Classics of Science Fiction

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

Jack Vance

1961

1973	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova
1982	The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn
1991	The Great SF Stories 23 (1961) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1992	Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

	The Moon Moth (Wikipedia)
2012	A Re-telling Full of Musical Script: Jack Vance’s “The Moon Moth”, Adapted By Humayoun Ibrahim (Reactor)

"The Big Front Yard"

Clifford D. Simak

1958

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1973	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova
1990	The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

The Big Front Yard (Wikipedia)

"The Machine Stops"

E. M. Forster

1909

1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1973	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova
1977	The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1997	The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	The Machine Stops by EM Forster (Fantasy Book Review)
2020	The Horror of Direct Experience: Cyberpunk Bodies and “The Machine Stops” (SFRA Review)
2020	How E.M. Forster’s Only Foray Into Sci-Fi Predicted Social Distancing (Literary Hub)
2020	When Did E. M. Forster’s “The Machine Stops” Become Science Fiction? (Classics of Science Fiction)
2021	The Machine Stops: Science and Its Limits (Los Angeles Review of Books)

"E for Effort"

T. L. Sherred

1947

1950	Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1964	A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Damon Knight
1973	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova
1981	Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories
1983	The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

"In Hiding"

Wilmar H. Shiras

1948

1949	The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty
1966	Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science edited by Terry Carr
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1973	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova
1983	The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2018	The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek

"The Martian Way"

Isaac Asimov

1952

1973	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova
1986	The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
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

"The Witches of Karres"

James H. Schmitz

1949

1973	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova
1984	The Great SF Stories 11 (1949) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Earthman, Come Home"

James Blish

1953

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1973	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova

"Rogue Moon"

Algis Budrys

1960

	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1973	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova

2011	How to die many times over (worldswithoutend.com)
2012	Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys (SFFWorld.com)

"The Midas Plague"

Frederik Pohl

1954

1973	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova

"The Spectre General"

Theodore R. Cogswell

1952

1973	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova

Stories: 11

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B