Classics of Science Fiction

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

John Varley

1977

	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

"Ancient Engines"

Michael Swanwick

1999

	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

"The Children of Time"

Stephen Baxter

2005

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

"Cibola"

Connie Willis

1990

	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

"Dinner in Audoghast"

Bruce Sterling

1985

	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

"Eight Episodes"

Robert Reed

2006

	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

"Ether, OR"

Ursula K. Le Guin

1995

2007	Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams
2019	Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories

"Flying Lessons"

Kelly Link

1996

2007	Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams

"Glacier"

Kim Stanley Robinson

1988

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

"The Happy Man"

Jonathan Lethem

1991

	Sturgeon finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2007	Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams

"Itsy Bitsy Spider"

James Patrick Kelly

1997

	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

"Lobsters"

Charles Stross

2001

	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

2012	“Lobsters” by Charles Stross: A “Rewired” Review (Mr. Rhapsodist)
2020	Lobsters • 2001 • Near future novelette by Charles Stross (Reißwolf)

"Only Partly Here"

Lucius Shepard

2003

	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

"Over There"

Mike Resnick

1991

2007	Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams

"Robot Dreams"

Isaac Asimov

1986

	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

"Speech Sounds"

Octavia E. Butler

1983

	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

	Speech Sounds (Wikipedia)
2019	“Law and order were nothing—not even words any longer”: Types of Aphasia and Octavia Butler’s “Speech Sounds” (Tor.com)
2020	Octavia E. Butler’s Success in Creating “Speech Sounds” (Medium)
2020	The Words That Will Bring Us Through the Chaos (Electric Lit)

"The Time of the Burning"

Robert Silverberg

1982

2007	Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams

Stories: 17

Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology