Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction

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

Title Author/Editor Year Citations Reviews↧
"Coming Attraction" Fritz Leiber 1950
12
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1951The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty
1965Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
1970The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1977The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton
1978Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1980Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1984The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Microcosmic God" Theodore Sturgeon 1941
11
1943The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim
1965Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
1970The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1978Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr
1980The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999Locus All Time Poll
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Adaptation" John Wyndham 1949
1
1965Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
"Before Eden" Arthur C. Clarke 1961
4
1965Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
1973The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1977The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton
1978Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick
"The Command" L. Sprague de Camp 1938
1
1965Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
"Doorway Into Time" C. L. Moore 1943
3
1965Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
1978Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1981The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
"Enchanted Village" A. E. van Vogt 1950
4
1965Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
1984The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1997The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
"Huddling Place" Clifford D. Simak 1944
4
1965Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
1970The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1973The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1981The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
"Kindness" Lester del Rey 1944
2
1965Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
1981The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
"Liar!" Isaac Asimov 1941
6
1965Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
1980The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"A Logic Named Joe" Murray Leinster 1946
2
1965Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
1982The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
"Mother" Philip José Farmer 1953
2
1965Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
1997The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell
"Night" John W. Campbell, Jr. 1935
3
1965Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1992The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
"Requiem" Robert A. Heinlein 1940
7
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1946Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas
1965Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn
1999Locus All Time Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Strange Flight of Richard Clayton" Robert Bloch 1939
2
1965Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
1979The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
"The Vortex Blaster" Edward E. Smith 1941
2
Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories
1965Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
"Wake for the Living" Ray Bradbury 1947
1
1965Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
"We Also Walk Dogs" Robert A. Heinlein 1958
1
1965Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
"We Guard the Black Planet!" Henry Kuttner 1942
1
1965Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
"With Folded Hands …" Jack Williamson 1947
6
1948A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1965Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
1973The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn
1983The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999Locus All Time Poll
"The Witness" Eric Frank Russell 1951
1
1965Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
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