| "An Alien Agony" |
Harry Harrison
|
1962 |
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|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "Alien Embassy" |
Garry Kilworth
|
2006 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side" |
James Tiptree, Jr.
|
1972 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 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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|
| "Answer" |
Fredric Brown
|
1954 |
|
|
| 1958 | Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1987 | The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
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|
| "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 |
|
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|
| "The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered as a Downhill Motor Race" |
J. G. Ballard
|
1966 |
|
|
| 1968 | Best SF: 1967 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
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|
| "Before Eden" |
Arthur C. Clarke
|
1961 |
|
|
| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |
|
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|
| "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 |
|
|
|
| "Built Up Logically" |
Howard Schoenfeld
|
1949 |
|
|
| 1972 | A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "The Cage" |
A. Bertram Chandler
|
1957 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
| 1989 | The Great SF Stories 19 (1957) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
|
|
| "Co-Operate—Or Else!" |
A. E. van Vogt
|
1942 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 4 (1942) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
|
|
| "Command Performance" |
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
|
1952 |
|
|
| 1953 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
|
|
| "Common Time" |
James Blish
|
1953 |
|
|
| 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 |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "Computers Don't Argue" |
Gordon R. Dickson
|
1965 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "Counterfeit" |
Alan E. Nourse
|
1952 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "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 |
|
|
|
| "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 |
|
|
|
| "Descending" |
Thomas M. Disch
|
1964 |
|
|
| 1965 | 10th Annual Edition: The Year's Best SF edited by Judith Merril |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "Devil Car" |
Roger Zelazny
|
1965 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "Early Model" |
Robert Sheckley
|
1956 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "Eastward Ho!" |
William Tenn
|
1958 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "The Edge of the Sea" |
Algis Budrys
|
1958 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1958 | SF:'58: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "The Electric Ant" |
Philip K. Dick
|
1969 |
|
|
| 1970 | Best SF: 1969 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "The End of Summer" |
Algis Budrys
|
1954 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1979 | The End of Summer: Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Malzberg and Pronzini |
| 1987 | The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
|
|
| "Fireproof" |
Hal Clement
|
1949 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "The First Men" |
Howard Fast
|
1960 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "The Food Goes in the Top" |
Will Mohler
|
1961 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "The Forgotten Enemy" |
Arthur C. Clarke
|
1948 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "Friends in Need" |
Eliza Blair
|
2006 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "Fulfilment" |
A. E. van Vogt
|
1951 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "Grandpa" |
James H. Schmitz
|
1955 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
|
|
| "Gravity" |
Harvey Jacobs
|
1969 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "Great Work of Time" |
John Crowley
|
1989 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1990 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
|
|
|
| "The Greater Thing" |
Tom Godwin
|
1954 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "The Half Pair" |
A. Bertram Chandler
|
1957 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "Harrison Bergeron" |
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
|
1961 |
|
|
| 1970 | Best SF Seven: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Hawksbill Station" |
Robert Silverberg
|
1967 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1968 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1968 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1968 | Best SF: 1967 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Heat Death of the Universe" |
Pamela Zoline
|
1967 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Hemingway in Space" |
Kingsley Amis
|
1960 |
|
|
| 1961 | The 6th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "Hobbyist" |
Eric Frank Russell
|
1947 |
|
|
| 1961 | Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
|
|
|
| "The Holes Around Mars" |
Jerome Bixby
|
1954 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
|
|
|
| "Huddling Place" |
Clifford D. Simak
|
1944 |
|
|
| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 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) |
| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
|
|
| "Hybrid" |
Keith Laumer
|
1961 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "I Made You" |
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
|
1954 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "Jokester" |
Isaac Asimov
|
1956 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "The Large Ant" |
Howard Fast
|
1960 |
|
|
| 1961 | The 6th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "The Last Day" |
Richard Matheson
|
1953 |
|
|
| 1954 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "The Last Hurrah of the Golden Horde" |
Norman Spinrad
|
1969 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "The Last Objective" |
Paul A. Carter
|
1946 |
|
|
| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
|
|
| "The Liberation of Earth" |
William Tenn
|
1953 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "Lot" |
Ward Moore
|
1953 |
|
|
| 1954 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
|
|
| "Manscarer" |
Keith Roberts
|
1966 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "The Monkey Wrench" |
Gordon R. Dickson
|
1951 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "MS. Found in a Chinese Fortune Cookie" |
C. M. Kornbluth
|
1957 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "The Nature of the Catastrophe" |
Michael Moorcock
|
1970 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
|
|
|
| "Night Watch" |
James Inglis
|
1965 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "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 |
|
|
|
| "The Pedestrian" |
Ray Bradbury
|
1951 |
|
|
| 1952 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "Poor Little Warrior!" |
Brian W. Aldiss
|
1958 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "Protected Species" |
H. B. Fyfe
|
1951 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "Pyramid" |
Robert Abernathy
|
1954 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "Reason" |
Isaac Asimov
|
1941 |
|
|
| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 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 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "The Rescuer" |
Arthur Porges
|
1962 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "Sail On! Sail On!" |
Philip José Farmer
|
1952 |
|
|
| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "Scanners Live in Vain" |
Cordwainer Smith
|
1950 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 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) |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "Sexual Dimorphism" |
Kim Stanley Robinson
|
1999 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 2000 | Year's Best SF 5 edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2002 | The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer |
|
|
|
| "The Short-Short Story of Mankind" |
John Steinbeck
|
1955 |
|
|
| 1959 | SF:'59: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "Skirmish" |
Clifford D. Simak
|
1950 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "The Snowball Effect" |
Katherine MacLean
|
1952 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
|
|
| "Sole Solution" |
Eric Frank Russell
|
1956 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
|
|
|
| "The Star" |
Arthur C. Clarke
|
1955 |
|
|
| 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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| "The Store of the Worlds" |
Robert Sheckley
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1959 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1990 | The Great SF Stories 21 (1959) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Story of Your Life" |
Ted Chiang
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1998 |
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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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| "The Streets of Ashkelon" |
Harry Harrison
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1962 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1992 | The Great SF Stories 24 (1962) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Subversive" |
Mack Reynolds
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1962 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
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| "Swarm" |
Bruce Sterling
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1982 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 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 |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 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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| "Track 12" |
J. G. Ballard
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1958 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
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| "The Tunnel Under the World" |
Frederik Pohl
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1955 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Two-Handed Engine" |
Henry Kuttner,
C. L. Moore
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1955 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
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| "The Village Swindler" |
Brian W. Aldiss
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1968 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
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| "The Wall Around the World" |
Theodore R. Cogswell
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1953 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Windows of Heaven" |
John Brunner
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1962 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
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| "The Xi Effect" |
R. S. Richardson
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1950 |
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| 1955 | Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
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