Classics of Science Fiction

Titles in bold are on the Classics of Science Fiction Short Stories v2 list.

"Jirel Meets Magic"

C. L. Moore

1935

1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes

"No Woman Born"

C. L. Moore

1944

1948	A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1955	Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin
1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1981	The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

"That Only a Mother"

Judith Merril

1948

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

	That Only a Mother (Wikipedia)
2009	The All-Time Top 40: That Only a Mother, Judith Merril (Locus)

"The Lake of the Gone Forever"

Leigh Brackett

1949

1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes

"Contagion"

Katherine MacLean

1950

1951	The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty
1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
2018	The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek

"The Woman from Altair"

Leigh Brackett

1951

1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes

"Short in the Chest"

Margaret St. Clair

1954

1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1979	Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander

"Anything Box"

Zenna Henderson

1956

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

"Death Between the Stars"

Marion Zimmer Bradley

1956

1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes

"The Wind People"

Marion Zimmer Bradley

1959

1962	A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight
1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1990	The Great SF Stories 21 (1959) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg

"The Ship Who Sang"

Anne McCaffrey

1961

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
1991	The Great SF Stories 23 (1961) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1996	Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

"When I Was Miss Dow"

Sonya Dorman

1966

1968	SF 12 edited by Judith Merril
1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1993	The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2018	The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek

"Baby, You Were Great"

Kate Wilhelm

1967

	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

"The Food Farm"

Kit Reed

1967

1968	SF 12 edited by Judith Merril
1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes

"The Heat Death of the Universe"

Pamela Zoline

1967

1973	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
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
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

"Sex and/or Mr. Morrison"

Carol Emshwiller

1967

1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes

"Debut"

Carol Emshwiller

1970

1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes

"The Second Inquisition"

Joanna Russ

1970

	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

"The Triumphant Head"

Josephine Saxton

1970

1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes

"The Power of Time"

Josephine Saxton

1971

1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1998	The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn

"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

	Vaster than Empires and More Slow (Wikipedia)
2020	What Makes a Great SF Short Story (Classics of Science Fiction)

"False Dawn"

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

1972

1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes

"The Funeral"

Kate Wilhelm

1972

	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes

"Nobody's Home"

Joanna Russ

1972

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

2023	“Nobody’s Home” by Joanna Russ

"When It Changed"

Joanna Russ

1972

	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

2009	Can't Live with them, so We'll live Without them!: Women Only Worlds in Science Fiction
2009	On Joanna Russ (SF Site)
2011	Queering SFF: The Female Man by Joanna Russ + Bonus Story, “When it Changed” (Tor.com)
2011	When Science Fiction Changed: Joanna Russ, In Memoriam (Beacon Broadside)
2014	A short story review: ‘When it Changed’ by Joanna Russ (Beyond Escapism)
2016	Thematic summary of When It Changed by Joanna Russ
2019	The Enduring Anger of Joanna Russ (The Portalist)
2020	Joanna Russ Was Sci-Fi’s Most Outspoken Feminist (Wired)
2020	Joanna Russ, the Science-Fiction Writer Who Said No (The New Yorker)
2020	When It Changed • 1972 • Feministic short story by Joanna Russ (Reißwolf)
2021	“When It Changed” by Joanna Russ (Classics of Science Fiction)

"Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand"

Vonda N. McIntyre

1973

	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

	Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand (Wikipedia)
2017	Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand (Young People Read Old SFF)

"The Women Men Don't See"

James Tiptree, Jr.

1973

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

	The Women Men Don't See (Wikipedia)
2015	The Women Men Don’t See • 1973 • novelette by James Tiptree, Jr. (Reißwolf)

"The Day Before the Revolution"

Ursula K. Le Guin

1974

	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

2015	The Day Before the Revolution • 1974 • SF short story by Ursula K. Le Guin (Reißwolf)

"Songs of War"

Kit Reed

1974

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

"Tin Soldier"

Joan D. Vinge

1974

1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes

"The Warlord of Saturn's Moons"

Eleanor Arnason

1974

	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1993	The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery

"Building Block"

Sonya Dorman

1975

1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes

"Dead in Irons"

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

1976

1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes

"Screwtop"

Vonda N. McIntyre

1976

1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes

"Eyes of Amber"

Joan D. Vinge

1977

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1978	The 1978 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha

"The Family Monkey"

Lisa Tuttle

1977

1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1978	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #7 edited by Terry Carr

"Cassandra"

C. J. Cherryh

1978

	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

"View from a Height"

Joan D. Vinge

1978

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1979	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #8 edited by Terry Carr
1979	Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1982	The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn

"The Thaw"

Tanith Lee

1979

1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1980	The 1980 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1980	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #9 edited by Terry Carr

"Abominable"

Carol Emshwiller

1980

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

"Scorched Supper on New Niger"

Suzy McKee Charnas

1980

1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1981	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10 edited by Terry Carr

"Bluewater Dreams"

Sydney J. Van Scyoc

1981

1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes

"The Cabinet of Edgar Allan Poe"

Angela Carter

1982

1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes

"The Harvest of Wolves"

Mary Gentle

1983

1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1984	The 1984 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha

"Bloodchild"

Octavia E. Butler

1984

	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

2018	Why Men Get Pregnant: "Bloodchild" by Octavia E. Butler (Tor.com)

"Fears"

Pamela Sargent

1984

1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1985	Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #14 edited by Terry Carr

"Webrider"

Jayge Carr

1985

1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1986	The 1986 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha

"Reichs-Peace"

Sheila Finch

1986

1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes

"Alexia and Graham Bell"

Rosaleen Love

1987

1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes

"Angel"

Pat Cadigan

1987

	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

"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

2021	Rachel in Love • 1987 • Transhumanism novelette by Pat Murphy (Reißwolf)
2022	Hugo and Nebula Award Winners from Asimov's Science Fiction. edited by Sheila Williams (Austin Beeman)
2022	Rachel in Love by Pat Murphy (SF Short Stories)
2022	“Rachel in Love” by Pat Murphy (Classics of Science Fiction)

"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

2015	Reprint: At the Rialto (Through the dark labyrinth)

"Game Night at the Fox and Goose"

Karen Joy Fowler

1989

1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
2024	Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories

"Tiny Tango"

Judith Moffett

1989

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1990	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois

"Midnight News"

Lisa Goldstein

1990

1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1993	The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery

"And Wild for to Hold"

Nancy Kress

1991

	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

"Immaculate"

Storm Constantine

1991

1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes

"Farming in Virginia"

Rebecca Ore

1993

1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes

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