| "This Moment of the Storm" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Roger Zelazny
                              
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                        1966 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Hugo Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Fifth Head of Cerberus" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Gene Wolfe
                              
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                        1972 | 
                      
                            
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                                  4
                                
                             
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                                         | Hugo Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 1973 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             | 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             | 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Chance" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Connie Willis
                              
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                        1986 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1987 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Ugly Chickens" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Howard Waldrop
                              
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                        1980 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | 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 | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Moon Moth" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Jack Vance
                              
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                        1961 | 
                      
                            
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                                  2
                                
                             
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                                        | 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 | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Her Smoke Rose Up Forever" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                James Tiptree, Jr.
                              
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                        1974 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1981 | Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             | 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Edge of the World" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Michael Swanwick
                              
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                        1989 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | 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 | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Other Celia" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Theodore Sturgeon
                              
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                        1957 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight | 
                                             | 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Dori Bangs" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Bruce Sterling
                              
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                        1989 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 1990 | The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Three edited by David S. Garnett | 
                                             | 1990 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Cordwainer Smith
                              
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                        1961 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Salvador" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Lucius Shepard
                              
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                        1984 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Hugo Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 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 | 
                                             | 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2005 | The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Nobody's Home" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Joanna Russ
                              
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                        1972 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1973 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes | 
                                             | 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             | 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             | 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Lady Margaret" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Keith Roberts
                              
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                        1966 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Golden Horn" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Edgar Pangborn
                              
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                        1962 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Casey Agonistes" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Richard McKenna
                              
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                        1958 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1959 | SF:'59: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril | 
                                             | 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Barrow" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Ursula K. Le Guin
                              
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                        1976 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Narrow Valley" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                R. A. Lafferty
                              
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                        1966 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1968 | SF 12 edited by Judith Merril | 
                                             | 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Country of the Kind" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Damon Knight
                              
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                        1956 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 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 | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Pure Product" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                John Kessel
                              
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                        1986 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1987 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2005 | The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Winter Market" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                William Gibson
                              
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                        1985 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Hugo Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 1987 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2005 | The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Driftglass" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Samuel R. Delany
                              
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                        1967 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | 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 | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Aristotle and the Gun" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                L. Sprague de Camp
                              
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                        1958 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Going Under" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Jack Dann
                              
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                        1981 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | 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 | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Pretty Boy Crossover" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Pat Cadigan
                              
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                        1986 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | 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 | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Particle Theory" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Edward Bryant
                              
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                        1977 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 1978 | The 1978 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha | 
                                             | 1978 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 1981 | Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             | 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn | 
                                             | 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Worm That Flies" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Brian W. Aldiss
                              
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                        1968 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1969 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1969 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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