| "The Lost Machine" |
John Wyndham
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1932 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "Survival" |
John Wyndham
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1952 |
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| 1953 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "The Man from Beyond" |
John Wyndham
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1964 |
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| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "In the Abyss" |
H. G. Wells
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1896 |
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| 1943 | The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 1981 | Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh |
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| "Dormant" |
A. E. van Vogt
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1948 |
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| 1955 | Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Process" |
A. E. van Vogt
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1950 |
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| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The First Martian" |
A. E. van Vogt
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1951 |
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| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "Madness from Mars" |
Clifford D. Simak
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1939 |
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| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "Worrywart" |
Clifford D. Simak
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1953 |
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| 1956 | Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "Green Thumb" |
Clifford D. Simak
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1954 |
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| 1963 | Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "Call Me Dumbo" |
Bob Shaw
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1966 |
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| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "Repeat Performance" |
Bob Shaw
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1971 |
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| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "The Fly" |
Arthur Porges
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1952 |
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| 1953 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1966 | Best SF Six edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "The Ruum" |
Arthur Porges
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1953 |
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| 1955 | Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "We Purchased People" |
Frederik Pohl
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1974 |
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| 1975 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "From From This Earth" |
Chad Oliver
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1970 |
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| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "Rammer" |
Larry Niven
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1971 |
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| 1972 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year edited by Lester del Rey |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "Coming Attraction" |
Fritz Leiber
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1950 |
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1
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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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| "Let's Go to Golgotha!" |
Garry Kilworth
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1974 |
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| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "The Life Preservers" |
Harry Harrison
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1970 |
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| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "Wife to the Lord" |
Harry Harrison
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1970 |
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| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "The Wicked Flee" |
Harry Harrison
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1971 |
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| 1972 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year edited by Lester del Rey |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "Old Faithful" |
Raymond Z. Gallun
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1934 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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| "The Machine Stops" |
E. M. Forster
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1909 |
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5
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| 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 |
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| "The Short Life" |
Francis Donovan
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1955 |
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1
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| 1961 | Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "Second Variety" |
Philip K. Dick
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1953 |
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4
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1954 | Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 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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| "Before Eden" |
Arthur C. Clarke
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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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| "Transit of Earth" |
Arthur C. Clarke
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1971 |
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| 1972 | The 1972 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "The New Wine" |
John Christopher
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1954 |
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| 1955 | Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "Esmeralda" |
Daphne Castell
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1975 |
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| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "Between the Dark and the Daylight" |
Algis Budrys
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1958 |
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| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "The Star Ducks" |
Bill Brown
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1950 |
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| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1966 | Best SF Six edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Zero Hour" |
Ray Bradbury
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1947 |
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1
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| 1956 | Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| "… And the Moon Be Still as Bright" |
Ray Bradbury
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1948 |
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| 1949 | The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "Kaleidoscope" |
Ray Bradbury
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1949 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1966 | Best SF Six edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 11 (1949) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "We All Die Naked" |
James Blish
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1969 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "Hobson's Choice" |
Alfred Bester
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1952 |
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| 1956 | Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Voices of Time" |
J. G. Ballard
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1960 |
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1
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| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 1991 | The Great SF Stories 22 (1960) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Youth" |
Isaac Asimov
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1952 |
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| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "The Deep" |
Isaac Asimov
|
1952 |
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| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "A Little Knowledge" |
Poul Anderson
|
1971 |
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| 1972 | The 1972 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1972 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year edited by Lester del Rey |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "The Hibbie" |
James Alexander
|
1975 |
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| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "The Hunter at His Ease" |
Brian W. Aldiss
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1970 |
|
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| 1972 | Best SF: 1971 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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