Classics of Science Fiction

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

"An Alien Agony"

Harry Harrison

1962

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)

"Counterfeit"

Alan E. Nourse

1952

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)

"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)

"Gravity"

Harvey Jacobs

1969

1973	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)

"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)

"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 Last Hurrah of the Golden Horde"

Norman Spinrad

1969

1973	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)

"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)

"Night Watch"

James Inglis

1965

1973	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)

"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)

"The Rescuer"

Arthur Porges

1962

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)

"Sole Solution"

Eric Frank Russell

1956

1973	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)

"Subversive"

Mack Reynolds

1962

1973	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)

"Track 12"

J. G. Ballard

1958

1973	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)

"Two-Handed Engine"

Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore

1955

1973	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)

"The Village Swindler"

Brian W. Aldiss

1968

1973	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)

"The Windows of Heaven"

John Brunner

1962

1973	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)

"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)

"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)

"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

"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)

"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)

"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

"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 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

"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)

"The Xi Effect"

R. S. Richardson

1950

1955	Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin
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

"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

"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

"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 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

"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

2023	Lot by Ward Moore (SFShortStories)

"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

"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 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

"The Streets of Ashkelon"

Harry Harrison

1962

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

"The Wall Around the World"

Theodore R. Cogswell

1953

	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

"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

"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

"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

"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

"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

"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

"The Store of the Worlds"

Robert Sheckley

1959

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

"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

"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

"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

"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

"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 Tunnel Under the World"

Frederik Pohl

1955

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

"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

2004	"The Liberation of Earth" (and other stories) by William Tenn (The Mumpsimus)
2019	SF Stories in Which Earth Is Liberated by an Alien Empire (Reactor)
2021	Book Review: Of All Possible Worlds, William Tenn (1955) (Science Fiction Ruminations)
2021	The Liberation of Earth by William Tenn (SF Short Stories)
2021	"Liberation of Earth" (1953) by William Tenn (Prospero's Isle)
2021	“The Liberation of Earth” by William Tenn (Classics of Science Fiction)

"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

"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

2011	Reading Tiptree: And I Awoke and Found Me Here on on the Cold Hill’s Side (Violin in a Void)
2020	And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill’s Side • 1972 • SF short story by James Tiptree, Jr. (Reißwolf)
2021	“And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill’s Side” by James Tiptree Jr. (Classics of Science Fiction)

"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

Harrison Bergeron (Wikipedia)

"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

	Scanners Live in Vain (Wikipedia)
2019	Monsters of Duty: Cordwainer Smith’s Attack on Kantian Morality and the Suppression of Feeling in Scanners Live in Vain (VoegelinView)
2019	‘Scanners Live in Vain’ as realistic SF (Gwern.net)

"Swarm"

Bruce Sterling

1982

	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

2011	Alien Contact Anthology -- Story #24 (More Red Ink)
2021	Swarm • 1982 • Transhuman SF novelette by Bruce Sterling (Reißwolf)
2022	"Swarm" by Bruce Sterling (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

"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
2024	Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Novellas

	Great Work of Time (Wikipedia)
2011	Great Work of Time: It’s time to bring this book back (Fantasy Literature)

"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)

"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)

"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)

"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)

"Story of Your Life"

Ted Chiang

1998

	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
2024	Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Novellas

	Story of Your Life (Wikipedia)
2017	WIRED Book Club: 'The Story of Your Life' Is Making Us Weep, Sometimes in Public (Wired)
2018	‘Story Of Your Life’ Is Not A Time-Travel Story (Gwern)
2020	Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang: Summary and Review (Friends of Words)

"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

2021	The Star by Arthur C. Clarke (SF Short Stories)

Stories: 83

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