorian Chaise-longue | Marghanita Laski |
1953 |
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| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
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| "The Wall Around the World" | Theodore R. Cogswell |
1953 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Warm" | Robert Sheckley |
1953 |
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| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "What Thin Partitions" | Mark Clifton, Alex Apostolides |
1953 |
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| 1954 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Whatever Happened to Corporal Cuckoo?" | Gerald Kersh |
1953 |
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| 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
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| "Wonder Child" | Joseph Shallit |
1953 |
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| 1954 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "The World Well Lost" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1953 |
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| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Worrywart" | Clifford D. Simak |
1953 |
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| 1956 | Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "The Yankee Exodus" | Ruth M. Goldsmith |
1953 |
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| 1954 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "5,271,009" | Alfred Bester |
1954 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
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| "The Academy" | Robert Sheckley |
1954 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
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| "Adjustment Team" | Philip K. Dick |
1954 |
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "All Summer in a Day" | Ray Bradbury |
1954 |
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| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Anachron" | Damon Knight |
1954 |
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| 1981 | Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories |
| 1987 | The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Answer" | Fredric Brown |
1954 |
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| 1958 | Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1987 | The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Axolotl" | Robert Abernathy |
1954 |
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| 1955 | The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| "Balaam" | Anthony Boucher |
1954 |
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| 1961 | Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1987 | The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Battle" | Robert Sheckley |
1954 |
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| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
|
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| "BAXBR/DAXBR" | Evelyn E. Smith |
1954 |
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| 1961 | Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
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| "Black Charlie" | Gordon R. Dickson |
1954 |
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| 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1987 | The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| Born of Man and Woman | Richard Matheson |
1954 |
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| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| Brain Wave | Poul Anderson |
1954 |
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| 1974 | Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
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| "Careless Love" | Albert C. Friborg |
1954 |
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| 1955 | The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| The Caves of Steel | Isaac Asimov |
1954 |
|
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| 1975 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| "Christmas Trombone" | Raymond E. Banks |
1954 |
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| 1955 | The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| "The Cold Equations" | Tom Godwin |
1954 |
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| 1955 | The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 edited by T. E. Dikty |
| 1958 | Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1987 | The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Dead Center" | Judith Merril |
1954 |
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| 1959 | A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher |
|
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| "Death of a Spaceman" | Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
1954 |
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| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
|
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| "The Deep Range" | Arthur C. Clarke |
1954 |
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| 1987 | The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Dominions Beyond" | Ward Moore |
1954 |
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| 1955 | The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| "Down Among the Dead Men" | William Tenn |
1954 |
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| 1987 | The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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| "The End of Summer" | Algis Budrys |
1954 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1979 | The End of Summer: Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Malzberg and Pronzini |
| 1987 | The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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| "Exile" | Everett B. Cole |
1954 |
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| 1955 | The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| Explorers of the Moon | Hergé |
1954 |
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| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
|
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| "The Father-Thing" | Philip K. Dick |
1954 |
|
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| 1959 | A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher |
| 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |
| 1987 | The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Felony" | James Causey |
1954 |
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| 1955 | The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 edited by T. E. Dikty |
|
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| "Fondly Fahrenheit" | Alfred Bester |
1954 |
|
|
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1981 | Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories |
| 1987 | The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
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| "Ghost V" | Robert Sheckley |
1954 |
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| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
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| "The Golden Helix" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1954 |
|
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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| "The Golden Man" | Philip K. Dick |
1954 |
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| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
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| "Gomez" | C. M. Kornbluth |
1954 |
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| 1959 | A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher |
|
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| "The Greater Thing" | Tom Godwin |
1954 |
|
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
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| "Green Thumb" | Clifford D. Simak |
1954 |
|
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| 1963 | Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
|
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| "Heirs Apparent" | Robert Abernathy |
1954 |
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| 1955 | The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 edited by T. E. Dikty |
| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
|
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| "The Holes Around Mars" | Jerome Bixby |
1954 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
|
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| The Horse and His Boy | C. S. Lewis |
1954 |
|
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| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
|
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| "How-2" | Clifford D. Simak |
1954 |
|
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| 1955 | The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| "The Hunting Lodge" | Randall Garrett |
1954 |
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| 1979 | Neglected Visions edited by Barry N. Malzberg, Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander |
| 1987 | The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| I Am Legend | Richard Matheson |
1954 |
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| 1974 | Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| "I Made You" | Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
1954 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
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| "The Inner Worlds" | William Morrison |
1954 |
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| 1955 | The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| "John's Other Practice" | Winston K. Marks |
1954 |
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| 1955 | The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| "Let Me Live in a House" | Chad Oliver |
1954 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Letters from Laura" | Mildred Clingerman |
1954 |
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| 1959 | A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher |
| 1987 | The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Littlest People" | Raymond E. Banks |
1954 |
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| 1955 | The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| "The Lysenko Maze" | Donald A. Wollheim |
1954 |
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| 1987 | The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Man of Parts" | H. L. Gold |
1954 |
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| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1987 | The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Memento Homo" | Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
1954 |
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| 1955 | The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| "The Midas Plague" | Frederik Pohl |
1954 |
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| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova |
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| A Mirror for Observers | Edgar Pangborn |
1954 |
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| 1974 | Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad |
| 1975 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| Mission of Gravity | Hal Clement |
1954 |
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| 1956 | Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1966 | Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll |
| 1974 | Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad |
| 1975 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
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| "Mousetrap" | Andre Norton |
1954 |
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| 1955 | The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 edited by T. E. Dikty |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
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| "The Music Master of Babylon" | Edgar Pangborn |
1954 |
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| 1970 | Best SF Seven: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1987 | The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| "My Boy Friend's Name Is Jello" | Avram Davidson |
1954 |
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| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
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| "The New Wine" | John Christopher |
1954 |
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| 1955 | Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "Nightmare Blues" | Frank Herbert |
1954 |
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| 1955 | The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| "The Nostalgia Gene" | Roy Hutchins |
1954 |
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| 1966 | Best SF Six edited by Edmund Crispin |
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| "The Oceans Are Wide" | Frank M. Robinson |
1954 |
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| 1954 | Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Of Course" | Chad Oliver |
1954 |
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| 1955 | The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| One in Three Hundred | J. T. McIntosh |
1954 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "One Thousand Miles Up" | Frank M. Robinson |
1954 |
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| 1955 | The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| "Party of the Two Parts" | William Tenn |
1954 |
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| 1981 | Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Pyramid" | Robert Abernathy |
1954 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
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| "Sales Pitch" | Philip K. Dick |
1954 |
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| Shadows in the Sun | Chad Oliver |
1954 |
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| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "Short in the Chest" | Margaret St. Clair |
1954 |
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| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
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| The Star Beast | Robert A. Heinlein |
1954 |
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
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| "The Test" | Richard Matheson |
1954 |
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| 1987 | The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| They'd Rather Be Right (The Forever Machine) | Mark Clifton, Frank Riley |
1954 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
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| "Transformer" | Chad Oliver |
1954 |
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| 1987 | The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| Untouched by Human Hands | Robert Sheckley |
1954 |
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| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| Village Fanfare | Donald Suddaby |
1954 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "Weapon" | John Christopher |
1954 |
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| 1966 | Best SF Six edited by Edmund Crispin |
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| "The Will" | Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
1954 |
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| 1955 | The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| "Allamagoosa" | Eric Frank Russell |
1955 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| The Ant Men | Eric North |
1955 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "Birds Can't Count" | Mildred Clingerman |
1955 |
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| 1956 | S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| The Body Snatchers | Jack Finney |
1955 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
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| "Bulkhead" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1955 |
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| 1956 | S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "A Canticle for Leibowitz" | Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
1955 |
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| 1956 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1956 edited by T. E. Dikty |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Captive Market" | Philip K. Dick |
1955 |
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| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Cave of Night" | James E. Gunn |
1955 |
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| 1956 | S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| The Chrysalids | John Wyndham |
1955 |
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| 1966 | Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll |
| 1974 | Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad |
| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| Citizen in Space | Robert Sheckley |
1955 |
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| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
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| "Created He Them" | Alice Eleanor Jones |
1955 |
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| 2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
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| "The Cyber and Justice Holmes" | Frank Riley |
1955 |
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| 1956 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1956 edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| "The Darfsteller" | Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
1955 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Delenda Est" | Poul Anderson |
1955 |
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| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Dream Street" | Frank M. Robinson |
1955 |
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| 1956 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1956 edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| "Dreaming Is a Private Thing" | Isaac Asimov |
1955 |
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| 1956 | S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Earth Quarter" | Damon Knight |
1955 |
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| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
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| Earthman, Come Home | James Blish |
1955 |
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
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| "End as a World" | F. L. Wallace |
1955 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| The End of Eternity | Isaac Asimov |
1955 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
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| "The Ethicators" | Willard Marsh |
1955 |
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| 1956 | S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "Exiles of Tomorrow" | Marion Zimmer Bradley |
1955 |
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| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
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| "Extra Sensory Perfection" | Hugo Gernsback |
1955 |
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| 1967 | Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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| "The First Canticle" | Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
1955 |
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| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
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| "The Game of Rat and Dragon" | Cordwainer Smith |
1955 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1956 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1956 edited by T. E. Dikty |
| 1958 | Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1972 | A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight |
| 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "The Gift of Gab" | Jack Vance |
1955 |
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| 1958 | Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Golem" | Avram Davidson |
1955 |
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| 1956 | S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
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| "Grandpa" | James H. Schmitz |
1955 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Guilty as Charged" | Arthur Porges |
1955 |
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| 1955 | The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| "Home There's No Returning" | Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore |
1955 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1956 | S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "The Hoofer" | Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
1955 |
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| 1956 | S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "Human Is" | Philip K. Dick |
1955 |
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Hunting Problem" | Robert Sheckley |
1955 |
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| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "I Do Not Love Thee, Doctor Fell" | Robert Bloch |
1955 |
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| 1956 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1956 edited by T. E. Dikty |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| The Inheritors | William Golding |
1955 |
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| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
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| "Judgment Day" | L. Sprague de Camp |
1955 |
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| 1956 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1956 edited by T. E. Dikty |
| 1972 | A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight |
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| "Jungle Doctor" | Robert F. Young |
1955 |
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| 1956 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1956 edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| "King of the Hill" | James Blish |
1955 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "The Last Day of Summer" | E. C. Tubb |
1955 |
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| 1956 | S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "Last Rites" | Charles Beaumont |
1955 |
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| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
|
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| The Long Tomorrow | Leigh Brackett |
1955 |
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|
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2020 | Library of America Science Fiction |
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| The Magician's Nephew | C. S. Lewis |
1955 |
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| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
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| Martians, Go Home | Fredric Brown |
1955 |
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| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "Ministering Angels" | C. S. Lewis |
1955 |
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| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| "New Blood" | James E. Gunn |
1955 |
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| 1979 | The End of Summer: Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Malzberg and Pronzini |
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| "Nobody Bothers Gus" | Algis Budrys |
1955 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1956 | S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| Not This August | C. M. Kornbluth |
1955 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| The October Country | Ray Bradbury |
1955 |
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| Of All Possible Worlds | William Tenn |
1955 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "Of Missing Persons" | Jack Finney |
1955 |
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| 1956 | S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts" | Shirley Jackson |
1955 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1956 | S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1972 | A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight |
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| "Outside" | Brian W. Aldiss |
1955 |
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| 1956 | Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
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| "Pottage" | Zenna Henderson |
1955 |
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| 1956 | S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "The Public Hating" | Steve Allen |
1955 |
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| 1956 | S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| "Rat Race" | Frank Herbert |
1955 |
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| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
|
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| Sargasso of Space | Andre Norton |
1955 |
|
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| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
|
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| "Sense from Thought Divide" | Mark Clifton |
1955 |
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| 1956 | S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "The Short Life" | Francis Donovan |
1955 |
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| 1961 | Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
|
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| "The Short Ones" | Raymond E. Banks |
1955 |
|
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| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Short-Short Story of Mankind" | John Steinbeck |
1955 |
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| 1959 | SF:'59: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
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| Solar Lottery | Philip K. Dick |
1955 |
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| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
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| "Spy Story" | Robert Sheckley |
1955 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "The Star" | Arthur C. Clarke |
1955 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1963 | Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "The Stutterer" | R. R. Merliss |
1955 |
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| 1956 | S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "Thing" | Algis Budrys |
1955 |
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| 1956 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1956 edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| Tunnel in the Sky | Robert A. Heinlein |
1955 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "The Tunnel Under the World" | Frederik Pohl |
1955 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Twink" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1955 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Two-Handed Engine" | Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore |
1955 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
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| "The Vanishing American" | Charles Beaumont |
1955 |
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| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Waitabits" | Eric Frank Russell |
1955 |
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| 1966 | Best SF Six edited by Edmund Crispin |
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| "When Grandfather Flew to the Moon" | E. L. Malpass |
1955 |
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| 1957 | SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "When You're Smiling" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1955 |
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| 1956 | Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
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| "Who?" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1955 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The [Widget], the [Wadget], and Boff" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1955 |
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| 1959 | A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher |
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| "You Created Us" | Tom Godwin |
1955 |
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| 1956 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1956 edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| "2066: Election Day" | Michael Shaara |
1956 |
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| 1958 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 9th Series edited by T. E. Dikty |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| Agent of the Unknown | Margaret St. Clair |
1956 |
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| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
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| "And Now the News …" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1956 |
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| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Anything Box" | Zenna Henderson |
1956 |
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| 1957 | SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
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| "The Assistant Self" | F. L. Wallace |
1956 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Brightside Crossing" | Alan E. Nourse |
1956 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| The City and the Stars | Arthur C. Clarke |
1956 |
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| 1956 | Astounding Magazine, The Twenty-Six All-Time Best SF Books |
| 1966 | Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll |
| 1975 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| "Clerical Error" | Mark Clifton |
1956 |
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| 1956 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1956 edited by T. E. Dikty |
| 1979 | Neglected Visions edited by Barry N. Malzberg, Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Compounded Interest" | Mack Reynolds |
1956 |
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| 1957 | SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Consider Her Ways" | John Wyndham |
1956 |
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| 1963 | Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1972 | A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| "The Cosmic Expense Account" | C. M. Kornbluth |
1956 |
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| 1957 | SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "The Country of the Kind" | Damon Knight |
1956 |
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| 1956 | S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "The Damnedest Thing" | Garson Kanin |
1956 |
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| 1957 | SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "The Dead Past" | Isaac Asimov |
1956 |
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| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Death Between the Stars" | Marion Zimmer Bradley |
1956 |
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| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
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| "Death March" | Algis Budrys |
1956 |
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| 1966 | Best SF Six edited by Edmund Crispin |
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| The Death of Grass | John Christopher |
1956 |
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| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
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| "Digging the Weans" | Robert Nathan |
1956 |
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| 1957 | SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "The Doorstop" | Reginald Bretnor |
1956 |
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| 1957 | SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| Double Star | Robert A. Heinlein |
1956 |
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|
| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| 1974 | Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2020 | Library of America Science Fiction |
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| "The Dragon" | Ray Bradbury |
1956 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| The Dragon in the Sea | Frank Herbert |
1956 |
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| 1975 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "Dust Rag" | Hal Clement |
1956 |
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| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
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| "Each an Explorer" | Isaac Asimov |
1956 |
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| 1957 | SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "Early Model" | Robert Sheckley |
1956 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
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| "Exploration Team" | Murray Leinster |
1956 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "The Far Look" | Theodore L. Thomas |
1956 |
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| 1957 | SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| Fire, Burn! | John Dickson Carr |
1956 |
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| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
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| "Grandma's Lie Soap" | Robert Abernathy |
1956 |
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| 1957 | SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "A Gun for Dinosaur" | L. Sprague de Camp |
1956 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
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| "Happy Birthday, Dear Jesus" | Frederik Pohl |
1956 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
|
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| "Horrer Howce" | Margaret St. Clair |
1956 |
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| 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Jokester" | Isaac Asimov |
1956 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
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| "Junior" | Robert Abernathy |
1956 |
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| 1956 | S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1979 | Neglected Visions edited by Barry N. Malzberg, Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander |
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| "The Last Question" | Isaac Asimov |
1956 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Legwork" | Eric Frank Russell |
1956 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "The Man Who Always Knew" | Algis Budrys |
1956 |
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| 1956 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1956 edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| "The Man Who Came Early" | Poul Anderson |
1956 |
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|
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| The Man Who Japed | Philip K. Dick |
1956 |
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| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Man Who Liked Lions" | John Bernard Daley |
1956 |
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| 1957 | SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "The Minority Report" | Philip K. Dick |
1956 |
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Mr. Sakrison's Halt" | Mildred Clingerman |
1956 |
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| 2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
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| Nerves | Lester del Rey |
1956 |
|
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "The Other Man" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1956 |
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| 1957 | SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| The Pawns of Null-A | A. E. van Vogt |
1956 |
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
|
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| "Pilgrimage to Earth" | Robert Sheckley |
1956 |
|
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| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
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| Plague Ship | Andre Norton |
1956 |
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| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
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| "The Portobello Road" | Muriel Spark |
1956 |
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| 1962 | The 7th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
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| The Power | Frank M. Robinson |
1956 |
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "Prima Belladonna" | J. G. Ballard |
1956 |
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| 1957 | SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "The Prisoner" | Christopher Anvil |
1956 |
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| 1963 | Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin |
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| "Psyclops" | Brian W. Aldiss |
1956 |
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| 1961 | Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
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| "Put Them All Together, They Spell Monster" | Ray Russell |
1956 |
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| 1957 | SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "Rite of Passage" | Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore |
1956 |
|
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| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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| S-F: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy | Judith Merril |
1956 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
|
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| "Sea Change" | Thomas N. Scortia |
1956 |
|
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| 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |
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| "The Shores of Night" | Thomas N. Scortia |
1956 |
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| 1956 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1956 edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| The Shrinking Man | Richard Matheson |
1956 |
|
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| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2020 | Library of America Science Fiction |
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| "Silent Brother" | Algis Budrys |
1956 |
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| 1957 | SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Sole Solution" | Eric Frank Russell |
1956 |
|
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
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| The Stars My Destination | Alfred Bester |
1956 |
|
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| 1966 | Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll |
| 1975 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2003 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2020 | Library of America Science Fiction |
| 2021 | 29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| "Stranger Station" | Damon Knight |
1956 |
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| 1957 | SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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|
| "Swenson, Dispatcher" | R. DeWitt Miller |
1956 |
|
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| 1956 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1956 edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| "Take a Deep Breath" | Roger Thorne |
1956 |
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| 1957 | SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| Three to Conquer | Eric Frank Russell |
1956 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
|
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|
| Till We Have Faces | C. S. Lewis |
1956 |
|
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| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
|
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| "Time In Advance" | William Tenn |
1956 |
|
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| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
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| To Live Forever | Jack Vance |
1956 |
|
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| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
|
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| "A Work of Art" | James Blish |
1956 |
|
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| 1966 | Best SF Six edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
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| SF: The Year's Greatest | Judith Merril |
1956-66 |
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| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "All the Colors of the Rainbow" | Leigh Brackett |
1957 |
|
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| 2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
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| Atlas Shrugged | Ayn Rand |
1957 |
|
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| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2018 | The Great American Read - PBS |
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| The Black Cloud | Fred Hoyle |
1957 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
|
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|
| "The Cage" | A. Bertram Chandler |
1957 |
|
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
| 1989 | The Great SF Stories 19 (1957) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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|
| "Call Me Joe" | Poul Anderson |
1957 |
|
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| 1958 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 9th Series edited by T. E. Dikty |
| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 1989 | The Great SF Stories 19 (1957) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
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|
| Citizen of the Galaxy | Robert A. Heinlein |
1957 |
|
|
| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
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| "The Coffin Cure" | Alan E. Nourse |
1957 |
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| 1970 | Best SF Seven: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
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| Colonial Survey | Murray Leinster |
1957 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| The Cosmic Puppet | Philip K. Dick |
1957 |
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| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
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| Dandelion Wine | Ray Bradbury |
1957 |
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| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
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| "Didn't He Ramble" | Chad Oliver |
1957 |
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| 1958 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 9th Series edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| "Dio" | Damon Knight |
1957 |
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| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| The Door into Summer | Robert A. Heinlein |
1957 |
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| 1975 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
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| "The Education of Tigress McCardle" | C. M. Kornbluth |
1957 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
| 1989 | The Great SF Stories 19 (1957) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Eternal Adam" | Jules Verne |
1957 |
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| 1967 | Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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| "The Fly" | George Langelaan |
1957 |
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| 1958 | SF:'58: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "Flying High" | Eugène Ionesco |
1957 |
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| 1958 | SF:'58: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "Game Preserve" | Rog Phillips |
1957 |
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| 1958 | SF:'58: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1989 | The Great SF Stories 19 (1957) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Gentle Earth" | Christopher Anvil |
1957 |
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| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "The Half Pair" | A. Bertram Chandler |
1957 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
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| "Hunting Machine" | Carol Emshwiller |
1957 |
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| 1958 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 9th Series edited by T. E. Dikty |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1989 | The Great SF Stories 19 (1957) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Into Your Tent I'll Creep" | Eric Frank Russell |
1957 |
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| 1958 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 9th Series edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| "Journey's End" | Poul Anderson |
1957 |
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| 1972 | A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight |
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| "The Last Man Left in the Bar" | C. M. Kornbluth |
1957 |
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| 1989 | The Great SF Stories 19 (1957) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Last Victory" | Tom Godwin |
1957 |
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| 1958 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 9th Series edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| "Let's Be Frank" | Brian W. Aldiss |
1957 |
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| 1958 | SF:'58: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1989 | The Great SF Stories 19 (1957) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Let's Get Together" | Isaac Asimov |
1957 |
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| 1958 | SF:'58: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "The Lineman" | Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
1957 |
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| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| "A Loint of Paw" | Isaac Asimov |
1957 |
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| 1989 | The Great SF Stories 19 (1957) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Menace from Earth" | Robert A. Heinlein |
1957 |
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| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| The Midwich Cuckoos | John Wyndham |
1957 |
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2023 | The 25 Best Science Fiction Books I've Ever Read (Parts 1 and 2) - Outlaw Bookseller |
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| "The Mile-Long Spaceship" | Kate Wilhelm |
1957 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1958 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 9th Series edited by T. E. Dikty |
| 1989 | The Great SF Stories 19 (1957) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "MS. Found in a Chinese Fortune Cookie" | C. M. Kornbluth |
1957 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
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| The Naked Sun | Isaac Asimov |
1957 |
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| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
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| "Nightsound" | Algis Budrys |
1957 |
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| 1958 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 9th Series edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| "Nor Dust Corrupt" | James V. McConnell |
1957 |
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| 1958 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 9th Series edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| "Now Let Us Sleep" | Avram Davidson |
1957 |
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| 1958 | SF:'58: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "Omnilingual" | H. Beam Piper |
1957 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1989 | The Great SF Stories 19 (1957) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| On the Beach | Nevil Shute |
1957 |
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| 1974 | Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Other Celia" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1957 |
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| 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "The Other People" | Leigh Brackett |
1957 |
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| 1958 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 9th Series edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| "The Other Side of the Sky" | Arthur C. Clarke |
1957 |
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| 1959 | A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher |
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| Pilgrimage to Earth | Robert Sheckley |
1957 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "The Queen's Messenger" | John J. McGuire |
1957 |
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| 1958 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 9th Series edited by T. E. Dikty |
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| "Sandra" | George P. Elliott |
1957 |
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| 1959 | A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher |
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| "Sector General" | James White |
1957 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| The Seedling Stars | James Blish |
1957 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "Soldier" | Harlan Ellison |
1957 |
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| 1989 | The Great SF Stories 19 (1957) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "St. Dragon and the George" | Gordon R. Dickson |
1957 |
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| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "Strikebreaker" | Isaac Asimov |
1957 |
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| 1989 | The Great SF Stories 19 (1957) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| The Third Level | Jack Finney |
1957 |
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| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "The Tunesmith" | Lloyd Biggle, Jr. |
1957 |
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| 1958 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 9th Series edited by T. E. Dikty |
| 1989 | The Great SF Stories 19 (1957) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
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| "Wilderness" | Zenna Henderson |
1957 |
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| 1958 | SF:'58: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "The Wonder Horse" | George Byram |
1957 |
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| 1958 | SF:'58: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "World of a Thousand Colors" | Robert Silverberg |
1957 |
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| 1989 | The Great SF Stories 19 (1957) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "You Know Willie" | Theodore R. Cogswell |
1957 |
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| 1958 | SF:'58: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1989 | The Great SF Stories 19 (1957) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Advent on Channel Twelve" | C. M. Kornbluth |
1958 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Among the Dangs" | George P. Elliott |
1958 |
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| 1962 | The 7th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
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| "Aristotle and the Gun" | L. Sprague de Camp |
1958 |
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| 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "The Beautiful Things" | Arthur Zirul |
1958 |
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| 1959 | SF:'59: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "A Benefactor of Humanity" | James T. Farrell |
1958 |
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| 1965 | 10th Annual Edition: The Year's Best SF edited by Judith Merril |
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| "Between the Dark and the Daylight" | Algis Budrys |
1958 |
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| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "The Big Front Yard" | Clifford D. Simak |
1958 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova |
| 1990 | The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| The Big Time | Fritz Leiber |
1958 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2020 | Library of America Science Fiction |
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| "The Burning of the Brain" | Cordwainer Smith |
1958 |
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| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1990 | The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Business as Usual, During Alterations" | Ralph Williams |
1958 |
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| 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Captivity" | Zenna Henderson |
1958 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| A Case of Conscience | James Blish |
1958 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| 1975 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2020 | Library of America Science Fiction |
| 2024 | The 15 Best Sci-Fi Books I've Ever Read 2024 - Bookpilled |
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| "Casey Agonistes" | Richard McKenna |
1958 |
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| 1959 | SF:'59: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Cease Fire" | Frank Herbert |
1958 |
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
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| "The Comedian's Children" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1958 |
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| 1959 | SF:'59: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "A Deskful of Girls" | Fritz Leiber |
1958 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| Destination Infinity | Henry Kuttner |
1958 |
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
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| "Eastward Ho!" | William Tenn |
1958 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
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| "The Edge of the Sea" | Algis Budrys |
1958 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1958 | SF:'58: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
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| The Enemy Stars | Poul Anderson |
1958 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "The Feeling of Power" | Isaac Asimov |
1958 |
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| 1990 | The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Fresh Guy" | E. C. Tubb |
1958 |
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| 1959 | SF:'59: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "Graveyard of Dreams" | H. Beam Piper |
1958 |
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| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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| "The Gun Without a Bang" | Robert Sheckley |
1958 |
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| Have Space Suit-Will Travel | Robert A. Heinlein |
1958 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| "Hickory, Dickory, Kerouac" | Richard Gehman |
1958 |
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| 1959 | SF:'59: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| Honeymoon in Hell | Fredric Brown |
1958 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "The Immortals" | James E. Gunn |
1958 |
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| 1990 | The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Inquiry Concerning the Curvature of the Earth's Surface" | Roger Price |
1958 |
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| 1960 | The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
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| "The Iron Chancellor" | Robert Silverberg |
1958 |
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| 1990 | The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Jungle Journey" | Philip Wylie |
1958 |
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| 1967 | Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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| "The Last of the Deliverers" | Poul Anderson |
1958 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
| 1990 | The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Martian Crown Jewels" | Poul Anderson |
1958 |
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| 1959 | A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher |
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| "The Men Who Murdered Mohammed" | Alfred Bester |
1958 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1981 | Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| Methuselah's Children | Robert A. Heinlein |
1958 |
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| 1966 | Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll |
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| "The Miracle-Workers" | Jack Vance |
1958 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1994 | Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "The Monster" | Gérard Klein |
1958 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Near Miss" | Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore |
1958 |
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| 1958 | SF:'58: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "The New Father Christmas" | Brian W. Aldiss |
1958 |
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| 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |
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| "Nine Yards of Other Cloth" | Manly Wade Wellman |
1958 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| Non-Stop | Brian W. Aldiss |
1958 |
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| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2023 | The 25 Best Science Fiction Books I've Ever Read (Parts 1 and 2) - Outlaw Bookseller |
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| "Or All the Seas with Oysters" | Avram Davidson |
1958 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1959 | SF:'59: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1990 | The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| The Other Side of the Sky | Arthur C. Clarke |
1958 |
|
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "Pelt" | Carol Emshwiller |
1958 |
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| 1959 | SF:'59: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
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| "People Soup" | Alan Arkin |
1958 |
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| 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
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| "Poor Little Warrior!" | Brian W. Aldiss |
1958 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1990 | The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Prize of Peril" | Robert Sheckley |
1958 |
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| 1959 | SF:'59: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1990 | The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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|
| "Rat in the Skull" | Rog Phillips |
1958 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Reap the Dark Tide" | C. M. Kornbluth |
1958 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "River of Riches" | Gerald Kersh |
1958 |
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| 1959 | SF:'59: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "Rump-Titty-Titty-Tum-Tah-Tee" | Fritz Leiber |
1958 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1972 | A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight |
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| "Satellite Passage" | Theodore L. Thomas |
1958 |
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| 1959 | SF:'59: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "Second Game" | Katherine MacLean, Charles V. De Vet |
1958 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Space to Swing a Cat" | Stanley Mullen |
1958 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Space-Time for Springers" | Fritz Leiber |
1958 |
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| 1959 | SF:'59: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Ten-Story Jigsaw" | Brian W. Aldiss |
1958 |
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| 1959 | SF:'59: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "That Hell-Bound Train" | Robert Bloch |
1958 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Theory of Rocketry" | C. M. Kornbluth |
1958 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "They've Been Working On …" | Anton Lee Baker |
1958 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| The Time Trades | Andre Norton |
1958 |
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| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
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| Tom's Midnight Garden | Philippa Pearce |
1958 |
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| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
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| "Track 12" | J. G. Ballard |
1958 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
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| "Triggerman" | J. F. Bone |
1958 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1959 | SF:'59: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
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| "Try and Change the Past" | Fritz Leiber |
1958 |
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| 1979 | The End of Summer: Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Malzberg and Pronzini |
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| "Two Dooms" | C. M. Kornbluth |
1958 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1990 | The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Ugly Little Boy" | Isaac Asimov |
1958 |
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| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Unhuman Sacrifice" | Katherine MacLean |
1958 |
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1990 | The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Unwillingly to School" | Pauline Ashwell |
1958 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "The Visitors" | Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky |
1958 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| Wasp | Eric Frank Russell |
1958 |
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| "We Also Walk Dogs" | Robert A. Heinlein |
1958 |
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| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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| "Who Can Replace a Man?" | Brian W. Aldiss |
1958 |
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1963 | Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
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| Who? | Algis Budrys |
1958 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 1974 | Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2020 | Library of America Science Fiction |
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| "The Yellow Pill" | Rog Phillips |
1958 |
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| 1959 | SF:'59: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1961 | Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1990 | The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Adrift on the Policy Level" | Chan Davis |
1959 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
| 1990 | The Great SF Stories 21 (1959) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| Advise and Consent | Allen Drury |
1959 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| Alas, Babylon | Pat Frank |
1959 |
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| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Aliens" | Murray Leinster |
1959 |
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| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "All You Zombies—" | Robert A. Heinlein |
1959 |
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| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "The Alley Man" | Philip José Farmer |
1959 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1990 | The Great SF Stories 21 (1959) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| Andromeda | Ivan Antonovich Yefremov |
1959 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
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| A Canticle for Leibowitz | Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
1959 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| 1966 | Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll |
| 1974 | Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad |
| 1975 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2003 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| "Car Pool" | Rosel George Brown |
1959 |
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| 2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
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| "Cat and Mouse" | Ralph Williams |
1959 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Day at the Beach" | Carol Emshwiller |
1959 |
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| 1960 | The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
| 1990 | The Great SF Stories 21 (1959) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Day of Succession" | Theodore L. Thomas |
1959 |
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
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| "A Death in the House" | Clifford D. Simak |
1959 |
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| 1960 | The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
| 1990 | The Great SF Stories 21 (1959) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Dreamsman" | Gordon R. Dickson |
1959 |
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