"The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound" | Poul Anderson, Gordon R. Dickson |
1953 |
1
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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"All Cats Are Gray" | Andre Norton |
1953 |
2
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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 |
1
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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"And the Rock Cried Out" | Ray Bradbury |
1953 |
1
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2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
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"Assignment in Aldeberan" | Kendell Foster Crossen |
1953 |
1
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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 |
1
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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 |
5
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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 |
2
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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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"A Case of Conscience" | James Blish |
1953 |
3
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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 |
1
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1955 | Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin |
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"The Collectors" | G. Gordon Dewey, Peter Grainger |
1953 |
1
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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 |
6
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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 |
1
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2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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"Counterspy" | Kelley Edwards |
1953 |
1
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1958 | Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
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"Critical Factor" | Hal Clement |
1953 |
1
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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 |
4
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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 |
1
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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 |
1
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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 |
2
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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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"Earthman, Come Home" | James Blish |
1953 |
2
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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 |
1
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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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"First Lady" | J. T. McIntosh |
1953 |
1
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1955 | Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin |
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"Food to All Flesh" | Zenna Henderson |
1953 |
1
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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 |
3
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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 |
1
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1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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"Imposter" | Philip K. Dick |
1953 |
4
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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 |
8
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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 |
2
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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 |
7
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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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"Loo Ree" | Zenna Henderson |
1953 |
1
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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 |
3
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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 |
1
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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 |
1
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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 |
3
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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 |
1
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1963 | Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin |
|
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"Mother" | Philip José Farmer |
1953 |
2
|
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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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"My Darling Hecate" | Wyman Guin |
1953 |
1
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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 |
13
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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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"One in Three Hundred" | J. T. McIntosh |
1953 |
1
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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 |
1
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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 |
1
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1955 | Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin |
|
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"Prott" | Margaret St. Clair |
1953 |
2
|
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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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"Roog" | Philip K. Dick |
1953 |
1
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
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"The Rose" | Charles L. Harness |
1953 |
2
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
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"The Ruum" | Arthur Porges |
1953 |
2
|
|
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 |
2
|
|
| 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 |
7
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
"Second Variety" | Philip K. Dick |
1953 |
8
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
"The Sentimentalists" | Murray Leinster |
1953 |
1
|
|
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 |
1
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
|
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"Shape" | Robert Sheckley |
1953 |
1
|
|
1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
|
"Sky Lift" | Robert A. Heinlein |
1953 |
1
|
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1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
|
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"Specialist" | Robert Sheckley |
1953 |
2
|
|
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 |
|
|
"Star Light, Star Bright" | Alfred Bester |
1953 |
1
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
|
|
"Student Body" | F. L. Wallace |
1953 |
1
|
|
2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
|
"Three Hearts and Three Lions" | Poul Anderson |
1953 |
1
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
|
|
"Thy Rocks and Rills" | Robert E. Gilbert |
1953 |
1
|
|
2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
|
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"Time Is the Traitor" | Alfred Bester |
1953 |
2
|
|
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 |
|
|
"Un-Man" | Poul Anderson |
1953 |
1
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
|
|
"Unready to Wear" | Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
1953 |
1
|
|
1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
|
"The Variable Man" | Philip K. Dick |
1953 |
1
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Wall Around the World" | Theodore R. Cogswell |
1953 |
3
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
"Warm" | Robert Sheckley |
1953 |
2
|
|
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 |
|
|
"What Thin Partitions" | Mark Clifton, Alex Apostolides |
1953 |
1
|
|
1954 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
|
|
"Whatever Happened to Corporal Cuckoo?" | Gerald Kersh |
1953 |
1
|
|
1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
|
|
"Wonder Child" | Joseph Shallit |
1953 |
1
|
|
1954 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
|
|
"The World Well Lost" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1953 |
1
|
|
1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
|
"Worrywart" | Clifford D. Simak |
1953 |
2
|
|
1956 | Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
|
|
"The Yankee Exodus" | Ruth M. Goldsmith |
1953 |
1
|
|
1954 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
|
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