Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories

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

Title Author/Editor Year Citations Reviews↧
"Flowers for Algernon" Daniel Keyes 1959
15
Hugo Award - Story Winner
Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1960The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril
1961Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
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
1982The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn
1983Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999Locus All Time Poll
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"It's a Good Life" Jerome Bixby 1953
8
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1961Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
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
1986The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Short Life" Francis Donovan 1955
2
1961Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
1977The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton
"Balaam" Anthony Boucher 1954
2
1961Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
1987The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
"BAXBR/DAXBR" Evelyn E. Smith 1954
1
1961Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
"The Bliss of Solitude" J. T. McIntosh 1952
1
1961Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
"Hobbyist" Eric Frank Russell 1947
4
1961Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
1973The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1983The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1998The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn
"Psyclops" Brian W. Aldiss 1956
1
1961Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
"A Subway Named Mobius" A. J. Deutsch 1950
5
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1952Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1961Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
1968One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight
1984The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
"The Yellow Pill" Rog Phillips 1958
3
1959SF:'59: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril
1961Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
1990The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
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