"Divining Light" |
Ted Kosmatka
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2008 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
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"Dead Worlds" |
Jack Skillingstead
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2003 |
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| Sturgeon finalist |
2004 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
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"A Braver Thing" |
Charles Sheffield
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1990 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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 |
2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
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"Continued on Next Rock" |
R. A. Lafferty
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1970 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
1971 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1971 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
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"The Faithful Companion at Forty" |
Karen Joy Fowler
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1987 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
1988 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
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"Morning Child" |
Gardner Dozois
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1984 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
1985 | Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #14 edited by Terry Carr |
2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
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"We See Things Differently" |
Bruce Sterling
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1989 |
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1991 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
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"Daddy's World" |
Walter Jon Williams
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1999 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Sturgeon finalist |
2000 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth 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 |
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"For I Have Touched the Sky" |
Mike Resnick
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1989 |
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| 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 |
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"How to Talk to Girls at Parties" |
Neil Gaiman
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2006 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
2007 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume One edited by Jonathan Strahan |
2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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"Johnny Mnemonic" |
William Gibson
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1981 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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"Baby Is Three" |
Theodore Sturgeon
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1952 |
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| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
1981 | Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories |
2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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"The Undiscovered" |
William Sanders
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1997 |
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
1998 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth 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 |
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"The Lincoln Train" |
Maureen F. McHugh
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1995 |
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| 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 |
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"The People of Sand and Slag" |
Paolo Bacigalupi
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2004 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
2005 | Science Fiction: The Best of 2004 edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan |
2005 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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"Fire Watch" |
Connie Willis
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1982 |
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1
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1983 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr |
1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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"Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" |
James Tiptree, Jr.
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1976 |
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2
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1977 | The 1977 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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"Sandkings" |
George R. R. Martin
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1979 |
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7
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1980 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #9 edited by Terry Carr |
1980 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
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 |
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"Aye, and Gomorrah …" |
Samuel R. Delany
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1967 |
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2
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
1982 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor |
1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
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 |
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"Nine Lives" |
Ursula K. Le Guin
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1969 |
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2
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
1970 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1970 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
1970 | Best SF: 1969 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |
1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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"Story of Your Life" |
Ted Chiang
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1998 |
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4
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| Sturgeon winner |
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
1999 | Year's Best SF 4 edited by David G. Hartwell |
1999 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth 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 | 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 |
2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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"Blood Music" |
Greg Bear
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1983 |
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3
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| 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 |
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"The Star" |
Arthur C. Clarke
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1955 |
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1
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
1963 | Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin |
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) |
1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
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 |
2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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"When It Changed" |
Joanna Russ
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1972 |
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11
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
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 |
1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV 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 |
2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
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 Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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