| "The Fifth Head of Cerberus" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Gene Wolfe
                              
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                        1972 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Hugo Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 1973 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             | 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 | 
                                             | 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Painwise" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                James Tiptree, Jr.
                              
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                        1972 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Hugo Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             | 1973 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 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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                            | "Caliban" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Robert Silverberg
                              
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                        1972 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1973 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "When We Went to See the End of the World" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Robert Silverberg
                              
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                        1972 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Hugo Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 1973 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1973 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, Second Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey | 
                                             | 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Nobody's Home" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Joanna Russ
                              
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                        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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                            | "Patron of the Arts" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                William Rotsler
                              
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                        1972 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Hugo Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 1973 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1973 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, Second Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Meeting" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Frederik Pohl, 
                              
                            
                          
                        
                          
                            
                              C. M. Kornbluth
                            
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                        1972 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1973 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1973 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, Second Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Sky Blue" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Alexei Panshin, 
                              
                            
                          
                        
                          
                            
                              Cory Panshin
                            
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                        1972 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1973 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Miss Omega Raven" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Naomi Mitchison
                              
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                        1972 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1973 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Conversational Mode" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Grahame Leman
                              
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                        1972 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1972 | Best Science Fiction for 1972 edited by Frederik Pohl | 
                                             | 1973 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Eurema's Dam" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                R. A. Lafferty
                              
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                        1972 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1973 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1973 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, Second Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey | 
                                             | 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Hero" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Joe Haldeman
                              
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                        1972 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Hugo Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             | 1973 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1973 | Best SF: 1972 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss | 
                                             | 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Grasshopper Time" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Gordon Eklund
                              
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                        1972 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1973 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Their Thousandth Season" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Edward Bryant
                              
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                        1972 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1973 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Zero Gee" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Ben Bova
                              
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                        1972 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1973 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Fortune Hunter" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Poul Anderson
                              
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                        1972 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1973 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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