Title↥	Author/Editor	Year	Citations
"2066: Election Day"	Michael Shaara	1956	3
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 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"All the Hues of Hell"	Gene Wolfe	1987	3
1988 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 2016 The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Angel of Violence"	Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg	1997	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Angouleme"	Thomas M. Disch	1971	3
1972 Best SF: 1971 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss 1977 The Road to Science Fiction edited by James Gunn 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Another World"	J. -H. Rosny aîné	1895	3
1962 A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight 1977 The Road to Science Fiction edited by James Gunn 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"As Easy as A.B.C."	Rudyard Kipling	1912	3
1977 The Road to Science Fiction edited by James Gunn 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1992 The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
"Atomic Power"	John W. Campbell, Jr.	1934	2
1946 The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
""The Author of the Acacia Seeds" and Other Extracts from the Journal of the Association of Therolinguistics"	Ursula K. Le Guin	1974	2
1975 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4 edited by Terry Carr 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Aye, and Gomorrah …"	Samuel R. Delany	1967	12
Nebula winner - story Hugo finalist - story 1977 The Road to Science Fiction edited by James Gunn 1982 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1999 Locus All Time Poll 2010 Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories 2010 The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al 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 Most Viewed Short Stories
"Beam Us Home"	James Tiptree, Jr.	1969	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Bears Discover Fire"	Terry Bisson	1990	14
Nebula winner - story Sturgeon winner Hugo winner - story 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1991 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois 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 All Time Short Stories 2018 Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story 2018 ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
"The Beautiful and the Sublime"	Bruce Sterling	1986	2
1987 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Beep"	James Blish	1954	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Beggars in Spain"	Nancy Kress	1991	8
Nebula winner - story Hugo winner - story 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1992 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth 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 2012 Locus All Centuries Poll 2018 Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story 2018 ISFDB All Time Short Stories
"The Blind Pilot"	Nathalie-Charles Henneberg	1960	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Blood Music"	Greg Bear	1983	15
Hugo winner - story Nebula winner - story 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 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and 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
"Blood's a Rover"	Chad Oliver	1952	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Boobs"	Suzy McKee Charnas	1989	3
Nebula finalist - story Hugo winner - story 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Bookworm, Run!"	Vernor Vinge	1966	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"A Braver Thing"	Charles Sheffield	1990	4
Hugo finalist - story 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1991 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois 2010 Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
"Brightness Falls from the Air"	Margaret St. Clair	1951	2
1952 The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Burning Chrome"	William Gibson	1982	10
Nebula finalist - story 1983 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 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 2012 Locus All Centuries Poll 2018 Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Cage of Sand"	J. G. Ballard	1962	2
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 2010 The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
"Captain Nemo's Last Adventure"	Josef Nesvadba	1973	2
1974 Best SF: 1973 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The Chaste Planet"	John Updike	1975	2
1976 Best SF: 75, The Ninth Annual edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Chromatic Aberration"	John M. Ford	1994	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Chronopolis"	J. G. Ballard	1960	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Codemus"	Tor Åge Bringsvaerd	1976	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The Cold Equations"	Tom Godwin	1954	12
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 1977 The Road to Science Fiction edited by James Gunn 1987 The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 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
"Consider Her Ways"	John Wyndham	1956	3
1963 Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin 1972 A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Davey Jones' Ambassador"	Raymond Z. Gallun	1935	3
1946 The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin 1976 Science Fiction of the Thirties edited by Damon Knight 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Day Million"	Frederik Pohl	1966	13
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) 1977 The Road to Science Fiction edited by James Gunn 1978 Anthologies edited by Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 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
"The Dead Fish"	Boris Vian	1955	2
1977 The Road to Science Fiction edited by James Gunn 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The Dead Past"	Isaac Asimov	1956	4
1980 The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1999 Locus All Time Poll 2019 Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"The Death of Doctor Island"	Gene Wolfe	1973	10
Nebula winner - story Hugo finalist - story 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 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1994 Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois 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
"A Descent into the Maelström"	Edgar Allan Poe	1841	4
1981 Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh 1983 Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 2018 Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Desertion"	Clifford D. Simak	1944	9
1950 Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin 1977 The Road to Science Fiction 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 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 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
"Devil You Don't Know"	Dean Ing	1978	4
Hugo finalist - story Nebula finalist - story 1979 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #8 edited by Terry Carr 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The Dimple in Draco"	R. S. Richardson	1967	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Doing Lennon"	Gregory Benford	1975	4
Hugo finalist - story Nebula finalist - story 1976 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #5 edited by Terry Carr 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Dolphin's Way"	Gordon R. Dickson	1964	2
1977 The Road to Science Fiction edited by James Gunn 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Down & Out on Ellfive Prime"	Dean Ing	1979	3
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 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Drode's Equations"	Richard Grant	1981	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Drunkboat"	Cordwainer Smith	1963	2
1964 The 9th Annual of the Year's Best SF edited by Judith Merril 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Enchanted Village"	A. E. van Vogt	1950	4
1965 Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz 1984 The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 2018 ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
"Ender's Game"	Orson Scott Card	1977	6
Hugo finalist - story 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 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
"Exposures"	Gregory Benford	1981	3
1977 The Road to Science Fiction edited by James Gunn 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1993 The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"The Fifth Head of Cerberus"	Gene Wolfe	1972	8
Hugo finalist - story Nebula finalist - story 1973 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1992 Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois 1999 Locus All Time Poll 2012 Locus All Centuries Poll 2018 Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Fire Watch"	Connie Willis	1982	10
Nebula winner - story Hugo winner - story 1983 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 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
"Forever Yours, Anna"	Kate Wilhelm	1987	7
Nebula winner - story Hugo finalist - story 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 1988 The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1 edited by David S. Garnett 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 2010 The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
"Forgetfulness"	John W. Campbell, Jr.	1937	2
1946 Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Getting Real"	Susan Shwartz	1991	2
Nebula finalist - story 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Ghost V"	Robert Sheckley	1954	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"giANTS"	Edward Bryant	1979	4
Nebula winner - story Hugo finalist - story 1980 Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Ginungagap"	Michael Swanwick	1980	3
Nebula finalist - story 1981 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10 edited by Terry Carr 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The Girl Who Was Plugged In"	James Tiptree, Jr.	1973	9
Hugo winner - story Nebula finalist - story Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 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
"Goat Song"	Poul Anderson	1972	7
Nebula winner - story Hugo winner - story 1973 The 1973 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha 1978 Anthologies edited by Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander 1986 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 2018 ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
"The Gold at the Starbow's End"	Frederik Pohl	1972	7
Hugo finalist - story Nebula finalist - story 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 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1999 Locus All Time Poll 2018 Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Golem"	Avram Davidson	1955	3
1956 S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 2010 The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
"Gomez"	C. M. Kornbluth	1954	2
1959 A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Good Night, Sophie"	Lino Aldani	1973	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Great Work of Time"	John Crowley	1989	9
Nebula finalist - story Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories 1973 The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1990 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois 2012 Locus All Centuries Poll 2018 Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story 2018 ISFDB All Time Short Stories 2019 Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"The Green Hills of Earth"	Robert A. Heinlein	1947	6
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 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
"Greenslaves"	Frank Herbert	1965	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Harrison Bergeron"	Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.	1961	9
1970 Best SF Seven: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin 1973 The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) 1977 The Road to Science Fiction edited by James Gunn 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1999 Locus All Time Poll 2000 The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts 2012 Locus All Centuries Poll 2018 Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story 2018 ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
"He Who Shapes"	Roger Zelazny	1965	6
Nebula winner - story 1982 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1999 Locus All Time Poll 2012 Locus All Centuries Poll 2018 Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Heat of Fusion"	John M. Ford	1984	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The Hole Man"	Larry Niven	1974	5
Hugo winner - story 1975 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4 edited by Terry Carr 1978 Anthologies edited by Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1999 Locus All Time Poll
"Hot Planet"	Hal Clement	1963	2
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1992 The Great SF Stories 25 (1963) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
"The Hounds of Tindalos"	Frank Belknap Long	1929	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"How Erg the Self-Inducting Slew a Paleface"	Stanislaw Lem	1977	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The Hungry Guinea Pig"	Miles J. Breuer, M.D.	1930	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast"	Theodore Sturgeon	1949	3
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 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"I Do Not Love Thee, Doctor Fell"	Robert Bloch	1955	2
1956 Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1956 edited by T. E. Dikty 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"I Still Call Australia Home"	George Turner	1990	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"I Was the First to Find You"	Kir Bulychev	1977	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Identifying the Object"	Gwyneth Jones	1990	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"If the Stars Are Gods"	Gregory Benford,  Gordon Eklund	1974	4
Nebula winner - story 1975 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4 edited by Terry Carr 1986 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"In a Petri Dish Upstairs"	George Turner	1978	2
1980 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #9 edited by Terry Carr 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"In the Year 2889"	Jules Verne	1889	2
1950 Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Inconstant Moon"	Larry Niven	1971	9
Hugo winner - story 1972 Best Science Fiction for 1972 edited by Frederik Pohl 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 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
"The Indefatigable Frog"	Philip K. Dick	1953	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"It's Great to Be Back!"	Robert A. Heinlein	1947	3
1948 A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin 1978 Anthologies edited by Pohl, Greenberg, and Olander 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Jamboree"	Jack Williamson	1969	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Johnny Mnemonic"	William Gibson	1981	5
Nebula finalist - story 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 2010 Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories 2012 Locus All Centuries Poll 2018 Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"A Kind of Artistry"	Brian W. Aldiss	1962	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The King and the Dollmaker"	Wolfgang Jeschke	1970	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Kyrie"	Poul Anderson	1968	5
Nebula finalist - story 1969 World's Best Science Fiction: 1969 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr 1977 The Road to Science Fiction edited by James Gunn 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1993 The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"The Land Ironclads"	H. G. Wells	1903	3
1968 Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1992 The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
"The Last Question"	Isaac Asimov	1956	8
1988 The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 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 Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story 2018 ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
"The Lens"	Annemarie van Ewyck	1984	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The Life and Times of Multivac"	Isaac Asimov	1975	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Light of Other Days"	Bob Shaw	1966	13
Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories Hugo finalist - story Nebula finalist - story 1967 World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr 1968 SF 12 edited by Judith Merril 1972 A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight 1977 The Road to Science Fiction edited by James Gunn 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 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
"The Lineman"	Walter M. Miller, Jr.	1957	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Liquid Sunshine"	Alexander Kuprin	1982	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The Longest Science-Fiction Story Ever Told"	Arthur C. Clarke	1966	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The Machine Stops"	E. M. Forster	1909	7
1973 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova 1977 The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton 1977 The Road to Science Fiction edited by James Gunn 1978 Anthologies edited by Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 2010 The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al 2018 Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Making Light"	James P. Hogan	1981	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Mammy Morgan Played the Organ; Her Daddy Beat the Drum"	Michael F. Flynn	1990	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The Man Who Lost the Sea"	Theodore Sturgeon	1959	8
Hugo finalist - story 1960 The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 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
"Masque of the Red Shift"	Fred Saberhagen	1965	3
Nebula finalist - story 1966 World's Best Science Fiction: 1966 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"A Meeting with Medusa"	Arthur C. Clarke	1971	8
Nebula winner - story Hugo finalist - story 1972 Best SF: 1971 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss 1972 The Best Science Fiction of the Year edited by Terry Carr 1986 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 2018 Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story 2018 ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
"The Men Who Murdered Mohammed"	Alfred Bester	1958	6
Hugo finalist - story 1978 Anthologies edited by Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander 1981 Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 2012 Locus All Centuries Poll 2018 Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Message Found in a Copy of Flatland"	Rudy Rucker	1983	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Mimsy Were the Borogoves"	Henry Kuttner,  C. L. Moore	1943	10
1948 A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin 1970 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg 1977 The Road to Science Fiction edited by James Gunn 1981 The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 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
"Minister Without Portfolio"	Mildred Clingerman	1952	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Ministering Angels"	C. S. Lewis	1955	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The Morphology of the Kirkham Wreck"	Hilbert Schenck	1978	2
1979 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #8 edited by Terry Carr 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Mother"	Philip José Farmer	1953	2
1965 Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The Mountain to Mohammed"	Nancy Kress	1992	4
Hugo finalist - story Nebula finalist - story 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1993 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Mr. Boy"	James Patrick Kelly	1990	6
Nebula finalist - story 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1991 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth 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 2018 Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Muse"	Anthony Burgess	1968	3
1970 Best SF: 1969 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss 1977 The Road to Science Fiction edited by James Gunn 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The Music Master of Babylon"	Edgar Pangborn	1954	3
1970 Best SF Seven: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin 1987 The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The New Prehistory"	René Rebetez-Cortes	1983	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Nine Lives"	Ursula K. Le Guin	1969	12
Nebula finalist - story 1970 Best SF: 1969 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss 1970 World's Best Science Fiction: 1970 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr 1978 Anthologies edited by Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1999 Locus All Time Poll 2010 The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al 2010 Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories 2018 ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories 2018 The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek 2018 Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story 2019 Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"No, No, Not Rogov!"	Cordwainer Smith	1959	3
1960 The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1990 The Great SF Stories 21 (1959) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
"Nobody Bothers Gus"	Algis Budrys	1955	7
Hugo finalist - story 1956 S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril 1968 One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight 1977 The Road to Science Fiction edited by James Gunn 1978 Anthologies edited by Pohl, Greenberg, and Olander 1988 The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Nobody's Home"	Joanna Russ	1972	5
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 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1992 Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois 2019 Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"Occam's Scalpel"	Theodore Sturgeon	1971	4
1972 The 1972 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha 1972 The Best Science Fiction of the Year edited by Terry Carr 1972 Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year edited by Lester del Rey 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"On the Inside Track"	Karl-Michael Armer	1986	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"One Down, One to Go"	Philip José Farmer	1990	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Overdrawn at the Memory Bank"	John Varley	1976	2
1977 The 1977 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Pairpuppets"	Manuel van Loggem	1976	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Paperjack"	Charles de Lint	1991	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Party Line"	Gérard Klein	1976	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The Person from Porlock"	Raymond F. Jones	1947	2
1948 A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The Phantom of Kansas"	John Varley	1976	3
Hugo finalist - story 1977 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #6 edited by Terry Carr 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The Pi Man"	Alfred Bester	1959	4
Hugo finalist - story Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1990 The Great SF Stories 21 (1959) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
"The Planners"	Kate Wilhelm	1968	4
Nebula winner - story 1977 The Road to Science Fiction edited by James Gunn 1982 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Poor Superman"	Fritz Leiber	1951	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Prima Belladonna"	J. G. Ballard	1956	2
1957 SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Procreation"	Gene Wolfe	1985	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Proof"	Hal Clement	1942	3
Hugo finalist - story 1980 The Great SF Stories 4 (1942) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The Proud Robot"	Henry Kuttner,  C. L. Moore	1943	5
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 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1999 Locus All Time Poll 2018 ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
"The Psychologist Who Wouldn't Do Awful Things to Rats"	James Tiptree, Jr.	1976	3
1977 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #6 edited by Terry Carr 1981 Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The Public Hating"	Steve Allen	1955	2
1956 S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Rappaccini's Daughter"	Nathaniel Hawthorne	1844	7
1966 Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin 1977 The Road to Science Fiction edited by James Gunn 1981 Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh 1983 Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 2010 The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al 2011 Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
"Redemption in the Quantum Realm"	Frederik Pohl	1994	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Relativistic Effects"	Gregory Benford	1982	2
1983 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
""Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman"	Harlan Ellison	1965	14
Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories Nebula winner - story Hugo winner - story 1966 World's Best Science Fiction: 1966 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 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 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
"The Rose"	Charles L. Harness	1953	2
Hugo finalist - story 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Rumfuddle"	Jack Vance	1973	2
1974 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 edited by Terry Carr 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Sail the Tide of Mourning"	Richard A. Lupoff	1975	4
Hugo finalist - story Nebula finalist - story 1976 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #5 edited by Terry Carr 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The Scarlet Plague"	Jack London	1912	2
1952 Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Second Variety"	Philip K. Dick	1953	8
Hugo finalist - story 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 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 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
"Send Me a Kiss By Wire"	Hilbert Schenck	1985	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The Ship Who Sang"	Anne McCaffrey	1961	7
1962 The 7th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril 1975 Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1991 The Great SF Stories 23 (1961) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg 2012 Locus All Centuries Poll 2018 ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories 2018 Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"A Sign in Space"	Italo Calvino	1968	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The Singing Diamond"	Robert L. Forward	1979	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The Snowball Effect"	Katherine MacLean	1952	4
1973 The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) 1986 The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 2016 The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Something Ending"	Eddy C. Bertin	1982	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Souls"	Joanna Russ	1982	9
Nebula finalist - story Hugo winner - story 1983 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr 1983 The 1983 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1994 Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction 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 Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Special Flight"	John Berryman	1939	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Spider Silk"	Andre Norton	1976	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The Spiral"	Italo Calvino	1968	2
1977 The Road to Science Fiction edited by James Gunn 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Split Light"	Lisa Goldstein	1994	3
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1995 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois 2011 Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
"The Star"	Arthur C. Clarke	1955	16
Hugo winner - story Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories 1962 A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight 1963 Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin 1973 The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) 1977 The Road to Science Fiction edited by James Gunn 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 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 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 Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story 2018 ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories 2019 Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"Stop Evolution in Its Tracks!"	John Sladek	1988	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"A Story of the Days to Come"	H. G. Wells	1899	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Stranger Station"	Damon Knight	1956	4
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 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 2016 The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Sun Spider"	Lucius Shepard	1987	3
1988 The 1988 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha 1988 The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1 edited by David S. Garnett 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Sundance"	Robert Silverberg	1969	5
Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories 1977 The Road to Science Fiction edited by James Gunn 1981 Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1999 Locus All Time Poll
"Sur"	Ursula K. Le Guin	1982	3
Hugo finalist - story 1983 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Surface Tension"	James Blish	1952	9
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 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 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 Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story 2018 ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
"Swarm"	Bruce Sterling	1982	10
Hugo finalist - story Nebula finalist - story 1973 The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) 1983 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr 1983 The 1983 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1992 The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey 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
"The Tale of the Computer that Fought a Dragon"	Stanislaw Lem	1977	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Tangents"	Greg Bear	1986	5
Nebula winner - story Hugo winner - story 1987 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 2018 ISFDB All Time Short Stories
"Them Old Hyannis Blues"	Judith Tarr	1992	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Time Fuze"	Randall Garrett	1954	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Time In Advance"	William Tenn	1956	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The Time Machine"	Dino Buzzati	1952	2
1977 The Road to Science Fiction edited by James Gunn 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius"	Jorge Luis Borges	1940	3
Hugo finalist - story 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 2016 The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"To Bring In the Steel"	Donald Kingsbury	1978	2
1979 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #8 edited by Terry Carr 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Transit of Earth"	Arthur C. Clarke	1971	3
1972 The 1972 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha 1977 The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Triceratops"	Tensei Kono	1982	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"True Names"	Vernor Vinge	1981	6
Hugo finalist - story Nebula finalist - story 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 2012 Locus All Centuries Poll 2018 ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories 2018 Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"A Tupolev Too Far"	Brian W. Aldiss	1989	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Two Dooms"	C. M. Kornbluth	1958	3
Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1990 The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
"The Valley of Echoes"	Gérard Klein	1973	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Veritas"	James Morrow	1987	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The Very Slow Time Machine"	Ian Watson	1978	5
Hugo finalist - story Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories 1979 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #8 edited by Terry Carr 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 2019 Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories
"Vintage Season"	Henry Kuttner,  C. L. Moore	1946	10
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 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 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
"Wall, Stone, Craft"	Walter Jon Williams	1993	5
Hugo finalist - story Nebula finalist - story 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1994 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois 2018 ISFDB All Time Short Stories
"Waterclap"	Isaac Asimov	1970	2
1971 World's Best Science Fiction: 1971 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The Way to Amalteia"	Arkady Strugatsky,  Boris Strugatsky	1985	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"The Weather Man"	Theodore L. Thomas	1962	2
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 1992 The Great SF Stories 24 (1962) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
"Weihnachtsabend"	Keith Roberts	1972	2
1973 Best SF: 1972 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Weyr Search"	Anne McCaffrey	1967	7
Nebula finalist - story Hugo winner - story 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 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
"What Continues, What Fails …"	David Brin	1991	1
1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"With the Night Mail"	Rudyard Kipling	1905	3
1968 One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight 1977 The Road to Science Fiction edited by James Gunn 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"A Work of Art"	James Blish	1956	5
1966 Best SF Six edited by Edmund Crispin 1978 Anthologies edited by Pohl, Greenberg, and Olander 1988 The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf 2001 Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
"The Xi Effect"	R. S. Richardson	1950	3
1955 Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin 1973 The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) 1989 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
"Zero Hour"	Ray Bradbury	1947	4
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 Anthologies edited by Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf