| "Air Raid" |
John Varley
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1977 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1977 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2007 | Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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| "Lobsters" |
Charles Stross
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2001 |
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2
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2002 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2005 | The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2007 | Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Speech Sounds" |
Octavia E. Butler
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1983 |
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4
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2007 | Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Itsy Bitsy Spider" |
James Patrick Kelly
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1997 |
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1998 | Year's Best SF 3 edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1998 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2007 | Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams |
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| "Robot Dreams" |
Isaac Asimov
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1986 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
| 2007 | Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
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| "Ancient Engines" |
Michael Swanwick
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1999 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2000 | Year's Best SF 5 edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2007 | Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams |
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| "Dinner in Audoghast" |
Bruce Sterling
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1985 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1986 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2005 | The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2007 | Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams |
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| "Eight Episodes" |
Robert Reed
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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 |
| 2007 | Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams |
| 2024 | Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories |
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| "Cibola" |
Connie Willis
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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 |
| 2007 | Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams |
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| "The Happy Man" |
Jonathan Lethem
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1991 |
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2007 | Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams |
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| "Only Partly Here" |
Lucius Shepard
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2003 |
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| 2003 | Science Fiction: The Best of 2003 edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan |
| 2007 | Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams |
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| "The Children of Time" |
Stephen Baxter
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2005 |
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| 2006 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2007 | Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams |
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| "Ether, OR" |
Ursula K. Le Guin
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1995 |
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| 2007 | Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams |
| 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Glacier" |
Kim Stanley Robinson
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1988 |
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| 1989 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2007 | Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams |
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| "Flying Lessons" |
Kelly Link
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1996 |
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| 2007 | Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams |
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| "Over There" |
Mike Resnick
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1991 |
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| 2007 | Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams |
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| "The Time of the Burning" |
Robert Silverberg
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1982 |
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| 2007 | Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams |
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