| 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 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 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 | 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 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 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 | 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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| "When It Changed" | Joanna Russ |
1972 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 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 |
| 1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr |
| 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 |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 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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| Stranger in a Strange Land | Robert A. Heinlein |
1961 |
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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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 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 | 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 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
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| Dhalgren | Samuel R. Delany |
1975 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 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 |
| 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 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor) |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 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 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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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 |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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| Anathem | Neal Stephenson |
2008 |
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| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 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 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2022 | The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist |
| 2024 | Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| The Drowned World | J. G. Ballard |
1962 |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction 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 | SF Masterworks |
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| Flowers for Algernon | Daniel Keyes |
1966 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 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 |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 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 | 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 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 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 |
| 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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| "Sandkings" | George R. R. Martin |
1979 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1980 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #9 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1980 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
| 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 |
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| "Beyond the Tattered Veil of Stars" | Mercurio D. Rivera |
2020 |
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| 2021 | The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 5 edited by Allan Kaster |
| 2022 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 6 edited by Neil Clarke |
| 2022 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2021 edited by Rich Horton |
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| The City & The City | China Miéville |
2009 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| Arthur C. Clarke Awards |
| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| British Science Fiction Association Awards |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 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 |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2024 | Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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| The Left Hand of Darkness | Ursula K. Le Guin |
1969 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| Otherwise Award |
| Nebula 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. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2004 | Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor) |
| 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 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2014 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 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 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2020 | Library of America Science Fiction |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 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 | 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 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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| 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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| The Book of the New Sun | Gene Wolfe |
1980-87 |
|
|
| British Science Fiction Association Awards |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 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 |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 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 |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 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 |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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| "A Boy and His Dog" | Harlan Ellison |
1969 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1970 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1970 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1982 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| Burning Chrome | William Gibson |
1986 |
|
|
| 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 |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 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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|
| Cat's Cradle | Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
1963 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 1974 | Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 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 |
| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2003 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 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 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 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 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2020 | Library of America Science Fiction |
| 2023 | My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time |
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| Dune | Frank Herbert |
1965 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| Nebula 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. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced 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 | 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 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 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 | Your Top Science Fiction Books Of All Time (Survey Results) - Media Death Cult |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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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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| Exhalation | Ted Chiang |
2008 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2009 | Year's Best SF 14 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
| 2009 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2009 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 1 edited by Allan Kaster |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 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 |
| 2024 | Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories |
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| Hothouse | Brian W. Aldiss |
1962 |
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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 |
| 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 |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 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 |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| Inverted World | Christopher Priest |
1974 |
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| British Science Fiction Association Awards |
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| Kindred | Octavia E. Butler |
1979 |
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| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor) |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2014 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |
| 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |
| 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 |
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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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| "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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| Moderan | David R. Bunch |
1971 |
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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 |
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| The Road | Cormac McCarthy |
2006 |
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| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 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 |
| 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2022 | The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist |
| 2023 | My Top 25 Science Fiction Books of the 21st Century by the Outlaw Bookseller |
| 2023 | My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time |
| 2024 | Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
| 2024 | The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century NY Times - Poll of Writers |
| 2024 | The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century NY Times - Poll of Readers |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| Roadside Picnic | Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky |
1972 |
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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 |
| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 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 |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2024 | The 15 Best Sci-Fi Books I've Ever Read 2024 - Bookpilled |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| Slaughterhouse-Five | Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
1969 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 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 |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |
| 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 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 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 |
| 2023 | The 25 Best Science Fiction Books I've Ever Read (Parts 1 and 2) - Outlaw Bookseller |
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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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| 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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| Accelerando | Charles Stross |
2005 |
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| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 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 of the 21st Century |
| 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2022 | The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist |
| 2023 | My Top 25 Science Fiction Books of the 21st Century by the Outlaw Bookseller |
| 2024 | Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
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| Altered Carbon | Richard K. Morgan |
2002 |
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| Philip K. Dick Award |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 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 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2022 | The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist |
| 2024 | Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
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| Ancillary Justice | Ann Leckie |
2013 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| British Science Fiction Association Awards |
| Arthur C. Clarke Awards |
| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 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 |
| 2020 | 15 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2022 | The Greatest Science Fiction Books of the 2010s - The Portalist |
| 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
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| Annie Bot | Caragh M. O'Brien |
2024 |
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| Babel-17 | Samuel R. Delany |
1966 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 1975 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 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 |
| 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 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
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| Beggars in Spain | Nancy Kress |
1991 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 1992 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2007 | The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
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| Boneshaker | Cherie Priest |
2009 |
|
|
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2022 | The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist |
| 2024 | Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
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| A Case of Conscience | James Blish |
1958 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2020 | Library of America Science Fiction |
| 2024 | The 15 Best Sci-Fi Books I've Ever Read 2024 - Bookpilled |
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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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| China Mountain Zhang | Maureen F. McHugh |
1992 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| Otherwise Award |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 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 |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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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 |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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| Cloud Atlas | David Mitchell |
2004 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2022 | The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist |
| 2024 | Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
| 2024 | The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century NY Times - Poll of Writers |
| 2024 | The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century NY Times - Poll of Readers |
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| A Deepness in the Sky | Vernor Vinge |
1999 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 2003 | 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 |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
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| The Diamond Age | Neal Stephenson |
1995 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 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 |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 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 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 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 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
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| The Dispossessed | Ursula K. Le Guin |
1974 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor) |
| 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 |
| 2014 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 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 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2020 | Library of America Science Fiction |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 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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| 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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| Downbelow Station | C. J. Cherryh |
1981 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| 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 |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2014 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 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 |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Downward to the Earth | Robert Silverberg |
1969 |
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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 |
| 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 |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2024 | The 15 Best Sci-Fi Books I've Ever Read 2024 - Bookpilled |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey |
1968 |
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 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 |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
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| Embassytown | China Miéville |
2011 |
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| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 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 of the 21st Century |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
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| The Fifth Head of Cerberus | Gene Wolfe |
1972 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1973 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr |
| 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 |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 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 |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 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 All Centuries Poll |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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| "Flowers for Algernon" | Daniel Keyes |
1959 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1960 | The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
| 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 |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever 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 |
| 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 |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Good News from the Vatican" | Robert Silverberg |
1971 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| 1972 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year edited by Lester del Rey |
| 1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr |
| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| The Island of Doctor Moreau | H. G. Wells |
1896 |
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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 |
| 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 |
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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 Lathe of Heaven | Ursula K. Le Guin |
1971 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor) |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 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 |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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| Little Brother | Cory Doctorow |
2008 |
|
|
| John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 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 of the 21st Century |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2024 | Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
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| Lord of Light | Roger Zelazny |
1967 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 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. |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 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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| Never Let Me Go | Kazuo Ishiguro |
2005 |
|
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| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor) |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |
| 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 |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2022 | The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist |
| 2023 | My Top 25 Science Fiction Books of the 21st Century by the Outlaw Bookseller |
| 2024 | The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century NY Times - Poll of Writers |
| 2024 | The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century NY Times - Poll of Readers |
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| Old Man's War | John Scalzi |
2005 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 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 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2022 | The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist |
| 2024 | Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
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| Oryx and Crake | Margaret Atwood |
2003 |
|
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| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor) |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 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 |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2022 | The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist |
| 2024 | Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
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| "Rachel in Love" | Pat Murphy |
1987 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Sturgeon winner |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1988 | The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1 edited by David S. Garnett |
| 1988 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1988 | The 1988 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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|
| Red Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson |
1992 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| British Science Fiction Association Awards |
| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 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 |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 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 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 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 |
| 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
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| ""Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman" | Harlan Ellison |
1965 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1966 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1966 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1982 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 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 |
| 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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| "Sailing to Byzantium" | Robert Silverberg |
1985 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1986 | The 1986 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1986 | Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #15 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1986 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1994 | Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2007 | The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Second Variety" | Philip K. Dick |
1953 |
|
|
| 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 Sirens of Titan | Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
1959 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 1974 | Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 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 | 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 |
| 2018 | The Great American Read - PBS |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2020 | Library of America Science Fiction |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
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| Snow Crash | Neal Stephenson |
1992 |
|
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| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2003 | 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 |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 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 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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| The Sparrow | Mary Doria Russell |
1996 |
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|
| Otherwise Award |
| Arthur C. Clarke Awards |
| British Science Fiction Association Awards |
| 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 |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor) |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| "Speech Sounds" | Octavia E. Butler |
1983 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2007 | Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams |
| 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 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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| Station Eleven | Emily St. John Mandel |
2014 |
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| Arthur C. Clarke Awards |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2020 | 15 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon |
| 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2022 | The Greatest Science Fiction Books of the 2010s - The Portalist |
| 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
| 2024 | The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century NY Times - Poll of Writers |
| 2024 | The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century NY Times - Poll of Readers |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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| "Story of Your Life" | Ted Chiang |
1998 |
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| Sturgeon winner |
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1999 | Year's Best SF 4 edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1999 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2005 | The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2024 | Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Novellas |
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| Ubik | Philip K. Dick |
1969 |
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| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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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| The War of the Worlds | H. G. Wells |
1898 |
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| 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 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 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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| The Windup Girl | Paolo Bacigalupi |
2009 |
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| John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 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 100 |
| 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |
| 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 |
| 2020 | 15 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2022 | The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist |
| 2024 | Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
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| 2001: A Space Odyssey | Arthur C. Clarke |
1968 |
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| 1975 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 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 |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 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 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 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 | 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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| Ammonite | Nicola Griffith |
1993 |
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|
| Otherwise Award |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
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| "And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side" | James Tiptree, Jr. |
1972 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 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 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Appearance of Life" | Brian W. Aldiss |
1976 |
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| 1977 | The 1977 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| Barrayar | Lois McMaster Bujold |
1991 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| "Bears Discover Fire" | Terry Bisson |
1990 |
|
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| Sturgeon winner |
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1991 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
| 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan |
| 2005 | The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 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 |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
| 2024 | Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories |
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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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| Blindsight | Peter Watts |
2006 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2020 | 15 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2022 | The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist |
| 2023 | My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time |
| 2023 | My Top 25 Science Fiction Books of the 21st Century by the Outlaw Bookseller |
| 2024 | The 15 Best Sci-Fi Books I've Ever Read 2024 - Bookpilled |
| 2024 | Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| "Blood Music" | Greg Bear |
1983 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1984 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1984 | The 1984 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2005 | The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
| 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 |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Radium Age Sci-Fi: 100 Best Novels of 1904-1933 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 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 |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight" | Ursula K. Le Guin |
1987 |
|
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1988 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
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| "Burning Chrome" | William Gibson |
1982 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1983 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
| 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 |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| A Canticle for Leibowitz | Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
1959 |
|
|
| 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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| Childhood's End | Arthur C. Clarke |
1953 |
|
|
| 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 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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| A Clockwork Orange | Anthony Burgess |
1962 |
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| 1974 | Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 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 |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 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 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 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 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 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 |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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| The Crystal World | J. G. Ballard |
1966 |
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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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
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| "Day Million" | Frederik Pohl |
1966 |
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| 1967 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1972 | A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 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 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Desertion" | Clifford D. Simak |
1944 |
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| 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 |
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| Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | Philip K. Dick |
1968 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 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 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2020 | Library of America Science Fiction |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
| 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 Female Man | Joanna Russ |
1975 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| Otherwise Award |
| 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 |
| 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 | Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor) |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2014 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
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| A Fire Upon the Deep | Vernor Vinge |
1992 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 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 |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 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 |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2024 | The 15 Best Sci-Fi Books I've Ever Read 2024 - Bookpilled |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| The Forever War | Joe Haldeman |
1975 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 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 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 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 |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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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 |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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| Gateway | Frederik Pohl |
1977 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 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 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 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 |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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| "The Girl Who Was Plugged In" | James Tiptree, Jr. |
1973 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
| 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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| The Gods Themselves | Isaac Asimov |
1972 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
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|
| Grass | Sheri S. Tepper |
1989 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 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 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
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| The Handmaid's Tale | Margaret Atwood |
1985 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| Arthur C. Clarke Awards |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor) |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2014 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 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 |
| 2018 | The Great American Read - PBS |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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| "Hardfought" | Greg Bear |
1983 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1984 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #13 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1984 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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|
| "Hell Is the Absence of God" | Ted Chiang |
2001 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan |
| 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 |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
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|
| "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" | Harlan Ellison |
1967 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1968 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1968 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 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 |
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 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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|
| "It's a Good Life" | Jerome Bixby |
1953 |
|
|
| 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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|
|
| Last and First Men | Olaf Stapledon |
1930 |
|
|
| 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 Lucky Strike" | Kim Stanley Robinson |
1984 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1985 | Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #14 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1985 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
| 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 |
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| The Man in the High Castle | Philip K. Dick |
1962 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 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 |
| 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 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 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 |
| 2020 | Library of America Science Fiction |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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| "The Man Who Bridged the Mist" | Kij Johnson |
2011 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2012 edited by Rich Horton |
| 2012 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | The Year's Top Short SF Novels 2 edited by Allan Kaster |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
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| "The Man Who Lost the Sea" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1959 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1960 | The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1990 | The Great SF Stories 21 (1959) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
|
| The Man Who Saw Seconds | Alexander Boldizar |
2024 |
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|
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
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|
|
| "A Meeting with Medusa" | Arthur C. Clarke |
1971 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1972 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year edited by Terry Carr |
| 1972 | Best SF: 1971 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
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|
| Neuromancer | William Gibson |
1984 |
|
|
| Philip K. Dick Award |
| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced 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 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 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 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 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 |
| 2024 | The 15 Best Sci-Fi Books I've Ever Read 2024 - Bookpilled |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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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 | 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 & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 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 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 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 |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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| Nova | Samuel R. Delany |
1968 |
|
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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 |
| 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 |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 2020 | Library of America Science Fiction |
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|
| Pavane | Keith Roberts |
1968 |
|
|
| 1974 | Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| The Player of Games | Iain M. Banks |
1988 |
|
|
| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2003 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 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 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 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 |
| 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |
| 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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| Rendezvous with Rama | Arthur C. Clarke |
1973 |
|
|
| British Science Fiction Association Awards |
| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Nebula 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 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 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 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 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 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 |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
|
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|
| Revelation Space | Alastair Reynolds |
2000 |
|
|
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 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 |
| 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2022 | The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist |
| 2023 | Your Top Science Fiction Books Of All Time (Survey Results) - Media Death Cult |
| 2024 | Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| "Scanners Live in Vain" | Cordwainer Smith |
1950 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
|
| The Snow Queen | Joan D. Vinge |
1980 |
|
|
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| 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 |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| Solaris | Stanislaw Lem |
1970 |
|
|
| 1974 | Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad |
| 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 |
| 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 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 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 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 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 | My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time |
| 2023 | The 25 Best Science Fiction Books I've Ever Read (Parts 1 and 2) - Outlaw Bookseller |
| 2024 | The 15 Best Sci-Fi Books I've Ever Read 2024 - Bookpilled |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| "A Song for Lya" | George R. R. Martin |
1974 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1975 | The 1975 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 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 Space Merchants | Frederik Pohl, C. M. Kornbluth |
1953 |
|
|
| 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 |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
|
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|
| The Stand | Stephen King |
1978 |
|
|
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 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 |
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|
| Stand on Zanzibar | John Brunner |
1968 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| British Science Fiction Association Awards |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels 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 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 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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| Starship Troopers | Robert A. Heinlein |
1959 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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| Startide Rising | David Brin |
1983 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| 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 |
| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2003 | 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 |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 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 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
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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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| "Swarm" | Bruce Sterling |
1982 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1983 | The 1983 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1983 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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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 Things" | Peter Watts |
2010 |
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2011 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2011 edited by Rich Horton |
| 2011 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Five edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2011 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2011 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 3 edited by Allan Kaster |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| The Time Machine | H. G. Wells |
1895 |
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| 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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| The Time Traveler's Wife | Audrey Niffenegger |
2003 |
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| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor) |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
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| To Your Scattered Bodies Go | Philip José Farmer |
1971 |
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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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2023 | My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time |
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| Way Station | Clifford D. Simak |
1963 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| 1966 | Analog All-Time Favorite Science Fiction Poll |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 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 |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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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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| A Wrinkle in Time | Madeleine L'Engle |
1962 |
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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 |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor) |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2014 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
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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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| "Arena" | Fredric Brown |
1944 |
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| 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 |
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| "Aye, and Gomorrah …" | Samuel R. Delany |
1967 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1982 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 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 |
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| Blood Music | Greg Bear |
1985 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 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 |
| 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 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
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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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| Consider Phlebas | Iain M. Banks |
1987 |
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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 |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 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 |
| 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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| "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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| Cyteen | C. J. Cherryh |
1988 |
|
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| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| 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 |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 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 |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor) |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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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 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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| Doomsday Book | Connie Willis |
1992 |
|
|
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 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 |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 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 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| A Door into Ocean | Joan Slonczewski |
1986 |
|
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| John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 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 |
| 2004 | Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Dreamsnake | Vonda N. McIntyre |
1978 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 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 |
| 2004 | Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| The Einstein Intersection | Samuel R. Delany |
1967 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
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| Ender's Game | Orson Scott Card |
1985 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| 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 |
| 2003 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 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 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 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 |
| 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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| "Even the Queen" | Connie Willis |
1992 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1993 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan |
| 2005 | The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
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| The Fall of Hyperion | Dan Simmons |
1990 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| British Science Fiction Association Awards |
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 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 |
| 2023 | My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time |
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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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| "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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| "Great Work of Time" | John Crowley |
1989 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1990 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
| 2024 | Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Novellas |
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| Helliconia Spring | Brian W. Aldiss |
1982 |
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| British Science Fiction Association Awards |
| John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 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 |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 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 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
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| "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" | James Tiptree, Jr. |
1976 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1977 | The 1977 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| The Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins |
2008 |
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| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2014 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2018 | The Great American Read - PBS |
| 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 |
| 2020 | 15 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2022 | The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist |
| 2024 | Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
| 2024 | The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century NY Times - Poll of Readers |
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| Hyperion | Dan Simmons |
1989 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2003 | 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 |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 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 | 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 |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 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 | 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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| 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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| "The Island" | Peter Watts |
2009 |
|
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2010 | Year's Best SF 15 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
| 2010 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2010 edited by Rich Horton |
| 2010 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2010 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2010 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 2 edited by Allan Kaster |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2013 | Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden |
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| "Jeffty Is Five" | Harlan Ellison |
1977 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1978 | The 1978 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan |
| 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 |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
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| "Light of Other Days" | Bob Shaw |
1966 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1967 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1968 | SF 12 edited by Judith Merril |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1972 | A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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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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| "Lobsters" | Charles Stross |
2001 |
|
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2002 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2005 | The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2007 | Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| The Martian | Andy Weir |
2012 |
|
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| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 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 |
| 2018 | The Great American Read - PBS |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |
| 2020 | 15 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2021 | 29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2023 | Your Top Science Fiction Books Of All Time (Survey Results) - Media Death Cult |
| 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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| "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" | Ted Chiang |
2007 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2008 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Two edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2008 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
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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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| The Moon is a Harsh Mistress | Robert A. Heinlein |
1966 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 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 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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| "The Moon Moth" | Jack Vance |
1961 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
| 1991 | The Great SF Stories 23 (1961) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 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 Mote in God's Eye | Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle |
1974 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 Mountains of Mourning" | Lois McMaster Bujold |
1989 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 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 |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
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| Neutron Star | Larry Niven |
1968 |
|
|
| 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 Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 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 Nine Billion Names of God" | Arthur C. Clarke |
1953 |
|
|
| 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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| "Nine Lives" | Ursula K. Le Guin |
1969 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1970 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1970 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1970 | Best SF: 1969 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
| 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |
| 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 |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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|
| Odd John | Olaf Stapledon |
1935 |
|
|
| 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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| "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand" | Vonda N. McIntyre |
1973 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1974 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
| 1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
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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 Persistence of Vision | John Varley |
1978 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1979 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1979 | The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #1 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1979 | The 1979 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 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 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2003 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan |
| 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 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| The Postman | David Brin |
1985 |
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| John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 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 |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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| "Press ENTER ■" | John Varley |
1984 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1985 | The 1985 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1985 | Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #14 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1985 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
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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 Queen of Air and Darkness" | Poul Anderson |
1971 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1972 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year edited by Terry Carr |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV 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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| Ringworld | Larry Niven |
1970 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| 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. |
| 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 | 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 |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced 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 | 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 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 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 | 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 |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| Rogue Moon | Algis Budrys |
1960 |
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| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova |
| 1974 | Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad |
| 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 |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
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| "A Rose for Ecclesiastes" | Roger Zelazny |
1963 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1965 | 10th Annual Edition: The Year's Best SF edited by Judith Merril |
| 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 |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1992 | The Great SF Stories 25 (1963) 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 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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| A Scanner Darkly | Philip K. Dick |
1977 |
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| British Science Fiction Association Awards |
| 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 |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 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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| "The Screwfly Solution" | James Tiptree, Jr. |
1977 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1978 | The 1978 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1978 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #7 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1978 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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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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| "A Series of Steaks" | Vina Jie-Min Prasad |
2017 |
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2018 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Twelve edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2018 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 3 edited by Neil Clarke |
| 2018 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2018 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 10 edited by Allan Kaster |
| 2019 | The New Voices of Science Fiction edited by Hannu Rajaniemi and Jacob Weisman |
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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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| "Snow" | John Crowley |
1985 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1986 | Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #15 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1986 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
| 2005 | The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| Speaker for the Dead | Orson Scott Card |
1986 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| 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 |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 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 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 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 |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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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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| Synners | Pat Cadigan |
1991 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| Arthur C. Clarke Awards |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor) |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2014 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Tau Zero | Poul Anderson |
1970 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 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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| "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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|
| Think Like a Dinosaur | James Patrick Kelly |
1997 |
|
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| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
|
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| "Think Like a Dinosaur" | James Patrick Kelly |
1995 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1996 | Year's Best SF edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1996 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2002 | The Hard SF 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 |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
| 2024 | Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories |
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| This Immortal | Roger Zelazny |
1966 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2020 | Library of America Science Fiction |
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| The Three-Body Problem | Cixin Liu |
2014 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |
| 2020 | 15 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 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 |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2022 | The Greatest Science Fiction Books of the 2010s - The Portalist |
| 2024 | Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
| 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
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| "Vaster Than Empires and More Slow" | Ursula K. Le Guin |
1971 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1972 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year edited by Terry Carr |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 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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| "Vintage Season" | Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore |
1946 |
|
|
| 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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| "The Way of Cross and Dragon" | George R. R. Martin |
1979 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1980 | The 1980 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1980 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang | Kate Wilhelm |
1976 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| 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 |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| "The Women Men Don't See" | James Tiptree, Jr. |
1973 |
|
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| 1974 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1975 | Best SF: 1974 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
| 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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| World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War | Max Brooks |
2006 |
|
|
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 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 |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
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| "At the Rialto" | Connie Willis |
1989 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1990 | The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Three edited by David S. Garnett |
| 1990 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "The Bicentennial Man" | Isaac Asimov |
1976 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1977 | The 1977 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #6 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction 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 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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| "Bloodchild" | Octavia E. Butler |
1984 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1985 | The 1985 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1985 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1985 | Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #14 edited by Terry Carr |
| 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 |
| 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan |
| 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 |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Born with the Dead" | Robert Silverberg |
1974 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1975 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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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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| "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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| "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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| "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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| "The Day Before the Revolution" | Ursula K. Le Guin |
1974 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr |
| 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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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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| "The Death of Doctor Island" | Gene Wolfe |
1973 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1974 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr |
| 1994 | Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| Driftglass | Samuel R. Delany |
1971 |
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| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
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| "Driftglass" | Samuel R. Delany |
1967 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1968 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1968 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 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 |
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| Dying Inside | Robert Silverberg |
1972 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2003 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2023 | My 25 Favourite Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Words in Time |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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| "The Earth Quarter" | Damon Knight |
1955 |
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| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Fermi and Frost" | Frederik Pohl |
1985 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1986 | The 1986 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1986 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Fire Watch" | Connie Willis |
1982 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1983 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "First Contact" | Murray Leinster |
1945 |
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| 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 |
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| Fledgling | Octavia E. Butler |
2005 |
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| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor) |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2022 | The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist |
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| "For a Breath I Tarry" | Roger Zelazny |
1966 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1967 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 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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| "Forgiveness Day" | Ursula K. Le Guin |
1994 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Sturgeon winner |
| 1995 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2007 | The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
| 2024 | Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Novellas |
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| "The Gold at the Starbow's End" | Frederik Pohl |
1972 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1972 | Best Science Fiction for 1972 edited by Frederik Pohl |
| 1973 | The 1973 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Harrison Bergeron" | Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
1961 |
|
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| 1970 | Best SF Seven: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 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 |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 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 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams |
1979 |
|
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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 |
| 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 |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 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 |
| 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 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 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 | SF Masterworks |
| 2018 | The Great American Read - PBS |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
| 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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| "How Erg the Self-Inducting Slew a Paleface" | Stanislaw Lem |
1977 |
|
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| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| "How Quini the Squid Misplaced His Klobučar" | Rich Larson |
2020 |
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| 2021 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Volume 2 edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2021 | The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 5 edited by Allan Kaster |
| 2022 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 6 edited by Neil Clarke |
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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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| 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 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Golden Age Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1934-1963 by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 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 |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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| "Inconstant Moon" | Larry Niven |
1971 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1972 | Best Science Fiction for 1972 edited by Frederik Pohl |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
| 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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| 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 |
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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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| "Little Free Library" | Naomi Kritzer |
2020 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2022 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2021 edited by Rich Horton |
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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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| 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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|
| "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 |
|
|
|
| "A Midwinter's Tale" | Michael Swanwick |
1988 |
|
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| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
|
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|
| "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" | Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore |
1943 |
|
|
| 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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| "The Minority Report" | Philip K. Dick |
1956 |
|
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
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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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| "The Muse" | Anthony Burgess |
1968 |
|
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| 1970 | Best SF: 1969 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "Neutron Star" | Larry Niven |
1966 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 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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| "Nobody's Home" | Joanna Russ |
1972 |
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| 1973 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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| "The Only Neat Thing to Do" | James Tiptree, Jr. |
1985 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1986 | Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #15 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1986 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Party Line" | Gérard Klein |
1976 |
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| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| "Passengers" | Robert Silverberg |
1968 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1982 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor |
| 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 | 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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| "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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| "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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| "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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| "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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| "Seven American Nights" | Gene Wolfe |
1978 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1979 | The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #1 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1979 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 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 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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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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| "A Sign in Space" | Italo Calvino |
1968 |
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| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
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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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| "Souls" | Joanna Russ |
1982 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1983 | The 1983 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1983 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1994 | Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
| 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan |
| 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 Spiral" | Italo Calvino |
1968 |
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| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction 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 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 Star Pit" | Samuel R. Delany |
1967 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1968 | SF 12 edited by Judith Merril |
| 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 |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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| "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" | Samuel R. Delany |
1968 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1969 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1969 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1982 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor |
| 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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|
| Timescape | Gregory Benford |
1980 |
|
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| British Science Fiction Association Awards |
| John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 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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| To Say Nothing of the Dog | Connie Willis |
1998 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2014 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea | Jules Verne |
1872 |
|
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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 |
| 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 |
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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 Ugly Chickens" | Howard Waldrop |
1980 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1981 | The 1981 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1981 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1981 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Tenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 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 |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
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| "The Voices of Time" | J. G. Ballard |
1960 |
|
|
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 1991 | The Great SF Stories 22 (1960) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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|
| "The Way to Amalteia" | Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky |
1985 |
|
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| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
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|
| "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" | Philip K. Dick |
1966 |
|
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| 1967 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 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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| "Weihnachtsabend" | Keith Roberts |
1972 |
|
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| 1973 | Best SF: 1972 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
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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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|
| "1/72 Scale" | Ian R. MacLeod |
1990 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "10 Steps to a Whole New You" | Tonya Liburd |
2021 |
|
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| 2022 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022 edited by Rebecca Roanhorse |
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| "10 to 16 to 1" | James Patrick Kelly |
1999 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2000 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2005 | The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "100 Candles" | Curt Wohleber |
1999 |
|
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| 2000 | Year's Best SF 5 edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| "102 H-Bombs" | Thomas M. Disch |
1965 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| 11/22/63 | Stephen King |
2011 |
|
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| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
| 2024 | The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century NY Times - Poll of Readers |
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| 14 | Peter Clines |
2012 |
|
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| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
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|
| "1937 AD!" | John Sladek |
1967 |
|
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| 1968 | Best SF: 1967 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
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|
| 1Q84 | Haruki Murakami |
2011 |
|
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| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
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| "The 1st Interspecies Solidarity Fair and Parade" | Bogi Takács |
2020 |
|
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| 2022 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 6 edited by Neil Clarke |
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| "2 B R 0 2 B" | Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
1962 |
|
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| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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|
| 2010 | Arthur C. Clarke |
1982 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
|
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|
| "2064, or Thereabouts" | David R. Bunch |
1964 |
|
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| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
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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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|
| 2312 | Kim Stanley Robinson |
2012 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
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|
| "237 Talking Statues, Etc." | Fritz Leiber |
1963 |
|
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| 1964 | The 9th Annual of the Year's Best SF edited by Judith Merril |
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|
| "24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai" | Roger Zelazny |
1985 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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|
| 253: The Print Remix | Geoff Ryman |
1998 |
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| "26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss" | Kij Johnson |
2008 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2009 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2009 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 1 edited by Allan Kaster |
| 2010 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2024 | Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories |
|
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|
| "3-adica" | Greg Egan |
2018 |
|
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| 2019 | The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 3 edited by Allan Kaster |
|
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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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|
| 334 | Thomas M. Disch |
1972 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 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 |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
|
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|
| "The 43 Antarean Dynasties" | Mike Resnick |
1997 |
|
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
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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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|
| "50 Things Every AI Working With Humans Should Know" | Ken Liu |
2020 |
|
|
| Sturgeon finalist |
| 2021 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Volume 2 edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2021 | The Year's Top Robot and AI Stories: Second Annual Collection edited by Allan Kaster |
| 2021 | The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 5 edited by Allan Kaster |
| 2022 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2021 edited by Rich Horton |
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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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| "The Aarne-Thompson Classification Revue" | Holly Black |
2010 |
|
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| 2011 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Five edited by Jonathan Strahan |
|
|
|
| Abaddon's Gate | Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck |
2013 |
|
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| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
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| "Abandon in Place" | Jerry Oltion |
1996 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Abandonware" | An Owomoyela |
2010 |
|
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| 2011 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2011 edited by Rich Horton |
|
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| "Abe Lincoln in McDonald's" | James Morrow |
1989 |
|
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| 1990 | The 1990 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1990 | The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Three edited by David S. Garnett |
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|
| "Aberration" | Genevieve Valentine |
2014 |
|
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| 2015 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2015 edited by Rich Horton |
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| "Abominable" | Carol Emshwiller |
1980 |
|
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| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
|
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|
| "Abominable" | Fredric Brown |
1960 |
|
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| 1961 | The 6th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
|
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| "About a Secret Crocodile" | R. A. Lafferty |
1970 |
|
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| 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
|
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|
| "About Fairies" | Pat Murphy |
2012 |
|
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| 2013 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Seven edited by Jonathan Strahan |
|
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|
| "About It" | Terry Bisson |
2010 |
|
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| 2011 | Year's Best SF 16 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
|
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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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|
| "Absent Thee from Felicity Awhile …" | S. P. Somtow |
1981 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1982 | The 1982 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
|
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|
| The Absolute at Large | Karel Čapek |
1927 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
|
| Absolution Gap | Alastair Reynolds |
2003 |
|
|
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
|
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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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| "Acadie" | Dave Hutchinson |
2016 |
|
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| 2018 | The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 2 edited by Allan Kaster |
|
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|
| An Acceptable Time | Madeleine L'Engle |
1989 |
|
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| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
|
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| The Accidental Time Machine | Joe Haldeman |
2007 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2024 | Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
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| "The Accord" | Keith Brooke |
2007 |
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| 2008 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "An Account of the Land of Witches" | Sofia Samatar |
2017 |
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| 2018 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2018 edited by Rich Horton |
| 2024 | Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories |
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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 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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| "Achronos" | Lee Killough |
1980 |
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| 1981 | The 1981 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
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| Ack-Ack Macaque | Gareth L. Powell |
2012 |
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| British Science Fiction Association Awards |
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| Acme Novelty Library #19 | Chris Ware |
2008 |
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| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
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| "Acres of Perhaps" | Will Ludwigsen |
2015 |
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| 2016 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2016 edited by Rich Horton |
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| Across Realtime | Vernor Vinge |
1986 |
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "Across the Green Grass Fields" | Seanan McGuire |
2021 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| Across the Sea of Suns | Gregory Benford |
1984 |
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| Across the Zodiac | Percy Greg |
1880 |
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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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| "Across Three Millennia" | Emily Smith |
1997 |
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Act of God" | Jack McDevitt |
2004 |
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| 2005 | Year's Best SF 10 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
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| "Act One" | Nancy Kress |
2009 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2010 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Ad Astra" | Harry Harrison |
1974 |
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| 1975 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Fourth Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey |
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| Ada | Vladimir Nabokov |
1969 |
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| 1974 | Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
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| "The Adakian Eagle" | Bradley Denton |
2011 |
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| 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2012 edited by Rich Horton |
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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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| "Adaptation" | John Wyndham |
1949 |
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| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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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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| "The Adinkra Cloth" | Mary C. Aldridge |
1989 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| The Adjacent | Christopher Priest |
2013 |
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| 2023 | My Top 25 Science Fiction Books of the 21st Century by the Outlaw Bookseller |
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| "Adjustment Team" | Philip K. Dick |
1954 |
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Ado About Nothing" | Robert K. Ottum |
1965 |
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| 1966 | 11th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
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| "Adrift Among the Ghosts" | Jack L. Chalker |
1988 |
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| 1989 | The 1989 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
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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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| "Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W" | Harlan Ellison |
1974 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
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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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| Adulthood Rites | Octavia E. Butler |
1988 |
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor) |
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| "Advanced Word Problems in Portal Math" | Aimee Picchi |
2020 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Advantage, Bellarmine" | Paul Levinson |
1998 |
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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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| "The Adventure of the Extraterrestrial" | Mack Reynolds |
1965 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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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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| "Adventure Story" | Neil Gaiman |
2012 |
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| 2013 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Seven edited by Jonathan Strahan |
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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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| The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi | S. A. Chakraborty |
2023 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
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| The Adventures of Captain Hatteras | Jules Verne |
1866 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| The Adversary | Julian May |
1984 |
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| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
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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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| 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 Aeronaut's Windlass | Jim Butcher |
2015 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
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| Aestival Tide | Elizabeth Hand |
1992 |
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
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| "The Affair" | Robert Silverberg |
1984 |
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| 1985 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| Affinity | Sarah Waters |
1999 |
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| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
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| The Affirmation | Christopher Priest |
1981 |
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| "After a Lean Winter" | Dave Wolverton |
1996 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1997 | Year's Best SF 2 edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| After Atlas | Emma Newman |
2016 |
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| 2023 | My Top 25 Science Fiction Books of the 21st Century by the Outlaw Bookseller |
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| "After Kerry" | Ian McDonald |
1997 |
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| 1998 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "After King Kong Fell" | Philip José Farmer |
1973 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1975 | Best SF: 1974 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
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| After London | Richard Jefferies |
1885 |
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| 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 |
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| After Long Silence | Sheri S. Tepper |
1987 |
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
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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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| "After the Apocalypse" | Maureen F. McHugh |
2011 |
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| 2012 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 4 edited by Allan Kaster |
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| "After the Days of Dead-Eye 'Dee" | Pat Cadigan |
1985 |
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| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
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| "After the Dreamtime" | Richard A. Lupoff |
1974 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall" | Nancy Kress |
2012 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "After the Myths Went Home" | Robert Silverberg |
1969 |
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| 1970 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1970 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
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| "After the Siege" | Cory Doctorow |
2006 |
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| 2007 | Best Short Novels 2007 edited by Jonathan Strahan |
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| After Utopia | Mack Reynolds |
1977 |
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| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
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| "Afterlife" | Jack Williamson |
2002 |
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| 2003 | Year's Best SF 8 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
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| Afterparty | Daryl Gregory |
2014 |
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "Again and Again and Again" | Rachel Swirsky |
2010 |
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| 2011 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| Again, Dangerous Visions | Harlan Ellison |
1972 |
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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 |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| Against a Dark Background | Iain M. Banks |
1993 |
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| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2003 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
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| "Against Babylon" | Robert Silverberg |
1986 |
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| 1987 | The 1987 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1987 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| Against Infinity | Gregory Benford |
1983 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
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| "Against the Current" | Robert Silverberg |
2007 |
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| 2008 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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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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| "Against the Lafayette Escadrille" | Gene Wolfe |
1972 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Agape Among the Robots" | Allen Steele |
2000 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Age of Aquarius" | William Barton |
1996 |
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
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| "The Age of Ice" | Liz Williams |
2006 |
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| 2007 | Year's Best SF 12 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
|
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| "The Age of Innocence" | Brian Stableford |
1995 |
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| The Age of Ruin | John M. Faucette |
1968 |
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| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor) |
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| The Age of the Pussyfoot | Frederik Pohl |
1969 |
|
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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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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| "An Agent of Utopia" | Andy Duncan |
2018 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan |
|
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| "Agent Provocateur" | Alex Irvine |
2002 |
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| 2003 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| Agent to the Stars | John Scalzi |
2005 |
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "Agents" | Paul Di Filippo |
1987 |
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| 1988 | The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1 edited by David S. Garnett |
|
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| "Ailoura" | Paul Di Filippo |
2002 |
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| 2003 | Year's Best SF 8 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
|
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| "Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog" | Brenda W. Clough |
1988 |
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| 1989 | The 1989 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
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| Air | Geoff Ryman |
2004 |
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| British Science Fiction Association Awards |
| Arthur C. Clarke Awards |
| Otherwise Award |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
|
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|
| "Air Gap" | Eric Cline |
2018 |
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| 2019 | The Year's Top Robot and AI Stories edited by Allan Kaster |
|
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| "Air Raid" | John Varley |
1977 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1977 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2007 | Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
|
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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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| "AirBody" | Sameem Siddiqui |
2020 |
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| 2021 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Volume 2 edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2022 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 6 edited by Neil Clarke |
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|
| The Airtight Garage | Moebius |
1976-79 |
|
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| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
|
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| "The Alabaster Garden" | Teresa Inglés |
1977 |
|
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| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 6: Around the World edited by James Gunn |
|
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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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| 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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| "Alastair Baffle's Emporium of Wonders" | Mike Resnick |
2008 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "The Albertine Notes" | Rick Moody |
2003 |
|
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| 2004 | Year's Best SF 9 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
|
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| "The Albian Message" | Oliver Morton |
2005 |
|
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| 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
| 2013 | Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden |
|
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| "The Album of Dr. Moreau" | Daryl Gregory |
2021 |
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| "The Alchemist" | Paolo Bacigalupi |
2010 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "The Alchemist" | Charles L. Harness |
1966 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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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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| Aleriel, or A Voyage to Other Worlds | Wladislaw Somerville Lach-Szyrma |
1883 |
|
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| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
|
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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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|
| "Alexia and Graham Bell" | Rosaleen Love |
1987 |
|
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| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
|
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| "Alfred" | Lisa Goldstein |
1992 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| The Algebraist | Iain M. Banks |
2004 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2022 | The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist |
| 2024 | Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
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|
| "The Algorithm Will See You Now" | Justin C. Key |
2021 |
|
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| 2022 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022 edited by Rebecca Roanhorse |
|
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| "The Algorithms for Love" | Ken Liu |
2004 |
|
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| 2005 | Year's Best SF 10 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2013 | Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden |
|
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| "Alice Payne Arrives" | Kate Heartfield |
2018 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
|
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| "An Alien Agony" | Harry Harrison |
1962 |
|
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
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| "Alien Archeology" | Neal Asher |
2007 |
|
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| 2008 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
|
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|
| "Alien Ball" | Kristine Kathryn Rusch |
2021 |
|
|
| Asimov's Readers' Poll - Finalist |
|
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|
| "Alien Bootlegger" | Rebecca Ore |
1993 |
|
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| 1994 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
|
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| Alien Bootlegger and Other Stories | Rebecca Ore |
1993 |
|
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
|
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| Alien Clay | Adrian Tchaikovsky |
2024 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
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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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| Alien Embassy | Ian Watson |
1977 |
|
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| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
|
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| "Alien Embassy" | Garry Kilworth |
2006 |
|
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
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| Alien Influences | Kristine Kathryn Rusch |
1994 |
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
|
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| "Alien Jane" | Kelley Eskridge |
1995 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
|
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| An Alien Light | Nancy Kress |
1988 |
|
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
|
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| "Alien Stripper Boned From Behind By The T-Rex" | Stix Hiscock |
2016 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
|
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| Alien Taste | Wen Spencer |
2001 |
|
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
|
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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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| The Aliens of Earth | Nancy Kress |
1993 |
|
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
|
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| "The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything" | George Alec Effinger |
1984 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1985 | The 1985 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1985 | Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #14 edited by Terry Carr |
|
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| Alif the Unseen | G. Willow Wilson |
2012 |
|
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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| "Alive, Alive Oh" | Sylvia Spruck Wrigley |
2013 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
|
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| All Around the Moon | Jules Verne |
1870 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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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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| "All Fall Down" | Don Sakers |
1987 |
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| 1988 | The 1988 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
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| All Flesh is Grass | Clifford D. Simak |
1965 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
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| "All My Darling Daughters" | Connie Willis |
1985 |
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| 1986 | Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #15 edited by Terry Carr |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "All of Us Can Almost …" | Carol Emshwiller |
2004 |
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| 2005 | Science Fiction: The Best of 2004 edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan |
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| "All Pieces of a River Shore" | R. A. Lafferty |
1970 |
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| 1972 | The 1972 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
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| "All Seated on the Ground" | Connie Willis |
2007 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
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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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| All Systems Red | Martha Wells |
2017 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2022 | The Greatest Science Fiction Books of the 2010s - The Portalist |
| 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
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| "All that Robot Shit" | Rich Larson |
2016 |
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| 2017 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2017 edited by Rich Horton |
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| "All That Touches The Air" | An Owomoyela |
2011 |
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| 2012 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six edited by Jonathan Strahan |
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| All the Birds in the Sky | Charlie Jane Anders |
2016 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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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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| "All the Flavors" | Ken Liu |
2012 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "All the Hues of Hell" | Gene Wolfe |
1987 |
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| 1988 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "All the King's Men" | Barrington J. Bayley |
1965 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
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| "All the Last Wars at Once" | George Alec Effinger |
1971 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1972 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year edited by Terry Carr |
| 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |
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| "All the Lies that Are My Life" | Harlan Ellison |
1980 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "All the Love in the World" | Cat Sparks |
2010 |
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| 2011 | Year's Best SF 16 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
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| "All the Myriad Ways" | Larry Niven |
1968 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
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| All the Myriad Ways | Larry Niven |
1971 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st 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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| "All the Sounds of Fear" | Harlan Ellison |
1962 |
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| 1963 | The 8th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
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| "All the Tea in China" | Reginald Bretnor |
1961 |
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| 1962 | The 7th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
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| "All the Things You Are" | Mike Resnick |
2006 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "All the Time We've Left to Spend" | Alyssa Wong |
2018 |
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| 2019 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 4 edited by Neil Clarke |
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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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| All the Weyrs of Pern | Anne McCaffrey |
1991 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
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| "All Vows" | Esther M. Friesner |
1992 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "The All-Consuming" | Lucius Shepard, Robert Frazier |
1990 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1991 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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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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|
| 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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| "Allegiances" | Michael Bishop |
1975 |
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| 1976 | The 1976 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
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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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| Alliance Rising | C. J. Cherryh, Jane S. Fancher |
2019 |
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| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| "The Allies" | Mark S. Geston |
1998 |
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| 1999 | Year's Best SF 4 edited by David G. Hartwell |
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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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| "Aloha" | Ken Wharton |
2003 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Alone" | Robert Reed |
2010 |
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| 2011 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Five edited by Jonathan Strahan |
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| Alone Against Tomorrow | Harlan Ellison |
1971 |
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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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| "Along" | Robert Reed |
2010 |
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| 2011 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 3 edited by Allan Kaster |
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| "Alpha Ralpha Boulevard" | Cordwainer Smith |
1961 |
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| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Alphas" | Gregory Benford |
1989 |
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| 1990 | The 1990 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1990 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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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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| "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 Alteration | Kingsley Amis |
1976 |
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| John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
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| Altered States | Paddy Chayefsky |
1978 |
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| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
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| "Altogether Elsewhere, Vast Herds of Reindeer" | Ken Liu |
2011 |
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| 2012 | Year's Best SF 17 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
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| Alvin Journeyman | Orson Scott Card |
1995 |
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "Always" | Karen Joy Fowler |
2007 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Sturgeon finalist |
| 2008 | Year's Best SF 13 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
| 2008 | Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition edited by Rich Horton |
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| Always Coming Home | Ursula K. Le Guin |
1985 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2020 | Library of America Science Fiction |
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| "Always True to Thee, in My Fashion" | Nancy Kress |
1997 |
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| 1998 | Year's Best SF 3 edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| Alyx | Joanna Russ |
1976 |
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| 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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| "Amanda and the Alien" | Robert Silverberg |
1983 |
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| 1984 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #13 edited by Terry Carr |
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| "Amaryllis" | Carrie Vaughn |
2010 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2011 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| Amatka | Karin Tidbeck |
2017 |
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| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
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| "Amba" | William Sanders |
2005 |
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| 2006 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Ambassador to Verdammt" | Colin Kapp |
1967 |
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| 1968 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1968 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
|
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| Amberlough | Lara Elena Donnelly |
2017 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
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| "The Ambient Intelligence" | Todd McAulty |
2020 |
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| 2021 | The Year's Top Robot and AI Stories: Second Annual Collection edited by Allan Kaster |
|
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| "Ambiguity Machines: An Examination" | Vandana Singh |
2015 |
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| 2016 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016 edited by John Joseph Adams and Karen Joy Fowler |
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| "Amen and Out" | Brian W. Aldiss |
1966 |
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| 1967 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
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| "America" | Orson Scott Card |
1987 |
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| 1988 | The 1988 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1988 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
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| "An American Childhood" | Pat Murphy |
1993 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
|
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| "The American Dead" | Jay Lake |
2006 |
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| 2007 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume One edited by Jonathan Strahan |
|
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| American War | Omar El Akkad |
2017 |
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| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
|
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|
| "Amicae Aeternum" | Ellen Klages |
2014 |
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| 2015 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Nine edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2015 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2015 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 7 edited by Allan Kaster |
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| "Amnesia" | Jack Dann |
1981 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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|
| "Amnesty" | Octavia E. Butler |
2003 |
|
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| 2004 | Year's Best SF 9 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
|
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|
| Among Others | Jo Walton |
2011 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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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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|
| "Among the Water Buffaloes, a Tiger's Steps" | Aliette de Bodard |
2018 |
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| 2019 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 4 edited by Neil Clarke |
|
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|
| "Among Us" | Robert Reed |
2013 |
|
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| 2014 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 6 edited by Allan Kaster |
|
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|
| "Amor Fugit" | Alexandra Duncan |
2010 |
|
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| 2011 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2011 edited by Rich Horton |
|
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| "Amor Vincit Omnia" | Tom Holt |
2010 |
|
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| 2011 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2011 edited by Rich Horton |
| 2011 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Five edited by Jonathan Strahan |
|
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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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| 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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| "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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| "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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|
| Anansi Boys | Neil Gaiman |
2005 |
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| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
|
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| "The Anchorite Wakes" | R. S. A. Garcia |
2018 |
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| 2019 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 4 edited by Neil Clarke |
|
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|
| "Ancient Engines" | Michael Swanwick |
1999 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2000 | Year's Best SF 5 edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2007 | Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams |
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| "The Ancient Mind at Work" | Suzy McKee Charnas |
1979 |
|
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| 1980 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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|
| Ancient of Days | Michael Bishop |
1985 |
|
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| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
|
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|
| Ancient Shores | Jack McDevitt |
1996 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
|
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| Ancient, Ancient | Kiini Ibura Salaam |
2012 |
|
|
| Otherwise Award |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Ancillary Mercy | Ann Leckie |
2015 |
|
|
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
|
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| Ancillary Sword | Ann Leckie |
2014 |
|
|
| British Science Fiction Association Awards |
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
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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 Chaos Died | Joanna Russ |
1970 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 1974 | Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad |
| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
|
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|
| "And Future King …" | Adam Roberts |
2005 |
|
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| 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
|
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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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|
| "And He Not Busy Being Born" | Brian Stableford |
1986 |
|
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| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "And Ministers of Grace" | Tad Williams |
2010 |
|
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| 2011 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
|
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|
| "And More Changes Still" | Henri Michaux |
1968 |
|
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| 1968 | SF 12 edited by Judith Merril |
|
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|
| "… And My Fear Is Great …" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1953 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
|
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| "And Name My Name" | R. A. Lafferty |
1974 |
|
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| 1975 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Fourth Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey |
|
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|
| "And Now His Lordship Is Laughing" | Shiv Ramdas |
2019 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2020 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2020 edited by Rich Horton |
|
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|
| "And Now the News …" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1956 |
|
|
| 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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|
| "… And Now You Don't" | Isaac Asimov |
1950 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
|
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| "And Seven Times Never Kill Man" | George R. R. Martin |
1975 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
|
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|
| "And So Say All of Us" | Bruce McAllister |
1969 |
|
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| 1970 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1970 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
|
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|
| "And So To Bed" | Harry Turtledove |
1986 |
|
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| 1987 | Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year #16 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1987 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
|
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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 Angels Sing" | Kate Wilhelm |
1990 |
|
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| 1991 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
|
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|
| And the Angels Sing | Kate Wilhelm |
1992 |
|
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
|
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|
| "And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon" | Paul Di Filippo |
2003 |
|
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| 2004 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
|
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|
| "And the Gods Laughed" | Fredric Brown |
1944 |
|
|
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
|
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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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|
| "And the Rock Cried Out" | Ray Bradbury |
1953 |
|
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| 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
|
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|
| "And Then There Were (N-One)" | Sarah Pinsker |
2017 |
|
|
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2018 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2018 edited by Rich Horton |
| 2024 | Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Novellas |
|
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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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|
| "And Then, One Day, the Air was Full of Voices" | Margaret Ronald |
2016 |
|
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| 2017 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 2 edited by Neil Clarke |
|
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|
| "And This Is How to Stay Alive" | Shingai Kagunda |
2020 |
|
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| 2021 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021 edited by Roth & Adams |
|
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|
| "And Weep Like Alexander" | Neil Gaiman |
2011 |
|
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| 2012 | Year's Best SF 17 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
| 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2012 edited by Rich Horton |
|
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|
| "And What Can We Offer You Tonight" | Premee Mohamed |
2021 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
|
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|
| "And Wild for to Hold" | Nancy Kress |
1991 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1994 | Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
|
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|
| "And Yet" | A. T. Greenblatt |
2018 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
|
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|
| "And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead" | Brooke Bolander |
2015 |
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2016 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2016 edited by Rich Horton |
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| The Android's Dream | John Scalzi |
2006 |
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| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2024 | Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
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| "Androids Don't Cry" | Edward Wellen |
1973 |
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| 1974 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Third Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey |
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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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| The Andromeda Strain | Michael Crichton |
1969 |
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| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
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| "Angel" | Pat Cadigan |
1987 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1988 | The 1988 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1988 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
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| Angel At Apogee | Shariann Lewitt |
1987 |
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| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
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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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| "The Angel of Death" | Michael Shea |
1979 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Angel of Europa" | Allen Steele |
2011 |
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| 2012 | The Year's Top Short SF Novels 2 edited by Allan Kaster |
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| "Angel of Light" | Joe Haldeman |
2005 |
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| 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
| 2006 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| Angel of Ruin | Kim Wilkins |
2001 |
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| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| The Angel of the Revolution | George Griffith |
1893 |
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| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
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| "The Angel of Violence" | Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg |
1997 |
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| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
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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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| "Angela's Satyr" | Brian Cleeve |
1962 |
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| 1963 | The 8th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
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| "Angels in Love" | Kathe Koja |
1991 |
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| 1992 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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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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| "Angouleme" | Thomas M. Disch |
1971 |
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| 1972 | Best SF: 1971 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| Angry Candy | Harlan Ellison |
1988 |
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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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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| "Animae Celestes" | Gregory Feeley |
1998 |
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| 2024 | Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Novellas |
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| "The Animal Fair" | Alfred Bester |
1972 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Animal Farm" | George Orwell |
1946 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
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| The Animals in That Country | Laura Jean McKay |
2020 |
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| Arthur C. Clarke Awards |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| "Annabel Lee" | Nancy Kress |
2013 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "The Annex" | John D. MacDonald |
1968 |
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| 1969 | Best SF: 1968 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
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| Annihilation | Jeff VanderMeer |
2014 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2022 | The Greatest Science Fiction Books of the 2010s - The Portalist |
| 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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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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| "Annuity Clinic" | Nigel Brown |
2003 |
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| 2004 | Year's Best SF 9 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
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| The Annunciate | Severna Park |
1999 |
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
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| "Anomalies" | Gregory Benford |
2001 |
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| 2002 | Year's Best SF 7 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
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| "Anomalous Structures of My Dreams" | M. Shayne Bell |
2003 |
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| 2004 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| The Anomaly | Hervé Le Tellier |
2021 |
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| 2023 | My Top 25 Science Fiction Books of the 21st Century by the Outlaw Bookseller |
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| "Anosognosia" | John Crowley |
2019 |
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| 2020 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2020 edited by Rich Horton |
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| "Another Avatar" | S. P. Somtow |
2019 |
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| 2020 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 edited by Gabaldon & Adams |
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| "Another Girl Under the Iron Bell" | Angela Liu |
2024 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| Another Heaven, Another Earth | H. M. Hoover |
1981 |
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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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| "Another Life" | Charles Oberndorf |
2009 |
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| 2010 | Year's Best SF 15 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
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| "Another Orphan" | John Kessel |
1982 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Another Rib" | Juanita Coulson, Marion Zimmer Bradley |
1963 |
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| 2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
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| "Another Story, or, A Fisherman of the Inland Sea" | Ursula K. Le Guin |
1994 |
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| 2024 | Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories |
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| "Another Word for Map Is Faith" | Christopher Rowe |
2006 |
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| 2007 | Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2007 Edition edited by Rich Horton |
| 2007 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume One edited by Jonathan Strahan |
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| "Another Word for World" | Ann Leckie |
2015 |
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| 2016 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Ten edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2016 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 1 edited by Neil Clarke |
| 2016 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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|
| "Another World" | J. -H. Rosny aîné |
1895 |
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| 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 |
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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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| "Answering Service" | Fritz Leiber |
1967 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1968 | Best SF: 1967 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
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| "Answerless Journey" | Han Song |
2023 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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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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| "Antarctica Starts Here" | Paul J. McAuley |
2012 |
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| 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell |
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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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|
| "Antibodies" | Charles Stross |
2000 |
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| 2001 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "The Ants of Flanders" | Robert Reed |
2011 |
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| 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | The Year's Top Short SF Novels 2 edited by Allan Kaster |
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| The Anubis Gates | Tim Powers |
1983 |
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|
| Philip K. Dick Award |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2003 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
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|
| Anvil of Stars | Greg Bear |
1992 |
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom" | Ted Chiang |
2019 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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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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|
| "Apartheid, Superstrings, and Mordecai Thubana" | Michael Bishop |
1989 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "The Apartment Dweller's Bestiary" | Kij Johnson |
2015 |
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| 2016 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016 edited by John Joseph Adams and Karen Joy Fowler |
|
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| "Apartness" | Vernor Vinge |
1965 |
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| 1966 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1966 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
|
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| Apex | Ramez Naam |
2015 |
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| "An Apollo Asteroid" | Brian W. Aldiss |
1999 |
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| 2000 | Year's Best SF 5 edited by David G. Hartwell |
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|
| "Apology to Inky" | Robert M. Green, Jr. |
1966 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1972 | A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight |
|
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|
| "An Appeal to Adolf" | Ian Watson |
2004 |
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| Appleseed | John Clute |
2001 |
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| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
|
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|
| "Application" | Lewis Shiner |
2012 |
|
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| 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
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|
| "Applied Mathematical Theology" | Gregory Benford |
2006 |
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| 2007 | Year's Best SF 12 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
|
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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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|
| "Appointment on Prila" | Bob Shaw |
1968 |
|
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| 1969 | Best SF: 1968 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
|
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|
| "Approaching Perimelasma" | Geoffrey A. Landis |
1998 |
|
|
| 1999 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
|
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|
| "April Fool's Day Forever" | Kate Wilhelm |
1970 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
|
|
|
| "The April Witch" | Ray Bradbury |
1952 |
|
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
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|
| "Aquila" | S. P. Somtow |
1982 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
|
|
|
| "Arabian Wine" | Gregory Feeley |
2004 |
|
|
| Sturgeon finalist |
| 2005 | Best Short Novels: 2005 edited by Jonathan Strahan |
|
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|
| Arachne | Lisa Mason |
1990 |
|
|
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
|
|
|
| Aramaya | Jane Routley |
1999 |
|
|
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| "Araminta, or, The Wreck of the Amphidrake" | Naomi Novik |
2008 |
|
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| 2010 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton |
|
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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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|
| "Arbeitskraft" | Nick Mamatas |
2012 |
|
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| 2013 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2013 edited by Rich Horton |
| 2013 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 5 edited by Allan Kaster |
|
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|
| The Arbitrary Placement of Walls | Martha Soukup |
1997 |
|
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
|
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|
| "The Arbitrary Placement of Walls" | Martha Soukup |
1992 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
|
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|
| The Archivist | Gill Alderman |
1989 |
|
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| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
|
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|
| "The Archronology of Love" | Caroline M. Yoachim |
2019 |
|
|
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2020 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Volume 1 edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2020 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2020 edited by Rich Horton |
| 2020 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 edited by Gabaldon & Adams |
|
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|
| "Argonautica" | Walter Jon Williams |
1999 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
|
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|
| Aristoi | Walter Jon Williams |
1992 |
|
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| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
|
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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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| "Aristotle OS" | Tony Ballantyne |
2007 |
|
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| 2008 | Year's Best SF 13 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
|
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|
| "Arkfall" | Carolyn Ives Gilman |
2008 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2009 | Year's Best SF 14 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
|
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|
| "ARM" | Larry Niven |
1975 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
|
|
|
| Armageddon | Stanley Waterloo |
1898 |
|
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
|
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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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| Armageddon 2419 A.D. | Philip Francis Nowlan |
1962 |
|
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
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| Armageddon Cometh | J. K. Accinni |
2012 |
|
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| 2014 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
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|
| The Armageddon Rag | George R. R. Martin |
1983 |
|
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
|
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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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|
| "Armaja Das" | Joe Haldeman |
1976 |
|
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| 1977 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
|
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| Armed Camps | Kit Reed |
1969 |
|
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| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
|
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| Armor | John Steakley |
1984 |
|
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| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2003 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
|
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|
| 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 |
|
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|
| Around the World in Eighty Days | Jules Verne |
1873 |
|
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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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|
| Arrows of the Queen | Mercedes Lackey |
1987 |
|
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| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
|
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|
| Arslan | M. J. Engh |
1976 |
|
|
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
|
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|
| "The Art of Alchemy" | Ted Kosmatka |
2008 |
|
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| 2009 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2009 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 1 edited by Allan Kaster |
| 2010 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton |
|
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|
| "The Art of Space Travel" | Nina Allan |
2016 |
|
|
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2017 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Eleven edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2017 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2017 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 9 edited by Allan Kaster |
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|
| "The Art of War" | Nancy Kress |
2007 |
|
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| 2008 | Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition edited by Rich Horton |
|
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|
| Artemis | Andy Weir |
2017 |
|
|
| 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
|
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|
| "Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars" | Kim Stanley Robinson |
1999 |
|
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| 2002 | The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer |
|
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|
| "Article of Faith" | Mike Resnick |
2008 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
|
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|
| "Artifice and Intelligence" | Tim Pratt |
2007 |
|
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| 2008 | Year's Best SF 13 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
| 2008 | Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition edited by Rich Horton |
|
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|
| Artificial Condition | Martha Wells |
2018 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
|
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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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|
| Artificial Things | Karen Joy Fowler |
1986 |
|
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
|
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|
| "The Artist of the Beautiful" | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
1844 |
|
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| 1966 | Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin |
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| "Arvies" | Adam-Troy Castro |
2010 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2011 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2011 edited by Rich Horton |
|
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|
| "As Easy as A.B.C." | Rudyard Kipling |
1912 |
|
|
| 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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|
| "As For Our Fatal Continuity …" | Brian W. Aldiss |
1971 |
|
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| 1973 | Best SF: 1972 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
|
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|
| "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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|
| As She Climbed Across the Table | Jonathan Lethem |
1997 |
|
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| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
|
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|
| "As Simple as That" | Zenna Henderson |
1971 |
|
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| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
|
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|
| "As the Last I May Know" | S. L. Huang |
2019 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2020 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Volume 1 edited by Jonathan Strahan |
|
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|
| "As Time Goes By" | Tanith Lee |
1983 |
|
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| 1984 | The 1984 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
|
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| "As Women Fight" | Sara Genge |
2009 |
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| 2010 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2010 edited by Rich Horton |
| 2010 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2010 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 2 edited by Allan Kaster |
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| "As You Know, Bob" | John Hemry |
2007 |
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| 2008 | Year's Best SF 13 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
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| "Ascension Day" | Alastair Reynolds |
2011 |
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| 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| Ascent | Jed Mercurio |
2007 |
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| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
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| The Ascent of Wonder | David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer |
1994 |
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| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "The Asenion Solution" | Robert Silverberg |
1989 |
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| 1990 | The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Three edited by David S. Garnett |
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| Ash: A Secret History | Mary Gentle |
2000 |
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| British Science Fiction Association Awards |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| "Ashes and Tombstones" | Brian Stableford |
1999 |
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| 2000 | Year's Best SF 5 edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| "Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust, Earth to Alluvium" | Gray Rinehart |
2014 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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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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| "The Asian Shore" | Thomas M. Disch |
1970 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1971 | Best SF: 1970 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
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| "The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered as a Downhill Motor Race" | J. G. Ballard |
1966 |
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| 1968 | Best SF: 1967 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
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| "Assassins" | Jack Skillingstead, Burt Courtier |
2017 |
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| 2018 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Assault on a City" | Jack Vance |
1974 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| Assemblers of Infinity | Kevin J. Anderson, Doug Beason |
1993 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
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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 Assistant Self" | F. L. Wallace |
1956 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "The Asteroids, 2194" | John Wyndham |
1960 |
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| 1962 | The 7th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
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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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| "The Astrakhan, the Homberg, and the Red Red Coat" | Chaz Brenchley |
2015 |
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| 2016 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2016 edited by Rich Horton |
| 2016 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "The Astronaut" | Valentina Zhuravlyova |
1960 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
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|
| "The Astronaut from Wyoming" | Jerry Oltion, Adam-Troy Castro |
1999 |
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|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
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| "Astrophilia" | Carrie Vaughn |
2012 |
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| 2013 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| Asunder | Kerstin Hall |
2024 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
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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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| "Asylum" | Katharine Kerr |
1994 |
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| 1995 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Asymmetrical Warfare" | S. R. Algernon |
2015 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Asymptotic" | Andy Dudak |
2015 |
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| 2016 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2016 edited by Rich Horton |
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| "At Budokan" | Alastair Reynolds |
2010 |
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| 2011 | Year's Best SF 16 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
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| "At Dorado" | Geoffrey A. Landis |
2002 |
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| 2003 | Year's Best SF 8 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
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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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| "At Play in the Fields" | Steve Rasnic Tem |
2011 |
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| 2012 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 4 edited by Allan Kaster |
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| "At the Cross-Time Jaunters' Ball" | Alexander Jablokov |
1987 |
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| 1988 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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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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| "At the Embassy Club" | Elizabeth A. Lynn |
1984 |
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| 1985 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| At the Eye of the Ocean | Hilbert Schenck |
1981 |
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| 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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| "At the Fall" | Alec Nevala-Lee |
2019 |
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| 2020 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Volume 1 edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2020 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 5 edited by Neil Clarke |
| 2020 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2020 edited by Rich Horton |
| 2020 | The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 4 edited by Allan Kaster |
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| "At the Institute" | Norman Kagan |
1965 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "At the Money" | Richard Wadholm |
2002 |
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| 2003 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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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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| "At the Mouse Circus" | Harlan Ellison |
1971 |
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| 1972 | Best Science Fiction for 1972 edited by Frederik Pohl |
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| "At the Old Wooden Synagogue on Janower Street" | Michael Libling |
2019 |
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| 2020 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2020 edited by Rich Horton |
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| "At the Shadow of a Dream" | Howard V. Hendrix |
1993 |
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| Atlas | Isaac Hooke |
2013 |
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| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
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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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| "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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| Atomised | Michel Houellebecq |
2000 |
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| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
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| "The Atoms of Chladni" | J. D. Whelpley |
1860 |
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| 1966 | Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin |
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| The Atrocity Archives | Charles Stross |
2004 |
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| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2024 | Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
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| The Atrocity Exhibition | J. G. Ballard |
1970 |
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| 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 |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
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| "Attachment" | Phyllis Eisenstein |
1974 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Attitude Adjustment" | Eric James Stone |
2009 |
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| 2010 | Year's Best SF 15 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
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| "The Audience" | Sean McMullen |
2015 |
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| 2016 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 1 edited by Neil Clarke |
| 2016 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2016 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 8 edited by Allan Kaster |
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| Audrey's Door | Sarah Langan |
2009 |
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| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| "Audubon in Atlantis" | Harry Turtledove |
2005 |
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| 2006 | Best Short Novels 2006 edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2006 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Aunt Parnetta's Electric Blisters" | Diane Glancy |
1990 |
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| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
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| "Auntie Jennie's Tonic" | Leonard Tushnet |
1971 |
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| 1972 | The 1972 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
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| Aurora | Kim Stanley Robinson |
2015 |
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| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2020 | 15 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon |
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| "Aurora in Four Voices" | Catherine Asaro |
1998 |
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|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
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|
| Aurora Rising | Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff |
2019 |
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| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| "Auspicious Eggs" | James Morrow |
2000 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| ""The Author of the Acacia Seeds" and Other Extracts from the Journal of the Association of Therolinguistics" | Ursula K. Le Guin |
1974 |
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| 1975 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg 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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| "Automatic Tiger" | Kit Reed |
1964 |
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| 1965 | 10th Annual Edition: The Year's Best SF edited by Judith Merril |
|
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| "The Automaton Ear" | Florence McLandburgh |
1873 |
|
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| 2015 | The Feminine Future: Early Science Fiction by Women Writers edited by Mike Ashley |
| 2017 | Frankenstein Dreams edited by Michael Sims |
|
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|
| Autonomous | Annalee Newitz |
2017 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
|
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| "The Autopsy" | Michael Shea |
1980 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
|
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| Autumn Angels | Arthur Byron Cover |
1975 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
|
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| "The Autumn Land" | Clifford D. Simak |
1971 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
|
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| "Autumntime" | A. Lentini |
1971 |
|
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| 1972 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year edited by Lester del Rey |
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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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| The Avatar | Poul Anderson |
1978 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "Avery Cates: The Walled City" | Jeff Somers |
2015 |
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| "Awake in the Night" | John C. Wright |
2003 |
|
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| 2004 | Best Short Novels: 2004 edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2004 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
|
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|
| "Awakening" | Judith Berman |
2007 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
|
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| "Away With the Wolves" | Sarah Gailey |
2019 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
|
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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 Axiom of Choice" | David W. Goldman |
2011 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
|
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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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| Aye, and Gomorrah | Samuel R. Delany |
2003 |
|
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| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
|
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|
| "Aymara" | Lucius Shepard |
1986 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1987 | Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year #16 edited by Terry Carr |
|
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|
| Aztec Century | Christopher Evans |
1993 |
|
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| British Science Fiction Association Awards |
|
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|
| "Aztecs" | Vonda N. McIntyre |
1977 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1978 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #7 edited by Terry Carr |
|
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| "Año Nuevo" | Ray Nayler |
2021 |
|
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| Asimov's Readers' Poll - Finalist |
|
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|
| Baba Yaga Laid an Egg | Dubravka Ugresic |
2010 |
|
|
| Otherwise Award |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Babel | R. F. Kuang |
2022 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
|
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| Baby | J. K. Accinni |
2013 |
|
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| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
|
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| "Baby Doll" | Johanna Sinisalo |
2002 |
|
|
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2008 | Year's Best SF 13 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
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|
| "The Baby Eaters" | Ian McHugh |
2016 |
|
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| 2017 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
|
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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 |
|
|
| 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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|
| "Baby, You Were Great" | Kate Wilhelm |
1967 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
|
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|
| "Babylon" | Dave Hutchinson |
2017 |
|
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| 2018 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Twelve edited by Jonathan Strahan |
|
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| "The Babylon Lottery" | Jorge Luis Borges |
1981 |
|
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| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 6: Around the World edited by James Gunn |
|
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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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| "Back to the Stone Age" | Jake Saunders |
1976 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1977 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
|
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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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|
| "Backtracked" | Burt K. Filer |
1968 |
|
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| 1969 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1969 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
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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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|
| "Bad Day on Boscobel" | Alexander Jablokov |
2013 |
|
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| 2014 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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|
| "Bad Doors" | John Wiswell |
2023 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "The Bad Graft" | Karen Russell |
2014 |
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| 2015 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015 edited by John Joseph Adams and Joe Hill |
|
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| "Bad Medicine" | Jack Dann |
1984 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1985 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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|
| "Badass Moms in the Zombie Apocalypse" | Rae Carson |
2020 |
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|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
|
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|
| "The Bahrain Underground Bazaar" | Nadia Afifi |
2020 |
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| 2021 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Volume 2 edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2022 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 6 edited by Neil Clarke |
| 2022 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2021 edited by Rich Horton |
|
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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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|
| "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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|
| "Balanced Ecology" | James H. Schmitz |
1965 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
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|
| "Balancing Accounts" | James L. Cambias |
2008 |
|
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| 2009 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2010 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton |
| 2013 | Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden |
|
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|
| "Balinese Dancer" | Gwyneth Jones |
1997 |
|
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| 1998 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
|
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|
| "Ballad of Beta-2,The" | Samuel R. Delany |
1965 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "The Ballad of Black Tom" | Victor LaValle |
2016 |
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
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|
| "The Ballad of Lost C'Mell" | Cordwainer Smith |
1962 |
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|
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
| 1992 | The Great SF Stories 24 (1962) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
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|
| "Ballenger's People" | Kris Neville |
1967 |
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| 1979 | Neglected Visions edited by Barry N. Malzberg, Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander |
|
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|
| "The Balloon" | Donald Barthelme |
1966 |
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| 1968 | SF 12 edited by Judith Merril |
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| "Bank Run" | Tom Purdom |
2005 |
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| 2006 | Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2006 Edition edited by Rich Horton |
|
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|
| Bannerless | Carrie Vaughn |
2017 |
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|
| Philip K. Dick Award |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| "Bannerless" | Carrie Vaughn |
2015 |
|
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| 2016 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 1 edited by Neil Clarke |
| 2016 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
|
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|
| "The Barbarian" | Joanna Russ |
1968 |
|
|
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
|
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| "The Barbarian Princess" | Vernor Vinge |
1986 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
|
|
|
| The Barbie Murders | John Varley |
1980 |
|
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
|
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|
| "The Barbie Murders" | John Varley |
1978 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1979 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #8 edited by Terry Carr |
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|
| Barefoot in the Head | Brian W. Aldiss |
1969 |
|
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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 |
| 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 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
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| "A Bargain with Cashel" | Gerald Kersh |
1963 |
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| 1964 | The 9th Annual of the Year's Best SF edited by Judith Merril |
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| "Bark, Blood, and Sacrifice" | Alexandra Seidel |
2019 |
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| 2020 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2020 edited by Rich Horton |
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| "Barnaby in Exile" | Mike Resnick |
1994 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Barnacle Bill the Spacer" | Lucius Shepard |
1992 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
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| The Baroque Cycle | Neal Stephenson |
2004 |
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| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels |
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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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| "The Barrow" | Ursula K. Le Guin |
1976 |
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| 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Barry's Deal" | Lawrence M. Schoen |
2017 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Barry's Tale" | Lawrence M. Schoen |
2012 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard | Lawrence M. Schoen |
2015 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
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| "The Barsoom Series" | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
1964 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Basement Magic" | Ellen Klages |
2003 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
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| "Basil the Dog" | Frances Sherwood |
1999 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Basilisk" | Harlan Ellison |
1972 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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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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| "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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| Battle Circle | Piers Anthony |
1978 |
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "The Battle of Candle Arc" | Yoon Ha Lee |
2012 |
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| 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| The Battle of Dorking | Sir George Chesney |
1871 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "The Battle of Long Island" | Nancy Kress |
1993 |
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| 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
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| "The Battle of the Abaco Reefs" | Hilbert Schenck |
1979 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1980 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "The Battle of York" | James Stoddard |
2004 |
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| 2005 | Year's Best SF 10 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
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| Battlefield Earth | L. Ron Hubbard |
1982 |
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| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
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| "The Baum Plan for Financial Independence" | John Kessel |
2004 |
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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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| "Be of Good Cheer" | Fritz Leiber |
1964 |
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| 1965 | 10th Annual Edition: The Year's Best SF edited by Judith Merril |
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| "Beach Scene" | Marshall King |
1960 |
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| 1961 | The 6th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
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| Beachhead | Jack Williamson |
1992 |
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "A Bead of Jasper, Four Small Stones" | Genevieve Valentine |
2012 |
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| 2013 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Seven edited by Jonathan Strahan |
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| Beaker's Dozen | Nancy Kress |
1998 |
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
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| "Beam Us Home" | James Tiptree, Jr. |
1969 |
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| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| "The Beancounter's Cat" | Damien Broderick |
2011 |
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| 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Bear Trap" | Charles Stross |
2000 |
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| 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer |
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| "The Bear with the Knot on His Tail" | Stephen Tall |
1971 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1972 | The 1972 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
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| "The Bear's Baby" | Judith Moffett |
2003 |
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| 2004 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "The Beast Adjoins" | Ted Kosmatka |
2020 |
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| 2021 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021 edited by Roth & Adams |
| 2021 | The Year's Top Robot and AI Stories: Second Annual Collection edited by Allan Kaster |
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| The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World | Harlan Ellison |
1969 |
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| 2023 | The 25 Best Science Fiction Books I've Ever Read (Parts 1 and 2) - Outlaw Bookseller |
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| The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World | Harlan Ellison |
1968 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Beastchild" | Dean Koontz |
1970 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "The Beat Cluster" | Fritz Leiber |
1961 |
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| 1962 | The 7th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
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| Beating Heart Cadavers | Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain |
2016 |
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| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
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| "Beatnik Bayou" | John Varley |
1980 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1981 | The 1981 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1981 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10 edited by Terry Carr |
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| "Beautiful" | Juliet Marillier |
2018 |
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| 2019 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2019 edited by Rich Horton |
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| "The Beautiful and the Sublime" | Bruce Sterling |
1986 |
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| 1987 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Beautiful Boys" | Theodora Goss |
2012 |
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| 2013 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Seven edited by Jonathan Strahan |
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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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| Beauty | Sheri S. Tepper |
1991 |
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| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor) |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| "The Beauty Addict" | Ray Aldridge |
1993 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Beauty and the Opéra or the Phantom Beast" | Suzy McKee Charnas |
1996 |
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
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| "Beauty in the Night" | Robert Silverberg |
1997 |
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| 1998 | Year's Best SF 3 edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1998 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Becalmed in Hell" | Larry Niven |
1965 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1966 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1966 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1972 | A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight |
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| "Because Change Was the Ocean and We Lived By Her Mercy" | Charlie Jane Anders |
2016 |
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| 2017 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| Becoming Alien | Rebecca Ore |
1987 |
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
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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 Bees from Borneo" | Will H. Gray |
1931 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Bees Her Heart, the Hive Her Belly" | Benjanun Sriduangkaew |
2013 |
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| 2014 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2014 edited by Rich Horton |
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| "The Bees of Knowledge" | Barrington J. Bayley |
1975 |
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| 1976 | The 1976 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
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| Beetle in the Anthill | Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky |
1980 |
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| 2003 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
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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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| "Before Eden" | Arthur C. Clarke |
1961 |
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| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |
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| "Before I Wake" | Kim Stanley Robinson |
1989 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Before My Last Breath" | Robert Reed |
2009 |
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| 2010 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2010 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2010 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 2 edited by Allan Kaster |
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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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| Before the Golden Age | Isaac Asimov |
1974 |
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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 |
| 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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| "The Beggar in the Living Room" | William John Watkins |
1993 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| Beggars & Choosers | Nancy Kress |
1994 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
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| Beggars in Spain | Nancy Kress |
1993 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
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| Beggars Ride | Nancy Kress |
1996 |
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
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| The Begum's Fortune | Jules Verne |
1879 |
|
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| 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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| "Behind Our Irises" | Tlotio Tsamaase |
2020 |
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| 2022 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2021 edited by Rich Horton |
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| "Behold the Man" | Michael Moorcock |
1966 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| 1967 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1982 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| Behold the Man | Michael Moorcock |
1969 |
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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 |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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| Beholder's Eye | Julie E. Czerneda |
1998 |
|
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2014 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
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| Being Alien | Rebecca Ore |
1989 |
|
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
|
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| Being There | Jerzy Kosinski |
1970 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
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| "The Bell-Tower" | Herman Melville |
1855 |
|
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| 1966 | Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin |
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| "Belladonna Nights" | Alastair Reynolds |
2017 |
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| 2018 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Twelve edited by Jonathan Strahan |
|
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| "The Bellman" | John Varley |
2003 |
|
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| 2004 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
|
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| Bellwether | Connie Willis |
1996 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor) |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
|
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| "Belly Up" | Maggie Clark |
2017 |
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| 2018 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 3 edited by Neil Clarke |
|
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| Below the Root | Zilpha Keatley Snyder |
1975 |
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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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| "Beluthahatchie" | Andy Duncan |
1997 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction | Nicola Griffith, Stephen Pagel |
1998 |
|
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "Beneath the Sugar Sky" | Seanan McGuire |
2018 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
|
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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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| Benefits | Zoe Fairbairns |
1979 |
|
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| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
|
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| "Bereft, I Come to a Nameless World" | Benjamin Rosenbaum |
2020 |
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| 2022 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2021 edited by Rich Horton |
|
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| "Bernardo's House" | James Patrick Kelly |
2003 |
|
|
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2003 | Science Fiction: The Best of 2003 edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan |
|
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| "Bernie the Faust" | William Tenn |
1963 |
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| 1964 | The 9th Annual of the Year's Best SF edited by Judith Merril |
| 1972 | A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight |
| 1992 | The Great SF Stories 25 (1963) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Bernoulli War" | Gord Sellar |
2012 |
|
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| 2013 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2013 edited by Rich Horton |
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| "Beside the Damned River" | D. J. Cockburn |
2014 |
|
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| 2015 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Bespoke" | Genevieve Valentine |
2009 |
|
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| 2010 | Year's Best SF 15 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
| 2010 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2010 edited by Rich Horton |
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|
| "The Best and the Rest of James Joyce" | Ian McDonald |
1992 |
|
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| 1993 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
|
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|
| "The Best Christmas Ever" | James Patrick Kelly |
2004 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2005 | Science Fiction: The Best of 2004 edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan |
|
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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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| The Best of All Possible Worlds | Karen Lord |
2013 |
|
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| 2015 | The Year's Top Short SF Novels 5 edited by Allan Kaster |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
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| The Best of Avram Davidson | Avram Davidson |
1979 |
|
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| 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 Best of C. L. Moore | C. L. Moore |
1975 |
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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 |
| 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 |
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| The Best of C. M. Kornbluth | C. M. Kornbluth |
1976 |
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| 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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| The Best of Cordwainer Smith | Cordwainer Smith |
1975 |
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2003 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| The Best of Damon Knight | Damon Knight |
1976 |
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| 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 |
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| The Best of Eric Frank Russell | Eric Frank Russell |
1978 |
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
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| The Best of Frederik Pohl | Frederik Pohl |
1975 |
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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 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| The Best of Fredric Brown | Fredric Brown |
1977 |
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| 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 |
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| The Best of Fritz Leiber | Fritz Leiber |
1974 |
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| The Best of Henry Kuttner | Henry Kuttner |
1975 |
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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 |
| 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 |
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| The Best of J.G. Ballard | J. G. Ballard |
1977 |
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| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
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| The Best of Jack Vance | Jack Vance |
1976 |
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| 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 Best of Jack Williamson | Jack Williamson |
1978 |
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
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| The Best of John Sladek | John Sladek |
1981 |
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| 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 Best of John W. Campbell | John W. Campbell, Jr. |
1976 |
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| 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 |
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| The Best of Judith Merril | Judith Merril |
1976 |
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| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| The Best of L. Sprague de Camp | L. Sprague de Camp |
1978 |
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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 |
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| The Best of Leigh Brackett | Leigh Brackett, Edmond Hamilton |
1977 |
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
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| The Best of Lester del Rey | Lester del Rey |
1978 |
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
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| The Best of Marion Zimmer Bradley | Marion Zimmer Bradley |
1985 |
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
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| The Best of Murray Leinster | Murray Leinster |
1978 |
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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 |
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| The Best of Pamela Sargent | Pamela Sargent |
1987 |
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
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| The Best of Philip K. Dick | Philip K. Dick |
1977 |
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
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| The Best of Raymond Z. Gallun | Raymond Z. Gallun |
1978 |
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
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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 Best of Stanley G. Weinbaum | Stanley G. Weinbaum |
1974 |
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
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| The Best Science Fiction of the Year | Terry Carr |
1972-87 |
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| 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 |
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| "The Best Science Fiction of the Year Three" | Ken MacLeod |
2011 |
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| 2012 | Year's Best SF 17 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
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| Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss | Brian W. Aldiss |
1965 |
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| 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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| Best Science Fiction Stories of C.M. Kornbluth | C. M. Kornbluth |
1968 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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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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| Best SF Stories of Brian Aldiss | Brian W. Aldiss |
1988 |
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| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| Best SF: 1967 | Harry Harrison, Brian W. Aldiss |
1968 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
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| The Best Short Stories of J.G. Ballard | J. G. Ballard |
1978 |
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| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
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| "The Best We Can" | Carrie Vaughn |
2013 |
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| 2014 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2014 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 6 edited by Allan Kaster |
| 2019 | The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
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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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| "Better Living Through Algorithms" | Naomi Kritzer |
2023 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
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| "A Better Mousehole" | Edgar Pangborn |
1965 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Better Than Ever" | Alex Kirs |
1965 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1966 | 11th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
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| "A Better Way to Die" | Paul Cornell |
2014 |
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| 2015 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2015 edited by Rich Horton |
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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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| "Between Nine and Eleven" | Adam Roberts |
2016 |
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| 2017 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2017 edited by Rich Horton |
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| "Between the Dark and the Dark" | Deji Bryce Olukotun |
2019 |
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| 2020 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 edited by Gabaldon & Adams |
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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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| "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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| Beyond Apollo | Barry N. Malzberg |
1972 |
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| John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 1974 | Modern Science Fiction edited by Norman Spinrad |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st 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 |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2024 | The 15 Best Sci-Fi Books I've Ever Read 2024 - Bookpilled |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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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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| "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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| "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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| "Beyond the Aquila Rift" | Alastair Reynolds |
2005 |
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| 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
| 2006 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
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| Beyond the Blue Event Horizon | Frederik Pohl |
1980 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
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| "Beyond the Curve" | Kobo Abe |
1966 |
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| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 6: Around the World edited by James Gunn |
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| "Beyond the Dead Reef" | James Tiptree, Jr. |
1983 |
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| 1984 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Beyond the Dragon's Gate" | Yoon Ha Lee |
2020 |
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| 2021 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021 edited by Roth & Adams |
| 2022 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2021 edited by Rich Horton |
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| Beyond the Labyrinth | Gillian Rubinstein |
1988 |
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| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "Beyond the Sea Gates of the Scholar Pirates of Sarskoe" | Garth Nix |
2008 |
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| 2009 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three edited by Jonathan Strahan |
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| "Beyond the Wall" | Justin Stanchfield |
2007 |
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| 2008 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Beyond the Weeds" | Peter Tate |
1966 |
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| 1968 | SF 12 edited by Judith Merril |
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| "Beyond These Stars Other Tribulations of Love" | Usman T. Malik |
2020 |
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| 2021 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Volume 2 edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2022 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 6 edited by Neil Clarke |
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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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| "Bibi" | Mike Resnick, Susan Shwartz |
1995 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
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| "The Bible Repairman" | Tim Powers |
2006 |
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| 2007 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume One edited by Jonathan Strahan |
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| "Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge" | James Morrow |
1988 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
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| "Bicycle Repairman" | Bruce Sterling |
1996 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1997 | Year's Best SF 2 edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1997 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2002 | The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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| The Big Book of Science Fiction | Jeff VanderMeer, Ann VanderMeer |
2016 |
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| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
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| "Big Boys Don't Cry" | Tom Kratman |
2014 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "The Big Flash" | Norman Spinrad |
1969 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1970 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1970 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1981 | Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Big Game" | Isaac Asimov |
1974 |
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| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
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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 Big Ice" | Jay Lake, Ruth Nestvold |
2006 |
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| 2007 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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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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| "Bill for Delivery" | Christopher Anvil |
1964 |
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| 1965 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1965 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
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| Bill, the Galactic Hero | Harry Harrison |
1965 |
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| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "Billennium" | J. G. Ballard |
1961 |
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| 1966 | Best SF Six edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
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| "The Billiard Ball" | Isaac Asimov |
1967 |
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| 1968 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1968 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
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| "Billie the Kid" | Rick Wilber |
2021 |
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| Asimov's Readers' Poll - Finalist |
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| "A Billion Eves" | Robert Reed |
2006 |
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2007 | Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2007 Edition edited by Rich Horton |
| 2007 | Best Short Novels 2007 edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2024 | Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Novellas |
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| "Billy Tumult" | Nick Harkaway |
2015 |
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| 2016 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Bindlestiff" | James Blish |
1950 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
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| Binti | Nnedi Okorafor |
2015 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2016 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Novellas: 2016 Edition edited by Paula Guran |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2022 | The Greatest Science Fiction Books of the 2010s - The Portalist |
| 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
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| "Binti: Home" | Nnedi Okorafor |
2017 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Binti: The Night Masquerade" | Nnedi Okorafor |
2018 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Biographical Fragments of the Life of Julian Prince" | Jake Kerr |
2013 |
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| 2014 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Biographical Notes to "A Discourse on the Nature of Causality, with Air-Planes"" | Benjamin Rosenbaum |
2004 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "The Birch Clump Cylinder" | Clifford D. Simak |
1974 |
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| 1975 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Fourth Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey |
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| "Bircher" | A. A. Walde |
1966 |
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| 1967 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
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| "Bird in the Hand" | Larry Niven |
1970 |
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| 1971 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1971 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
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| The Bird King | G. Willow Wilson |
2019 |
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| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| "The Birds" | Thomas M. Disch |
1973 |
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| 1974 | Best SF: 1973 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
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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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| "Birth Day" | Robert Reed |
1992 |
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| 1993 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Birth Days" | Geoff Ryman |
2003 |
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| 2004 | Year's Best SF 9 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
| 2004 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Birth of a Gardener" | Doris Pitkin Buck |
1961 |
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| 2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
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| The Birth of the People's Republic of Antarctica | John Calvin Batchelor |
1983 |
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| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
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| "A Birthday" | Esther M. Friesner |
1995 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "The Birthday of the World" | Ursula K. Le Guin |
2000 |
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| 2001 | Year's Best SF 6 edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2001 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| The Birthgrave | Tanith Lee |
1975 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
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| "The Birthmark" | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
1843 |
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| 1966 | Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin |
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| "Bishop's Opening" | R. S. A. Garcia |
2022 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Bit Rot" | Charles Stross |
2010 |
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| 2012 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 4 edited by Allan Kaster |
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| Biting the Sun | Tanith Lee |
1999 |
|
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| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
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| Bitter Angels | Sarah Zettel |
2009 |
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| Philip K. Dick Award |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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| "The Bitter Bread" | Poul Anderson |
1975 |
|
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| 1976 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey |
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| "Bitterblooms" | George R. R. Martin |
1977 |
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| 1978 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Blacamán the Good, Vendor of Miracles" | Gabriel Garcia Márquez |
1971 |
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| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 6: Around the World edited by James Gunn |
|
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| "Black Air" | Kim Stanley Robinson |
1983 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1984 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
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| "Black as the Pit, from Pole to Pole" | Steven Utley, Howard Waldrop |
1977 |
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| 1978 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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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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| 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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| "Black Coral" | Lucius Shepard |
1984 |
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| 1985 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Black Dog" | Neil Gaiman |
2015 |
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| 2016 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Ten edited by Jonathan Strahan |
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| Black Easter | James Blish |
1968 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
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| "The Black Feminist's Guide to Science Fiction Film Editing" | Sandra McDonald |
2012 |
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| 2013 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2013 edited by Rich Horton |
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| Black Genesis | L. Ron Hubbard |
1986 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
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| Black Glass | Karen Joy Fowler |
1998 |
|
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
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| "Black Glass" | Karen Joy Fowler |
1991 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Black Glass" | Fritz Leiber |
1978 |
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| 1979 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #8 edited by Terry Carr |
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| "The Black God's Drums" | P. Djèlí Clark |
2018 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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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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| Black Gods & Scarlet Dreams | C. L. Moore |
2002 |
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| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
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| "Black is Beautiful" | Robert Silverberg |
1970 |
|
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| 1971 | Best SF: 1970 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
|
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| Black Leopard Red Wolf | Marlon James |
2019 |
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| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| Black Man | Richard K. Morgan |
2007 |
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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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| 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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| "Black Powder" | Maria Dahvana Headley |
2017 |
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| 2018 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 edited by John Joseph Adams and N. K. Jemisin |
|
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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 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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| Black Sun | Rebecca Roanhorse |
2020 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
|
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| Black Sun Rising | C. S. Friedman |
1991 |
|
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| 2003 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
|
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| "Black Swan" | Bruce Sterling |
2009 |
|
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| 2010 | Year's Best SF 15 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
| 2010 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2010 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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|
| "The Black Tides of Heaven" | J. Y. Yang |
2017 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
|
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| Black Wine | Candas Jane Dorsey |
1997 |
|
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| Otherwise Award |
| 2004 | Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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| Blackfish City | Sam J. Miller |
2018 |
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|
| John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
|
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| "Blackmail" | Fred Hoyle |
1967 |
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| 1968 | Best SF: 1967 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
|
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| Blackout | Seanan McGuire |
2012 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
|
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| Blackout/All Clear | Connie Willis |
2010 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
|
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|
| Blade of Fortriu | Juliet Marillier |
2005 |
|
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| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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| "Blanchefleur" | Theodora Goss |
2013 |
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| 2014 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2014 edited by Rich Horton |
|
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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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|
| "The Bleeding Man" | Craig Strete |
1974 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1975 | The 1975 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
|
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| "The Blemmye's Strategem" | Bruce Sterling |
2005 |
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| 2006 | Science Fiction: The Very Best of 2005 edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2006 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "A Blessing of Unicorns" | Elizabeth Bear |
2021 |
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| Asimov's Readers' Poll - Winner |
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| "Blessings" | Naomi Novik |
2018 |
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| 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan |
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| "Blind Alley" | Isaac Asimov |
1945 |
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| 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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| The Blind Assassin | Margaret Atwood |
2000 |
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| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
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| "Blind Cat Dance" | Alexander Jablokov |
2010 |
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| 2011 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "The Blind Geometer" | Kim Stanley Robinson |
1986 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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| Blind Lake | Robert Charles Wilson |
2003 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
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| The Blind Man and the Elephant | Russell M. Griffin |
1982 |
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| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
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| "The Blind Pilot" | Nathalie-Charles Henneberg |
1960 |
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| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| "Blind Shemmy" | Jack Dann |
1983 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1984 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #13 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1984 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Blind Spot" | Jayge Carr |
1981 |
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| 1982 | The 1982 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
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| Blind Voices | Tom Reamy |
1978 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
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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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| Blindness | José Saramago |
1997 |
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| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
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| "Blindsight" | Robert Silverberg |
1986 |
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| 1987 | Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year #16 edited by Terry Carr |
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| "Bliss" | Leah Bobet |
2004 |
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| 2006 | Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2006 Edition edited by Rich Horton |
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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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| "Blocked" | Geoff Ryman |
2009 |
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| 2010 | Year's Best SF 15 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
| 2010 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2010 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| Blood | Michael Moorcock |
1994 |
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| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
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| "Blood Dauber" | Ted Kosmatka, Michael Poore |
2009 |
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| 2010 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Blood Drive" | Jeffrey Ford |
2012 |
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| 2013 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Seven edited by Jonathan Strahan |
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| "Blood Grains Speak Through Memories" | Jason Sanford |
2016 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2017 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2017 edited by Rich Horton |
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| "Blood Is Another Word for Hunger" | Rivers Solomon |
2019 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| Blood of Dreams | Susan Parisi |
2007 |
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| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| "Blood of the Dragon" | George R. R. Martin |
1996 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
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| "Blood Sisters" | Joe Haldeman |
1979 |
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| 1980 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Blood Sisters" | Greg Egan |
1991 |
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| 1992 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Blood Wedding" | Robert Reed |
2014 |
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| 2015 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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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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| "Blood, Ash, Braids" | Genevieve Valentine |
2015 |
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| 2016 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Ten edited by Jonathan Strahan |
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| Bloodchild and Other Stories | Octavia E. Butler |
1995 |
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
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| "Blooded on Arachne" | Michael Bishop |
1975 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Bloodsport" | Gene Wolfe |
2010 |
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| 2011 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2011 edited by Rich Horton |
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| Bloom | Wil McCarthy |
1998 |
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| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
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| "Bloom" | Gregory Norman Bossert |
2013 |
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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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| "The Blue Afternoon That Lasted Forever" | Daniel H. Wilson |
2014 |
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| 2015 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015 edited by John Joseph Adams and Joe Hill |
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| "A Blue and Cloudless Sky" | Bernhard Ribbeck |
2007 |
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| 2008 | Year's Best SF 13 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
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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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| "Blue Champagne" | John Varley |
1981 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "The Blue Fairy's Manifesto" | Annalee Newitz |
2018 |
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| 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2019 | The Year's Top Robot and AI Stories edited by Allan Kaster |
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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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| "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 |
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| Blue Light | Walter Mosley |
1998 |
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| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor) |
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| Blue Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson |
1997 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 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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| "The Blue Planet" | Robert J. Sawyer |
1999 |
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| 2000 | Year's Best SF 5 edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| "Blue Vervain Murder Ballad #2: Jack of Diamonds" | Erik Amundsen |
2008 |
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| 2010 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton |
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| "Blued Moon" | Connie Willis |
1984 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1985 | Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #14 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1985 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Bluewater Dreams" | Sydney J. Van Scyoc |
1981 |
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| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
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| "Bluff" | Harry Turtledove |
1985 |
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| 1986 | Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #15 edited by Terry Carr |
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| "The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye" | Sarah Pinsker |
2019 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| The Boat of a Million Years | Poul Anderson |
1989 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 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 Bob Dylan Tambourine Software & Satori Support Services Consortium, Ltd." | Michael Bishop |
1985 |
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| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
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| The Body Scout | Lincoln Michel |
2021 |
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| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
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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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|
| "The Body-Snatcher" | Robert Louis Stevenson |
1884 |
|
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| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
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| The Bohr Maker | Linda Nagata |
1995 |
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| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| Bold as Love | Gwyneth Jones |
2001 |
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|
| Arthur C. Clarke Awards |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Bone Dance | Emma Bull |
1991 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
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| "The Bone Flute" | Lisa Tuttle |
1981 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
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| "The Bone Swans of Amandale" | C. S. E. Cooney |
2015 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2016 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Novellas: 2016 Edition edited by Paula Guran |
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| "The Boneless One" | Alec Nevala-Lee |
2011 |
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| 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Bones" | Pat Murphy |
1990 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "The Bones of the Earth" | Ursula K. Le Guin |
2001 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
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| Bones of the Earth | Michael Swanwick |
2002 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2022 | The 25 Best Sci-Fi Books from the 2000s Decade - The Portalist |
|
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| The Bones of Time | Kathleen Ann Goonan |
1996 |
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 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 |
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|
| "Boobs" | Suzy McKee Charnas |
1989 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
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| "Boojum" | Elizabeth Bear, Sarah Monette |
2008 |
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| 2009 | Year's Best SF 14 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
| 2009 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2010 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton |
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| "The Book Learners" | Liz Hufford |
1975 |
|
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| 1976 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey |
|
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| The Book of Love | Kelly Link |
2024 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
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| The Book of Phoenix | Nnedi Okorafor |
2015 |
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| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
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| "The Book of Phoenix (Excerpted from The Great Book)" | Nnedi Okorafor |
2011 |
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| 2012 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six edited by Jonathan Strahan |
|
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|
| The Book of Skulls | Robert Silverberg |
1971 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
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| The Book of the Unnamed Midwife | Meg Elison |
2014 |
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|
| Philip K. Dick Award |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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| The Book of Three | Lloyd Alexander |
1964 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
|
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| "The Book Seller" | Lavie Tidhar |
2013 |
|
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| 2014 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Eight edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2014 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
|
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| "The Bookcase Expedition" | Jeffrey Ford |
2018 |
|
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| 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan |
|
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| "The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species" | Ken Liu |
2012 |
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
|
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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 Books" | Kage Baker |
2010 |
|
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| 2011 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
|
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| "The Bookstore at the End of America" | Charlie Jane Anders |
2019 |
|
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| 2020 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Volume 1 edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2020 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 edited by Gabaldon & Adams |
|
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|
| "The Boolean Gate" | Walter Jon Williams |
2012 |
|
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| 2013 | The Year's Top Short SF Novels 3 edited by Allan Kaster |
|
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| "Bordeaux Mixture" | Charles Dexter Ward |
2000 |
|
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| 2001 | Year's Best SF 6 edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
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| "Border Guards" | Greg Egan |
1999 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2000 | Year's Best SF 5 edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2000 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan |
|
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| "The Borderland of Sol" | Larry Niven |
1975 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
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| Borderline | Mishell Baker |
2016 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
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| Borders of Infinity | Lois McMaster Bujold |
1989 |
|
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
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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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|
| 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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| "Born of the Sun" | Jack Williamson |
1934 |
|
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| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
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| "Born-Again" | K. D. Wentworth |
2005 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| Borne | Jeff VanderMeer |
2017 |
|
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| 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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|
| "The Boss in the Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil" | Avram Davidson, Grania Davis |
1998 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathangan" | Ian McDonald |
2015 |
|
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| 2016 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2016 edited by Rich Horton |
| 2016 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Ten edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2016 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 1 edited by Neil Clarke |
| 2016 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2016 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 8 edited by Allan Kaster |
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|
| "Botch Town" | Jeffrey Ford |
2006 |
|
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| 2007 | Best Short Novels 2007 edited by Jonathan Strahan |
|
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|
| "Bots of the Lost Ark" | Suzanne Palmer |
2021 |
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
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| Bound for Mars | Arthur W. Ballou |
1970 |
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| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
|
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| "Bow Shock" | Gregory Benford |
2006 |
|
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| 2007 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
|
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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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|
| "The Boy Who Cast No Shadow" | Thomas Olde Heuvelt |
2012 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
|
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| "The Boy Who Plaited Manes" | Nancy Springer |
1986 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
|
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| "The Boy Who Waterskied to Forever" | James Tiptree, Jr. |
1982 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "The Boy, the Dog and the Spaceship" | Nicholas Fisk |
1974 |
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Braiding the Ghosts" | C. S. E. Cooney |
2010 |
|
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| 2011 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2011 edited by Rich Horton |
|
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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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|
| Brain Plague | Joan Slonczewski |
2000 |
|
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| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
|
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|
| "Brain Raid" | Alexander Jablokov |
2007 |
|
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| 2008 | Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition edited by Rich Horton |
|
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|
| Brain Rose | Nancy Kress |
1990 |
|
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
|
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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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|
| Brain Twister | Randall Garrett, Laurence M. Janifer |
1962 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
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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 |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
|
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| "Brainchild" | Joseph H. Delaney |
1982 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| The Brains of Rats | Michael Blumlein |
1990 |
|
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| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
|
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|
| "The Brains of Rats" | Michael Blumlein |
1986 |
|
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| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
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|
| "Branches on My Back, Sparrows in My Ear" | Nikki J. North |
2012 |
|
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| 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
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| Brasyl | Ian McDonald |
2007 |
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| British Science Fiction Association Awards |
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
|
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| "The Brave Little Toaster" | Cory Doctorow |
2011 |
|
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| 2012 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six edited by Jonathan Strahan |
|
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| "The Brave Little Toaster" | Thomas M. Disch |
1980 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
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|
| Brave New World/Brave New World Revisited | Aldous Huxley |
1960 |
|
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| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
|
|
|
| "A Braver Thing" | Charles Sheffield |
1990 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1991 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
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|
| "Bread and Bombs" | M. Rickert |
2003 |
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| 2004 | Year's Best SF 9 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
| 2013 | Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden |
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| "Bread and Circuits" | Misha Lenau |
2021 |
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| Asimov's Readers' Poll - Finalist |
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| "Break! Break! Break!" | Charlie Jane Anders |
2014 |
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| 2015 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2015 edited by Rich Horton |
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| "Breakaway, Backdown" | James Patrick Kelly |
1996 |
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| 1997 | Year's Best SF 2 edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| Breakdown | Katherine Amt Hanna |
2012 |
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| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
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| Breakfast of Champions | Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
1973 |
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| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2020 | Library of America Science Fiction |
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| Breakthrough | Richard Cowper |
1967 |
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| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
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| "The Breath of War" | Aliette de Bodard |
2014 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Breath's a Ware That Will Not Keep" | Thomas F. Monteleone |
1975 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Breathmoss" | Ian R. MacLeod |
2002 |
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2003 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2005 | The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Breckenridge and the Continuum" | Robert Silverberg |
1973 |
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| 1974 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 edited by Terry Carr |
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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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| Briar Rose | Jane Yolen |
1992 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| The Brick Moon | Edward Everett Hale |
1869 |
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| 1967 | Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 2016 | 50 Best Scientific Romances (1864-1903) by Josh Glenn |
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| "Bricks, Sticks, Straw" | Gwyneth Jones |
2012 |
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| 2013 | Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2013 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Seven edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2013 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 5 edited by Allan Kaster |
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| "The Bride of Elvis" | Kathleen Ann Goonan |
1996 |
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| 1997 | Year's Best SF 2 edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| "The Bride of Frankenstein" | Mike Resnick |
2009 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "The Brides of High Hill" | Nghi Vo |
2024 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| The Brides of Rollrock Island | Margo Lanagan |
2012 |
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| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| "Bridesicle" | Will McIntosh |
2009 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
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| "The Bridge" | Kathleen Ann Goonan |
2007 |
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| 2008 | Year's Best SF 13 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
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| The Bridge | Iain M. Banks |
1986 |
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| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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| "The Bridge of Dreams" | Gregory Feeley |
2016 |
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| 2017 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2017 edited by Rich Horton |
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| "Bridle and Saddle" | Isaac Asimov |
1942 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "A Brief and Fearful Star" | Carmen Maria Machado |
2018 |
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| 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan |
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| "The Brief History of the Dead" | Kevin Brockmeier |
2003 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "A Brief History of the Trans-Pacific Tunnel" | Ken Liu |
2013 |
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| 2014 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2014 edited by Rich Horton |
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| "A Brief Lesson in Native American Astronomy" | Rebecca Roanhorse |
2019 |
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| 2020 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 edited by Gabaldon & Adams |
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| "Bright Red Star" | Bud Sparhawk |
2005 |
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| 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
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| "Brightened Star, Ascending Dawn" | A. Merc Rustad |
2017 |
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| 2018 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 edited by John Joseph Adams and N. K. Jemisin |
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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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| Brightness Falls from the Air | James Tiptree, Jr. |
1985 |
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 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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| Brightness Reef | David Brin |
1995 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "Brillo" | Ben Bova, Harlan Ellison |
1970 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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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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| 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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| "Bring Your Own Spoon" | Saad Z. Hossain |
2017 |
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| 2018 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Twelve edited by Jonathan Strahan |
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| Brittle Innings | Michael Bishop |
1994 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "Broad Dutty Water" | Nalo Hopkinson |
2021 |
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| Sturgeon winner |
| 2022 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022 edited by Rebecca Roanhorse |
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| Broken Angels | Richard K. Morgan |
2003 |
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| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
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| "Broken Symmetry" | Michael A. Burstein |
1997 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Bronte's Egg" | Richard Chwedyk |
2002 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
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| Brontomek! | Michael G. Coney |
1976 |
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| British Science Fiction Association Awards |
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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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| "Brother" | Clifford D. Simak |
1977 |
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| 1978 | The 1978 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
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| Brother in the Land | Robert Swindells |
1984 |
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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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| "Brother Rifle" | Daryl Gregory |
2020 |
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| 2021 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021 edited by Roth & Adams |
| 2021 | The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 5 edited by Allan Kaster |
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| Brother Termite | Patricia Anthony |
1993 |
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
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| Brother to Dragons | Charles Sheffield |
1992 |
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| John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "A Brother to Dragons, a Companion of Owls" | Kate Wilhelm |
1974 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" | Terry Bisson |
2006 |
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| 2007 | Year's Best SF 12 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
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| "The Brotherhood of Keepers" | Dean McLaughlin |
1960 |
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| 1961 | The 6th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
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| "The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video" | Thomas Ha |
2024 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| Brothers in Arms | Lois McMaster Bujold |
1989 |
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| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
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| Brothers of Earth | C. J. Cherryh |
1976 |
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| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
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| Brown Girl in the Ring | Nalo Hopkinson |
1998 |
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| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Brute Orbits | George Zebrowski |
1998 |
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| John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 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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| "Bubble and Squeak" | David Gerrold, Ctein |
2018 |
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| 2019 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2019 edited by Rich Horton |
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| Buddy Holly is Alive and Well on Ganymede | Bradley Denton |
1991 |
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| John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "Budget Planet" | Robert Sheckley |
1968 |
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| 1969 | Best SF: 1968 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
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| "Buffalo" | John Kessel |
1991 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Sturgeon winner |
| 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2024 | Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories |
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| Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences | Ursula K. Le Guin |
1987 |
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
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| Bug Jack Barron | Norman Spinrad |
1969 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
|
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| "The Builders" | Daniel Polansky |
2015 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "The Building" | Ursula K. Le Guin |
2001 |
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| 2002 | Year's Best SF 7 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
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| "The Building" | Herbert W. Franke |
1998 |
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| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 6: Around the World edited by James Gunn |
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| "Building Block" | Sonya Dorman |
1975 |
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| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
|
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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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| "Built Upon the Sands of Time" | Michael F. Flynn |
2000 |
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| 2001 | Year's Best SF 6 edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2002 | The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer |
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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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| "Bullard Reflects" | Malcolm Jameson |
1941 |
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| 1959 | A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher |
|
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| "Bullet Point" | Elizabeth Bear |
2018 |
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| 2020 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 edited by Gabaldon & Adams |
|
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| "Bully!" | Mike Resnick |
1990 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
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| "Bumberboom" | Avram Davidson |
1966 |
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| 1967 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
|
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| "Bumpship" | Susan Mosser |
2003 |
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| 2003 | Science Fiction: The Best of 2003 edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan |
|
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| "The Burial of Sir John Mawe at Cassini" | Chaz Brenchley |
2014 |
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| 2015 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
|
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| "The Buried Giant" | Lavie Tidhar |
2018 |
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| 2019 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 4 edited by Neil Clarke |
| 2019 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2019 edited by Rich Horton |
| 2019 | The Year's Top Robot and AI Stories edited by Allan Kaster |
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| The Buried Giant | Kazuo Ishiguro |
2015 |
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| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
|
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| "Burn" | James Patrick Kelly |
2005 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2006 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
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|
| "Burn or the Episodic Life of Sam Wells as a Super" | A. T. Greenblatt |
2020 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2021 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Volume 2 edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2022 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2021 edited by Rich Horton |
|
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| Burning Bright | Melissa Scott |
1993 |
|
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| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
|
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|
| "Burning Bright" | K. D. Wentworth |
1996 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
|
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| "Burning Day" | Glenn Grant |
2004 |
|
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| 2005 | Year's Best SF 10 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
|
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| "Burning Girls" | Veronica Schanoes |
2013 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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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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|
| "Burning Sky" | Rachel Pollack |
1989 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
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|
| The Burning World | J. G. Ballard |
1964 |
|
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| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
|
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| Burning Your Boats | Angela Carter |
1995 |
|
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| 2004 | Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward |
|
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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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|
| "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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|
| Busy About the Tree of Life | Pamela Zoline |
1988 |
|
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
|
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|
| "The Butcher of Khardov" | Dan Wells |
2013 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "The Butcher of the Forest" | Premee Mohamed |
2024 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
|
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| "Butterfly Bomb" | Dominic Green |
2009 |
|
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| 2010 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
|
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|
| The Butterfly Kid | Chester Anderson |
1967 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
|
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|
| "Butterfly, Falling at Dawn" | Aliette de Bodard |
2008 |
|
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| 2009 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
|
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| "The Button Bin" | Mike Allen |
2007 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
|
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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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|
| "By Any Other Name" | Spider Robinson |
1976 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
|
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|
| "By Degrees and Dilatory Time" | S. L. Huang |
2015 |
|
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| 2016 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016 edited by John Joseph Adams and Karen Joy Fowler |
|
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| "By Fools Like Me" | Nancy Kress |
2007 |
|
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| 2008 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Two edited by Jonathan Strahan |
|
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| "By Moonlight" | Peter S. Beagle |
2009 |
|
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| 2010 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan |
|
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|
| "By Salt, By Sea, By Light of Stars" | Premee Mohamed |
2024 |
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|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
|
|
|
| "By the Falls" | Harry Harrison |
1970 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
|
|
|
| "By the Mirror of My Youth" | Kathe Koja |
1992 |
|
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| 1993 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
|
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|
| "By the Warmth of Their Calculus" | Tobias S. Buckell |
2019 |
|
|
| 2020 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 5 edited by Neil Clarke |
| 2020 | The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 4 edited by Allan Kaster |
|
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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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| "The Byrds" | Michael G. Coney |
1983 |
|
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| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
|
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| The Byworlder | Poul Anderson |
1971 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
|
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|
| "Byzantine Empathy" | Ken Liu |
2018 |
|
|
| 2019 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 4 edited by Neil Clarke |
|
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| Bête | Adam Roberts |
2014 |
|
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
|
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|
| "A Cabin on the Coast" | Gene Wolfe |
1984 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1985 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2005 | The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
|
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|
| "The Cabinet of Edgar Allan Poe" | Angela Carter |
1982 |
|
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| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
|
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|
| "The Cabinet of Oliver Naylor" | Barrington J. Bayley |
1976 |
|
|
| 1977 | The 1977 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
|
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|
| Caesar's Column | Ignatius Donnelly |
1890 |
|
|
| 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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|
| "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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|
| "The Cage of Sand" | J. G. Ballard |
1962 |
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|
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
|
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|
| Cagebird | Karin Lowachee |
2005 |
|
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| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| "The Cairene Purse" | Michael Moorcock |
1990 |
|
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| 1991 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
|
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|
| Calculating God | Robert J. Sawyer |
2000 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2024 | Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
|
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|
| The Calculating Stars | Mary Robinette Kowal |
2018 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |
| 2020 | 15 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2022 | The Greatest Science Fiction Books of the 2010s - The Portalist |
|
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| "The Calculus Plague" | Marissa Lingen |
2009 |
|
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| 2010 | Year's Best SF 15 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
| 2013 | Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden |
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| The Calcutta Chromosome | Amitav Ghosh |
1995 |
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| Arthur C. Clarke Awards |
| 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |
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| Caldé of the Long Sun | Gene Wolfe |
1994 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
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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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| "Calendrical Regression" | Lawrence M. Schoen |
2014 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Caliban" | Robert Silverberg |
1972 |
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| 1973 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr |
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| Caliban's War | Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck |
2012 |
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| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
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| "California Dreamer" | Mary Rosenblum |
1994 |
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| 1995 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Caligo Lane" | Ellen Klages |
2013 |
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| 2015 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Nine edited by Jonathan Strahan |
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| "Call Girl" | Tang Fei |
2013 |
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| 2014 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2014 edited by Rich Horton |
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| The Call Girls | Arthur Koestler |
1972 |
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| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
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| "Call Him Lord" | Gordon R. Dickson |
1966 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1982 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor |
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| "Call Me Dumbo" | Bob Shaw |
1966 |
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| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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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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| "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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| The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories | H. P. Lovecraft |
1999 |
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| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
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| The Call of Earth | Orson Scott Card |
1992 |
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| Callahan's Crosstime Saloon | Spider Robinson |
1977 |
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| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
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| "Calling Dr. Clockwork" | Ron Goulart |
1965 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1966 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1966 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
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| "Calling Your Name" | Howard Waldrop |
2003 |
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| 2003 | Science Fiction: The Best of 2003 edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan |
| 2004 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "The Calorie Man" | Paolo Bacigalupi |
2005 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Sturgeon winner |
| 2006 | Science Fiction: The Very Best of 2005 edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2006 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| The Caltraps of Time | David I. Masson |
1968 |
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| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
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| "Calved" | Sam J. Miller |
2015 |
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| 2016 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Ten edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2016 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 1 edited by Neil Clarke |
| 2016 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2019 | The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2019 | The New Voices of Science Fiction edited by Hannu Rajaniemi and Jacob Weisman |
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| "The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians" | Bradley Denton |
1988 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "The Cambist and Lord Iron" | Daniel Abraham |
2007 |
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| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
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| "The Cambist and Lord Iron: A Fairy Tale of Economics" | Daniel Abraham |
2007 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2008 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Two edited by Jonathan Strahan |
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| "Camera Obscura" | Thomas F. Monteleone |
1977 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| Camouflage | Joe Haldeman |
2006 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| Otherwise Award |
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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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| "Camouflage" | Robert Reed |
2005 |
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| 2006 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| Camp Concentration | Thomas M. Disch |
1968 |
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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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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| "Camps" | Jack Dann |
1979 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1980 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Can These Bones Live?" | Ted Reynolds |
1979 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1980 | The 1980 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
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| "Can You Feel Anything When I Do This?" | Robert Sheckley |
1969 |
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| 1972 | A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight |
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
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| "The Canadian Who Came Almost All the Way Back from the Stars" | Jay Lake, Ruth Nestvold |
2005 |
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| 2006 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Canary Land" | Tom Purdom |
1997 |
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| 1998 | Year's Best SF 3 edited by David G. Hartwell |
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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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| "Candle in a Cosmic Wind" | Joseph Manzione |
1987 |
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| 1988 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Cannibal Acts" | Maureen F. McHugh |
2017 |
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| 2018 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 edited by John Joseph Adams and N. K. Jemisin |
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| "Canoe" | Nancy Kress |
2017 |
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| 2018 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2018 | The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 2 edited by Allan Kaster |
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| "Canst Thou Draw Out the Leviathan" | Christopher Caldwell |
2019 |
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| 2020 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 edited by Gabaldon & Adams |
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| "Canterbury Hollow" | Chris Lawson |
2011 |
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| 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2012 edited by Rich Horton |
| 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 4 edited by Allan Kaster |
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| "The Canterville Ghost" | Oscar Wilde |
1887 |
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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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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| 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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| "Capitalism in the 22nd Century or A.I.r." | Geoff Ryman |
2015 |
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| 2016 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2016 edited by Rich Horton |
| 2016 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Ten edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2016 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 1 edited by Neil Clarke |
| 2016 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Capricorn Games" | Robert Silverberg |
1974 |
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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 Captain and the Quartermaster" | C. L. Clark |
2021 |
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| 2022 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022 edited by Rebecca Roanhorse |
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| "Captain Nemo's Last Adventure" | Josef Nesvadba |
1973 |
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| 1974 | Best SF: 1973 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| Captain Vorpatril's Alliance | Lois McMaster Bujold |
2012 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
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| "The Captive Djinn" | Christopher Anvil |
1965 |
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| 1966 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1966 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
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| "Captive Girl" | Jennifer Pelland |
2006 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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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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| "Captivity" | Zenna Henderson |
1958 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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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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| "Car Sinister" | Gene Wolfe |
1970 |
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| 1971 | Best SF: 1970 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
|
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| Cards of Grief | Jane Yolen |
1984 |
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| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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| "The Care and Feeding of Your Baby Killer Unicorn" | Diana Peterfreund |
2010 |
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| 2011 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Five edited by Jonathan Strahan |
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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 Caress" | Greg Egan |
1990 |
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| 1991 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| The Carhullan Army | Sarah Hall |
2007 |
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|
| Otherwise Award |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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| Carmen Dog | Carol Emshwiller |
1988 |
|
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| 2004 | Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| "Carnival Nine" | Caroline M. Yoachim |
2017 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2018 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Twelve edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2018 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 edited by John Joseph Adams and N. K. Jemisin |
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| "Carouseling" | Rich Larson |
2018 |
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| 2019 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2019 edited by Rich Horton |
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| "Carpe Glitter" | Cat Rambo |
2019 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
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| "Carrion Comfort" | Dan Simmons |
1983 |
|
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| 1984 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| Carrion Comfort | Dan Simmons |
1989 |
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| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
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| "Carruthers' Last Stand" | Dan Henderson |
1978 |
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| 1979 | The 1979 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
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| "The Carson Effect" | Richard Wilson |
1964 |
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| 1965 | 10th Annual Edition: The Year's Best SF edited by Judith Merril |
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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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| "The Cartesian Theater" | Robert Charles Wilson |
2006 |
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| Sturgeon winner |
| 2007 | Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2007 Edition edited by Rich Horton |
| 2007 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume One edited by Jonathan Strahan |
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| "The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees" | E. Lily Yu |
2011 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2012 edited by Rich Horton |
| 2012 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2024 | Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories |
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|
| "The Cascade" | Sean McMullen |
2004 |
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| 2005 | Year's Best SF 10 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
|
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| "Cascade Point" | Timothy Zahn |
1983 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
|
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| "Case and the Dreamer" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1973 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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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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|
| "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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|
| "A Case of Consilience" | Ken MacLeod |
2005 |
|
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| 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
| 2006 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
|
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|
| "The Case of Death and Honey" | Neil Gaiman |
2011 |
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| 2012 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six edited by Jonathan Strahan |
|
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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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| Casey Agonistes and Other Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories | Richard McKenna |
1973 |
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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 |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
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|
| "Cash Crop" | Connie Willis |
1984 |
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| 1985 | The 1985 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
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| "The Cask of Amontillado" | Edgar Allan Poe |
1846 |
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Caspar D. Luckinbill, What Are You Going to Do?" | Nick Wolven |
2016 |
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| 2017 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017 edited by John Joseph Adams and Charles Yu |
|
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| "Cassandra" | C. J. Cherryh |
1978 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1979 | The 1979 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
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| The Cassandra Complex | Brian Stableford |
2001 |
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| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
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| "The Cassandra Project" | Jack McDevitt |
2010 |
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| 2011 | Year's Best SF 16 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
|
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| "Cassandra's Photographs" | Lisa Goldstein |
1987 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
|
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|
| The Cassini Division | Ken MacLeod |
1998 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
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| "Castaway" | Gene Wolfe |
2003 |
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| 2004 | Year's Best SF 9 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
|
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|
| "Casting at Pegasus" | Mary Rosenblum |
1995 |
|
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| 1996 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
|
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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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| "The Castle on the Crag" | Pg Wyal |
1969 |
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| 1970 | Best SF: 1969 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
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| "The Castle That Jack Built" | Emily Gilman |
2012 |
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| 2013 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2013 edited by Rich Horton |
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| "Castoff World" | Kay Kenyon |
2010 |
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| 2011 | Year's Best SF 16 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
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| "The Cat" | Gene Wolfe |
1983 |
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| 1984 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Cat and Mouse" | Ralph Williams |
1959 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Cat Pictures Please" | Naomi Kritzer |
2015 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2016 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2016 edited by Rich Horton |
| 2016 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 1 edited by Neil Clarke |
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| "The Cat Who Walked a Thousand Miles" | Kij Johnson |
2009 |
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| 2010 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan |
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| The Cat Who Walks Through Walls | Robert A. Heinlein |
1985 |
|
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| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
|
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| "The Cat's Pajamas" | James Morrow |
2001 |
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| 2002 | Year's Best SF 7 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
|
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| Catacomb Years | Michael Bishop |
1979 |
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| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
|
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| "Catalog" | Eugene Mirabelli |
2009 |
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| 2010 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2010 edited by Rich Horton |
|
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| "A Catalog of Storms" | Fran Wilde |
2019 |
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|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2020 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Volume 1 edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2020 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2020 edited by Rich Horton |
|
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|
| "A Catalogue of Sunlight at the End of the World" | A. C. Wise |
2017 |
|
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| 2018 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 3 edited by Neil Clarke |
|
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| "Catastrophic Disruption of the Head" | Margo Lanagan |
2011 |
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| 2012 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six edited by Jonathan Strahan |
|
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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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|
| "Catch That Zeppelin!" | Fritz Leiber |
1975 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1976 | The 1976 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
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|
| Catching Fire | Suzanne Collins |
2009 |
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|
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2024 | Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
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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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| "Catfish Lullaby" | A. C. Wise |
2019 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Cathadonian Odyssey" | Michael Bishop |
1974 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1975 | The 1975 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
|
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| "Catherine Drewe" | Paul Cornell |
2008 |
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| 2010 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton |
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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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| Catori's World | Murielle Cyr |
2014 |
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| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
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| Catseye | Andre Norton |
1961 |
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| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
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| Catspaw | Joan D. Vinge |
1988 |
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
|
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| Cauldron | Jack McDevitt |
2007 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
|
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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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| "Cave and Julia" | M. John Harrison |
2013 |
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| 2014 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Eight edited by Jonathan Strahan |
|
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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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| Cave of Stars | George Zebrowski |
1999 |
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| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
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| Caxton's Book | W. H. Rhodes |
1876 |
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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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| "Cease Fire" | Frank Herbert |
1958 |
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
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| Celestis | Paul Park |
1993 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
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| The Centauri Device | M. John Harrison |
1974 |
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| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
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| Central Station | Lavie Tidhar |
2016 |
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| John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
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| A Century of Science Fiction | Damon Knight |
1966 |
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| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
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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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| 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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| Cetaganda | Lois McMaster Bujold |
1996 |
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
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| "Chac-Mool" | Carlos Fuentes |
1973 |
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| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 6: Around the World edited by James Gunn |
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| "Chaff" | Greg Egan |
1993 |
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| 1994 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| Chaga | Ian McDonald |
1995 |
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| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| "Chains of the Sea" | Gardner Dozois |
1973 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
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| Chameleon | K. T. Hanna |
2015 |
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| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
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| "The Chameleon's Gloves" | Yoon Ha Lee |
2017 |
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| 2018 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Twelve edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2018 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 10 edited by Allan Kaster |
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| "Championship B'tok" | Edward M. Lerner |
2014 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Chance" | Connie Willis |
1986 |
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| 1987 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
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| Chance and Other Gestures of the Hand of Fate | Nancy Springer |
1987 |
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
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| "Change of Heart" | A. Bertram Chandler |
1961 |
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| 1963 | The 8th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
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| Change the Sky, and Other Stories | Margaret St. Clair |
1974 |
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| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| The Change War | Fritz Leiber |
1978 |
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| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
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| The Changeling | Victor LaValle |
2017 |
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| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| "Changelings" | Lisa Tuttle |
1975 |
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| 1976 | Best SF: 75, The Ninth Annual edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
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| "Changes" | William Barton |
1996 |
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| 1997 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "Changing Woman" | Wallace Macfarlane |
1972 |
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| 1973 | The 1973 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
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| The Chantry Guild | Gordon R. Dickson |
1988 |
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| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
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| Chanur's Homecoming | C. J. Cherryh |
1986 |
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| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Reactor) |
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| Chanur's Venture | C. J. Cherryh |
1984 |
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
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| "The Chaplain's Legacy" | Brad R. Torgersen |
2013 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Character Flu" | Robert Reed |
2008 |
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| 2010 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton |
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| "The Charge and the Storm" | An Owomoyela |
2016 |
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| 2017 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 2 edited by Neil Clarke |
| 2018 | The Year's Top Short SF Novels 7 edited by Allan Kaster |
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| "Charlie's Angels" | Terry Bisson |
2001 |
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| 2002 | Year's Best SF 7 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
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| "The Chaser" | John Collier |
1940 |
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| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Chasing Ivory" | Ted Kosmatka |
2016 |
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