"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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 |
1959 | A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher |
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 |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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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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"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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"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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"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 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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