| "The First Days of May" |
Claude Veillot
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1961 |
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
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| "You Are With It!" |
Will Stanton
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1961 |
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
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| "Day of Succession" |
Theodore L. Thomas
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1959 |
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
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| "The Wind People" |
Marion Zimmer Bradley
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1959 |
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| 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 |
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| "Cease Fire" |
Frank Herbert
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1958 |
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
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| "Unhuman Sacrifice" |
Katherine MacLean
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1958 |
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1990 | The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Who Can Replace a Man?" |
Brian W. Aldiss
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1958 |
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1963 | Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Call Me Joe" |
Poul Anderson
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1957 |
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| 1958 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 9th Series edited by T. E. Dikty |
| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 1989 | The Great SF Stories 19 (1957) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "The Star" |
Arthur C. Clarke
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1955 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1963 | Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Sky Lift" |
Robert A. Heinlein
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1953 |
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
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| "The Business, as Usual" |
Mack Reynolds
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1952 |
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Sail On! Sail On!" |
Philip José Farmer
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1952 |
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
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| "What's It Like Out There?" |
Edmond Hamilton
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1952 |
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1966 | Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science edited by Terry Carr |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
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| "Angel's Egg" |
Edgar Pangborn
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1951 |
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| 1956 | Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1985 | The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Of Time and Third Avenue" |
Alfred Bester
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1951 |
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| 1952 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
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| "Reason" |
Isaac Asimov
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1941 |
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 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 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "The Ideal" |
Stanley G. Weinbaum
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1935 |
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
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| "Moxon's Master" |
Ambrose Bierce
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1899 |
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| 1943 | The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim |
| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
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| "From the London Times of 1904" |
Mark Twain
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1898 |
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1966 | Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin |
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| "The Crystal Egg" |
H. G. Wells
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1897 |
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Another World" |
J. -H. Rosny aîné
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1895 |
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 6: Around the World edited by James Gunn |
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| "The Time Machine" |
H. G. Wells
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1895 |
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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| "What Was It?" |
Fitz-James O'Brien
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1859 |
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
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