| "Coming Attraction" | Fritz Leiber | 1950 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        |  | Hugo Award - Story Finalist |  | 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |  | 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |  | 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |  | 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |  | 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |  | 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |  | 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |  | 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |  | 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |  | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |  | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |  | 
                    
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                            | "Microcosmic God" | Theodore Sturgeon | 1941 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 1943 | The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim |  | 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |  | 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 |  | 1978 | Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr |  | 1980 | The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |  | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |  | 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |  | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |  | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |  | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |  | 
                    
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                            | "Requiem" | Robert A. Heinlein | 1940 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        |  | Hugo Award - Story Finalist |  | 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |  | 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |  | 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |  | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |  | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |  | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |  | 
                    
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                            | "Liar!" | Isaac Asimov | 1941 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |  | 1980 | The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |  | 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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                            | "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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                            | "Before Eden" | Arthur C. Clarke | 1961 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |  | 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |  | 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |  | 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |  | 
                    
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                            | "Enchanted Village" | A. E. van Vogt | 1950 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |  | 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |  | 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |  | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |  | 
                    
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                            | "Huddling Place" | Clifford D. Simak | 1944 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |  | 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |  | 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |  | 1981 | The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |  | 
                    
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                            | "Doorway Into Time" | C. L. Moore | 1943 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |  | 1978 | Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |  | 1981 | The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |  | 
                    
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                            | "Night" | John W. Campbell, Jr. | 1935 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |  | 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |  | 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |  | 
                    
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                            | "Kindness" | Lester del Rey | 1944 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |  | 1981 | The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |  | 
                    
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                            | "A Logic Named Joe" | Murray Leinster | 1946 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |  | 1982 | The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |  | 
                    
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                            | "Mother" | Philip José Farmer | 1953 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |  | 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |  | 
                    
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                            | "The Strange Flight of Richard Clayton" | Robert Bloch | 1939 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |  | 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |  | 
                    
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                            | "The Vortex Blaster" | Edward E. Smith | 1941 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        |  | Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |  | 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |  | 
                    
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                            | "Adaptation" | John Wyndham | 1949 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |  | 
                    
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                            | "The Command" | L. Sprague de Camp | 1938 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |  | 
                    
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                            | "Wake for the Living" | Ray Bradbury | 1947 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |  | 
                    
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                            | "We Also Walk Dogs" | Robert A. Heinlein | 1958 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |  | 
                    
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                            | "We Guard the Black Planet!" | Henry Kuttner | 1942 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |  | 
                    
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                            | "The Witness" | Eric Frank Russell | 1951 |  |  | 
                    
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                                        | 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |  | 
                    
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