| "Child's Play" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                William Tenn
                              
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                        1947 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             | 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 1983 | The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Children of the "Betsy B"" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Malcolm Jameson
                              
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                        1939 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Chrysalis" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                P. Schuyler Miller
                              
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                        1936 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Dark Mission" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Lester del Rey
                              
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                        1940 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             | 1979 | The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Embassy" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Donald A. Wollheim
                              
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                        1942 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Eternal Man" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                D. D. Sharp
                              
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                        1929 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Ethical Equations" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Murray Leinster
                              
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                        1945 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Hugo Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Figure" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Edward Grendon
                              
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                        1947 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             | 1983 | The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Flight of the Dawn Star" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Robert Moore Williams
                              
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                        1938 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Great Fog" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                H. F. Heard
                              
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                        1944 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             | 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Housing Shortage" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Harry Walton
                              
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                        1947 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "It's Great to Be Back!" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Robert A. Heinlein
                              
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                        1947 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             | 1978 | Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Juggernaut" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                A. E. van Vogt
                              
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                        1944 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Last Objective" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Paul A. Carter
                              
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                        1946 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             | 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) | 
                                             | 1982 | The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Living Fossil" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                L. Sprague de Camp
                              
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                        1939 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Loophole" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Arthur C. Clarke
                              
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                        1946 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             | 1982 | The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Henry Kuttner, 
                              
                            
                          
                        
                          
                            
                              C. L. Moore
                            
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                        1943 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             | 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg | 
                                             | 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker | 
                                             | 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn | 
                                             | 1981 | The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "N Day" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                R. S. Richardson
                              
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                        1946 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Nightmare" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Chan Davis
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1946 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             | 1982 | The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "No Woman Born" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                C. L. Moore
                              
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                        1944 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 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 | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Of Jovian Build" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Oscar J. Friend
                              
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                        1938 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Person from Porlock" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Raymond F. Jones
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1947 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Rescue Party" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Arthur C. Clarke
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1946 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             | 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker | 
                                             | 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 1982 | The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Time and Time Again" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                H. Beam Piper
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1947 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             | 1983 | The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Tomorrow's Children" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Poul Anderson, 
                              
                            
                          
                        
                          
                            
                              F. N. Waldrop
                            
                           | 
                      
                        1947 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             | 1983 | The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Tools" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Clifford D. Simak
                              
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                        1942 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Vintage Season" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Henry Kuttner, 
                              
                            
                          
                        
                          
                            
                              C. L. Moore
                            
                           | 
                      
                        1946 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             | 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             | 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova | 
                                             | 1981 | Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             | 1982 | The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Wings Across the Cosmos" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Polton Cross
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1938 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "With Flaming Swords" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Cleve Cartmill
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1942 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "With Folded Hands …" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Jack Williamson
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1947 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             | 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz | 
                                             | 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova | 
                                             | 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn | 
                                             | 1983 | The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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