| "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 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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| "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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| "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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| "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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| "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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| "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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| "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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| "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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| "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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| "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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| "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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| "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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| "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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| "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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| "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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| "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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| "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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| "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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| "The Assistant Self" | F. L. Wallace |
1956 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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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 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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| "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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| "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 Dragon" | Ray Bradbury |
1956 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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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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| "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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| "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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| "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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| "Jokester" | Isaac Asimov |
1956 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
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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 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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| "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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| "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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| "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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| "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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| "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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| "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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| "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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| "Time In Advance" | William Tenn |
1956 |
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| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
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