| "The Man Who Came Early" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Poul Anderson
                              
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                        1956 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             | 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight | 
                                             | 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Last Question" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Isaac Asimov
                              
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                        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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                            | "A Work of Art" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                James Blish
                              
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                        1956 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1966 | Best SF Six edited by Edmund Crispin | 
                                             | 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander | 
                                             | 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             | 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Doorstop" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Reginald Bretnor
                              
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                        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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                            | "Silent Brother" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Algis Budrys
                              
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                        1956 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1957 | SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril | 
                                             | 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Horrer Howce" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Margaret St. Clair
                              
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                        1956 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl | 
                                             | 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Clerical Error" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Mark Clifton
                              
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                        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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                            | "The Country of the Kind" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Damon Knight
                              
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                        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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                            | "Stranger Station" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Damon Knight
                              
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                        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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                            | "Rite of Passage" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Henry Kuttner, 
                              
                            
                          
                        
                          
                            
                              C. L. Moore
                            
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                        1956 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Exploration Team" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Murray Leinster
                              
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                        1956 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Brightside Crossing" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Alan E. Nourse
                              
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                        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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                            | "Compounded Interest" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Mack Reynolds
                              
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                        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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                            | "2066: Election Day" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Michael Shaara
                              
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                        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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                            | "And Now the News …" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Theodore Sturgeon
                              
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                        1956 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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