Classics of Science Fiction

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

"The Yillian Way"

Keith Laumer

1962

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"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

"The Wings of Night"

Lester del Rey

1942

1950	Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1980	The Great SF Stories 4 (1942) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Who Goes There?"

John W. Campbell, Jr.

1938

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1946	Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1973	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2005	The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint
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

	Who Goes There? (Wikipedia)
2014	Who Goes There? (Kara Reviews)
2016	Exploring the Cold, Desolate Cosmos: Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell (This Is Horror)

"When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth"

Cory Doctorow

2006

2007	Year's Best SF 12 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll

"What Wolves Know"

Kit Reed

2007

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Weyr Search"

Anne McCaffrey

1967

	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
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

"Uncommon Sense"

Hal Clement

1945

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Uncle Joshua and the Grooglemen"

Debra Doyle, James D. MacDonald

1993

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"The Ugly Chickens"

Howard Waldrop

1980

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1981	The 1981 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1981	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10 edited by Terry Carr
1981	Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Tenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1992	Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
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	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories

2012	Howard Waldrop's "The Ugly Chickens" (Black Gate)

"The Time Machine"

H. G. Wells

1895

1962	A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight
1973	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

2013	HG Wells The Time Machine and the Issue of Race (The Boomerang)
2015	The Story Behind A First Edition Book - The Time Machine (Rare & Antique Books)
2018	The Time Machine: Notes Towards an Analysis of Wells's Novella (Interesting Literature)

"Thus We Frustrate Charlemagne"

R. A. Lafferty

1967

1968	World's Best Science Fiction: 1968 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Three Hearings on the Existence of Snakes in the Human Bloodstream"

James Alan Gardner

1997

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Think Like a Dinosaur"

James Patrick Kelly

1995

	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1996	Year's Best SF edited by David G. Hartwell
1996	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2002	The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

2019	Hugosauriad 3.7: Think Like a Dinosaur by James Patrick Kelly (Camestros Felapton)
2020	The Cold Equations of Thinking Like a Dinosaur (Classics of Science Fiction)

"The Thing from—Outside"

George Allan England

1923

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"They're Made Out of Meat"

Terry Bisson

1991

	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"That Only a Mother"

Judith Merril

1948

1970	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1978	Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1983	The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek

	That Only a Mother (Wikipedia)
2009	The All-Time Top 40: That Only a Mother, Judith Merril (Locus)

"Surface Tension"

James Blish

1952

1953	Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty
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
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	Surface Tension (Wikipedia)
2021	"Surface Tension" by James Blish (Classics of Science Fiction)

"The Stoker and the Stars"

Algis Budrys

1959

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"The Star and the Rockets"

Harry Turtledove

2009

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Standing Room Only"

Karen Joy Fowler

1997

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Split Light"

Lisa Goldstein

1994

1995	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1996	Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Souls"

Joanna Russ

1982

	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1983	The 1983 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1983	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr
1994	Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
1996	Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
2004	The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2014	Review of "Souls" by Joanna Russ (Speculiction)

"Soldier, Ask Not"

Gordon R. Dickson

1964

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2001	The Great SF Stories (1964) edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

"Shambleau"

C. L. Moore

1933

	Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
2005	The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

"Seven American Nights"

Gene Wolfe

1978

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1979	The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #1 edited by Terry Carr
1979	Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
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	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
2022	Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook

2015	Seven American Nights • 1978 • SF novella by Gene Wolfe (Reißwolf)

"The Sentinel"

Arthur C. Clarke

1951

1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1985	The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
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 Sentinel (Wikipedia)
2020	"The Sentinel" by Arthur C. Clarke - Sci-Fi Classic Review (The Unapologetic Geek)

"Senses Three and Six"

David Brin

1986

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"The Sargasso of Space"

Edmond Hamilton

1931

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"The Sandman, the Tinman and the Betty B"

C. J. Cherryh

2002

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Sail 25"

Jack Vance

1964

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"A Rose for Ecclesiastes"

Roger Zelazny

1963

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1965	10th Annual Edition: The Year's Best SF edited by Judith Merril
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
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1992	The Great SF Stories 25 (1963) 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	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
2022	Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook

2020	"A Rose for Ecclesiastes" by Roger Zelazny (Classics of Science Fiction)
2021	Flash Review: A Rose for Ecclesiastes by Roger Zelazny (Stuffed Puffin)

"A Roll of the Dice"

Catherine Asaro

2000

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Riverworld"

Philip José Farmer

1966

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"The Red Brain"

Donald Wandrei

1927

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Rat Race"

Frank Herbert

1955

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Ranks of Bronze"

David Drake

1975

2006	The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Rachel in Love"

Pat Murphy

1987

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Sturgeon winner
1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1988	The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1 edited by David S. Garnett
1988	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1988	The 1988 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2004	The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2021	Rachel in Love • 1987 • Transhumanism novelette by Pat Murphy (Reißwolf)
2022	Hugo and Nebula Award Winners from Asimov's Science Fiction. edited by Sheila Williams (Austin Beeman)
2022	Rachel in Love by Pat Murphy (SF Short Stories)
2022	“Rachel in Love” by Pat Murphy (Classics of Science Fiction)

"The Quest for Saint Aquin"

Anthony Boucher

1951

1963	Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin
1968	One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight
1970	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1985	The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"The Prize of Peril"

Robert Sheckley

1958

1959	SF:'59: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril
1990	The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Pretty Boy Crossover"

Pat Cadigan

1986

	Sturgeon finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1987	The 1987 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1987	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1992	Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Pirates of the Gorm"

Nat Schachner

1932

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"The Persistence of Vision"

John Varley

1978

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1979	The 1979 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1979	The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #1 edited by Terry Carr
1979	Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2004	The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2012	The Persistence of Vision: Fascinating (Fantasy Literature)
2013	Review of The Persistence of Vision by John Varley (Speculiction)

"Passengers"

Robert Silverberg

1968

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1982	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
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

Passengers (Wikipedia)

"Or All the Seas with Oysters"

Avram Davidson

1958

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1959	SF:'59: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril
1980	The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1990	The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
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

2012	"Retro Review - 'Or All the Seas with Oysters' (1958) by Avram Davidson" (Fantastic Worlds)
2015	Stories from the Borderland #3: "Or All the Seas With Oysters," by Avram Davidson (Scott Nicolay)

"The Only Neat Thing to Do"

James Tiptree, Jr.

1985

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1986	Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #15 edited by Terry Carr
1986	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2004	The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

2013	Review of The Only Neat Thing to Do by James Tiptree Jr. (Speculiction)

"Old Faithful"

Raymond Z. Gallun

1934

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

"Noble Mold"

Kage Baker

1997

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"No Direction Home"

Norman Spinrad

1971

1972	The Best Science Fiction of the Year edited by Terry Carr
1972	Best SF: 1971 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Nightfall"

Isaac Asimov

1941

1946	Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas
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
1973	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1978	Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn
1980	The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
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

2012	Darkness in literature: 'Nightfall' by Isaac Asimov (The Guardian)

"The Next Logical Step"

Ben Bova

1962

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Neutron Star"

Larry Niven

1966

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1980	The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1986	Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
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

2014	Neutron Star (James Nicoll Reviews)

"My Mother Dancing"

Nancy Kress

2004

	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2005	Science Fiction: The Best of 2004 edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"The Muffin Migration"

Alan Dean Foster

2000

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"The Mountains of Mourning"

Lois McMaster Bujold

1989

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
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
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories

2013	Review The Mountains of Mourning by Lois McMaster Bujold (Speculiction)
2015	The Mountains of Mourning (Kara Reviews)

"Microcosmic God"

Theodore Sturgeon

1941

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

2021	Flash Review: Microcosmic God by Theodore Sturgeon (Stuffed Puffin)

"Microbe"

Joan Slonczewski

1995

1996	Year's Best SF edited by David G. Hartwell
2002	The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"The Metal Man"

Jack Williamson

1928

1983	The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1992	The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Mellonta Tauta"

Edgar Allan Poe

1849

1966	Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin
1977	The Road to Science Fiction v. 1: From Gilgamesh to Wells edited by James Gunn
1983	The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Melancholy Elephants"

Spider Robinson

1982

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"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

"A Martian Odyssey"

Stanley G. Weinbaum

1934

1943	The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim
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
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
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
1992	The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2000	Millennial Reviews XXXII: “A Martian Odyssey” & “Valley of Dreams” by Stanley G. Weinbaum (James Nicoll Reviews)
2013	Book Review: A Martian Odyssey and Other Classics of Science Fiction, Stanley G. Weinbaum (1962) (Joachim Boaz)
2017	A Martian Odyssey • 1934 • SF novelette by Stanley G. Weinbaum (Reißwolf)
2021	“A Martian Odyssey” by Stanley G. Weinbaum (Classics of Science Fiction)
9999	A Martian Odyssey (Wikipedia)

"The Man Who Awoke"

Laurence Manning

1933

1974	Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Man in His Time"

Brian W. Aldiss

1965

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1972	A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Madonna of the Maquiladora"

Gregory Frost

2002

	Sturgeon finalist
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"The Lucky Strike"

Kim Stanley Robinson

1984

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1985	Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #14 edited by Terry Carr
1985	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1993	The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri

2014	Review: Lucky Strike (Sharp and Pointed)
2019	Review: “The Lucky Strike” (1984) by Kim Stanley Robinson (Powered by Robots)
2019	When History Goes ‘Wonderfully Wrong’ (Review) (The Fabulist)

"Loo Ree"

Zenna Henderson

1953

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Lobsters"

Charles Stross

2001

	Sturgeon finalist
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2002	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2005	The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2007	Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2012	“Lobsters” by Charles Stross: A “Rewired” Review (Mr. Rhapsodist)
2020	Lobsters • 2001 • Near future novelette by Charles Stross (Reißwolf)

"Little Worker"

Paul Di Filippo

1989

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Little Faces"

Vonda N. McIntyre

2005

	Sturgeon finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2006	Science Fiction: The Very Best of 2005 edited by Jonathan Strahan
2006	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"The Little Black Bag"

C. M. Kornbluth

1950

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
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
1984	The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) 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

	The Little Black Bag (Wikipedia)
2021	Flash Review: The Little Black Bag by Cyril M. Kornbluth (Stuffed Puffin)

"The Lincoln Train"

Maureen F. McHugh

1995

	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1996	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2005	The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2010	Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories

"A Letter from the Clearys"

Connie Willis

1982

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
1983	The 1983 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

"The Last Days of Shandakor"

Leigh Brackett

1952

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"The Lady Margaret"

Keith Roberts

1966

1992	Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Jeffty Is Five"

Harlan Ellison

1977

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1978	The 1978 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2004	The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
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
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories

2021	Jeffty Is Five ... and I'm Sixty Three (Atomic Junk Shop)
2021	Jeffty is Five • 1977 • Magic Realism short story by Harlan Ellison

"If This Is Winnetka, You Must Be Judy"

F. M. Busby

1974

1975	Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Fourth Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Hero"

Joe Haldeman

1972

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1973	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr
1973	Best SF: 1972 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Hell Is the Absence of God"

Ted Chiang

2001

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Sturgeon finalist
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
2004	The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
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
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories

2006	Hell Is the Absence of God, by Ted Chiang (Nicholas Whyte)
2017	Hell is the Absence of God by Ted Chiang (FuzzyRants)
2021	Ted Chiang’s Hell is the Absence of God: A Tale of Twisted Salvation And Mockery (Medium)

"The Hardened Criminals"

Jonathan Lethem

1996

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Hand to Hand"

Elizabeth Moon

1995

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"A Habit of Waste"

Nalo Hopkinson

1996

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"A Gun for Dinosaur"

L. Sprague de Camp

1956

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2005	The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

"The Grotto of the Dancing Deer"

Clifford D. Simak

1980

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1981	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10 edited by Terry Carr
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories

"Griots of the Galaxy"

Andrea Hairston

2004

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"The Green Hills of Earth"

Robert A. Heinlein

1947

1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1989	The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
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

"Graveyard of Dreams"

H. Beam Piper

1958

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"The Gostak and the Doshes"

Miles J. Breuer, M.D.

1930

1983	The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri

"Good with Rice"

John Brunner

1994

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"The Golden Horn"

Edgar Pangborn

1962

1992	Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Going Under"

Jack Dann

1981

	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1982	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #11 edited by Terry Carr
1992	Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"The Game of Rat and Dragon"

Cordwainer Smith

1955

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1956	Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1956 edited by T. E. Dikty
1958	Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1972	A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight
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
1988	The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2006	The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

1977	Mythic Structures in Cordwainer Smith's "The Game of Rat and Dragon" (Science Fiction Studies)
2021	"The Game of Rat and Dragon" by Cordwainer Smith (classicsofsciencefiction.com)

"For I Have Touched the Sky"

Mike Resnick

1989

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1990	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2010	Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Fondly Fahrenheit"

Alfred Bester

1954

	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1970	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1981	Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories
1987	The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
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
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

	Fondly Fahrenheit (Wikipedia)
2007	Fondly Fahrenheit by Alfred Bester (Auxiliary Memory)

"Flashes"

Robert J. Sawyer

2006

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"The First Contact with the Gorgonids"

Ursula K. Le Guin

1992

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"First Contact"

Murray Leinster

1945

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
	Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories
1946	The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
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
1982	The Great SF Stories 7 (1945) 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

First Contact (Wikipedia)

"The Firefly Tree"

Jack Williamson

1997

1998	Year's Best SF 3 edited by David G. Hartwell
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Fiddling for Waterbuffaloes"

S. P. Somtow

1986

1987	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Fast Times at Fairmont High"

Vernor Vinge

2001

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
2002	The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

"Evil Robot Monkey"

Mary Robinette Kowal

2008

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2009	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2010	The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2013	Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden

"The Edge of the World"

Michael Swanwick

1989

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Sturgeon winner
1990	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1992	Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Duel on Syrtis"

Poul Anderson

1951

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Driftglass"

Samuel R. Delany

1967

	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1968	World's Best Science Fiction: 1968 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1986	Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1992	Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri

2020	Driftglass by Samuel R Delany (bookforager)

"The Door Through Space"

Marion Zimmer Bradley

1961

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Dogwalker"

Orson Scott Card

1989

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1990	The 1990 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1990	The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Three edited by David S. Garnett
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"The Diabolical Drug"

Clare Winger Harris

1929

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"The Demi-Urge"

Thomas M. Disch

1963

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"The Defenders"

Philip K. Dick

1953

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Death of a Spaceman"

Walter M. Miller, Jr.

1954

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Death and What Comes Next"

Terry Pratchett

2004

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Day Million"

Frederik Pohl

1966

1967	World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1972	A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight
1973	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
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	The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1993	The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	"Day Million" (Transhumanism and science fiction)
2019	Day Million: language, singularities, affects, and encounters (not to mention "love") (Xeno Swarm)
2021	"Day Million" by Frederik Pohl (Classics of Science Fiction)

"The Country of the Kind"

Damon Knight

1956

1956	S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril
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)
1979	Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander
1988	The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1992	Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	The Country of the Kind (Wikipedia)
2023	"The Country of the Kind" by Damon Knight

"The Cold Equations"

Tom Godwin

1954

1955	The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 edited by T. E. Dikty
1958	Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
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
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1987	The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2005	The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint
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 Cold Equations (Wikipedia)
2019	On Needless Cruelty in SF: Tom Godwin's "The Cold Equations" (Tor.com)

"City of Truth"

James Morrow

1991

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Buffalo"

John Kessel

1991

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
	Sturgeon winner
2004	The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Bring the Jubilee"

Ward Moore

1952

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Bow Shock"

Gregory Benford

2006

2007	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Born of Man and Woman"

Richard Matheson

1950

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1951	The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty
1970	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1982	The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn
1984	The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

"Bloodchild"

Octavia E. Butler

1984

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1985	The 1985 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1985	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1985	Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #14 edited by Terry Carr
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2004	The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

2018	Why Men Get Pregnant: "Bloodchild" by Octavia E. Butler (Tor.com)

"Blood Music"

Greg Bear

1983

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
	Nebula Award - Story Winner
1973	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1984	The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1984	The 1984 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1996	Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2005	The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2010	Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2020	Blood Music • 1983 • Near Future SF novelette by Greg Bear (Reißwolf)
2021	The 1984 Annual World's Best SF. edited by Donald A. Wollheim (Austin Beeman)
2022	Blood Music by Greg Bear (SF Short Stories)

"Black Destroyer"

A. E. van Vogt

1939

1946	Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1979	The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2005	The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	"Black Destroyer" by A. E. van Vogt (My Weird Life)
2009	Yesterday's Tomorrows: A.E. van Vogt by Graham Sleight (Locus)
2010	Review: Black Destroyer (The Quill & The Keyboard)

"Bicycle Repairman"

Bruce Sterling

1996

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1997	Year's Best SF 2 edited by David G. Hartwell
1997	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2002	The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Bears Discover Fire"

Terry Bisson

1990

	Sturgeon winner
	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1991	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1996	Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2004	The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2005	The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2022	Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook

2017	Review of Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories by Terry Bisson (Speculiction)
9999	Bears Discover Fire (DUST) - a short film version
9999	"Bears Discover Fire" by Terry Bisson (Nicholas Whyte)

"Barnacle Bill the Spacer"

Lucius Shepard

1992

	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories

"A Bad Day for Sales"

Fritz Leiber

1953

1954	The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty
1979	Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander
1983	The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1986	The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"At the Mountains of Madness"

H. P. Lovecraft

1936

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Armageddon—2419 A.D."

Philip Francis Nowlan

1928

1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Arena"

Fredric Brown

1944

1950	Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
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
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
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
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

	Arena (Wikipedia)
2020	Retro Review: "Arena" by Fredric Brown (Cora Buhlert)

"Almuric"

Robert E. Howard

1939

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman

"Allamagoosa"

Eric Frank Russell

1955

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1988	The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) 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

"All Cats Are Gray"

Andre Norton

1953

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2018	The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek

"2 B R 0 2 B"

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

1962

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

Stories: 133

Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction