Classics of Science Fiction

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

"The Astronaut"

Valentina Zhuravlyova

1960

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Baby HP"

Juan José Arreola

1952

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Burning Sky"

Rachel Pollack

1989

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"The Comet"

W. E. B. Du Bois

1920

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Day of Wrath"

Sever Gansovsky

1964

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Death Is Static Death Is Movement"

Misha

1990

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"The Doom of Principal City"

Yefim Zozulya

1918

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Elements of Pataphysics"

Alfred Jarry

1911

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"The Flesh Man from Far Wide"

David R. Bunch

1959

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"The Frozen Cardinal"

Michael Moorcock

1987

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"The Ghost Standard"

William Tenn

1994

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Gorgonoids"

Leena Krohn

1990

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"The Hall of Machines"

Langdon Jones

1968

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"The Hands"

John Baxter

1965

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"How Alex Became a Machine"

Stepan Chapman

1997

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"The IWM 1000"

Alicia Yánez Cossío

1975

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Let Me Live in a House"

Chad Oliver

1954

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Let Us Save the Universe (An Open Letter from Ijon Tichy)"

Stanislaw Lem

1964

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Mechanopolis"

Miguel De Unamuno

1913

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"The Microscopic Giants"

Paul Ernst

1936

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Mondocane"

Jacques Barbéri

1983

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"The Monster"

Gérard Klein

1958

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"New Kings Are Not for Laughing"

David R. Bunch

1971

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"The New Overworld"

Paul Scheerbart

1911

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"No Cracks or Sagging"

David R. Bunch

1971

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"The Owl of Bear Island"

Jon Bing

1986

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Paranamanco"

Jean-Claude Dunyach

1987

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Passing as a Flower in the City of the Dead"

Sharon N. Farber

1984

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"The Poetry"

Cixin Liu

2003

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Readers of the Lost Art"

Élisabeth Vonarburg

1996

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Reiko's Universe Box"

Kajio Shinji

1981

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Remnants of the Virago Crypto-System"

Geoffrey Maloney

1995

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Sector General"

James White

1957

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

2021	Sector General by James White (SF Short Stories)

"September 2005: The Martian"

Ray Bradbury

1949

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Sharing Air"

Manjula Padmanabhan

1984

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"The Slynx"

Tatyana Tolstaya

2000

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"The Snake Who Had Read Chomsky"

Josephine Saxton

1981

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Soft Clocks"

Yoshio Aramaki

1968

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Sporting with the Chid"

Barrington J. Bayley

1979

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"The Squid Chooses Its Own Ink"

Adolfo Bioy Casares

1962

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Standing Woman"

Yasutaka Tsutsui

1974

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Student Body"

F. L. Wallace

1953

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"The Triumph of Mechanics"

Karl Hans Strobl

1907

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Two Small Birds"

Han Song

1988

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"The Universe of Things"

Gwyneth Jones

1993

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"The Unmistakable Smell of Wood Violets"

Angélica Gorodischer

1973

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Vacancy for the Post of Jesus Christ"

Kojo Laing

2005

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Vacuum States"

Geoffrey A. Landis

1988

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Variation on a Man"

Pat Cadigan

1984

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"The Visitors"

Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

1958

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"The Waves"

Silvina Ocampo

1959

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Where Two Paths Cross"

Dmitri Bilenkin

1984

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Wives"

Lisa Tuttle

1979

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"2 B R 0 2 B"

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

1962

2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"All the Hues of Hell"

Gene Wolfe

1987

1988	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Before I Wake"

Kim Stanley Robinson

1989

	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Beyond Lies the Wub"

Philip K. Dick

1952

2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

"The Brains of Rats"

Michael Blumlein

1986

1993	The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Crying in the Rain"

Tanith Lee

1987

1988	The 1988 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Darkness"

André Carneiro

1963

1973	Best SF: 1972 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"The Fate of the Poseidonia"

Clare Winger Harris

1927

2000	The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"A Gift from the Culture"

Iain M. Banks

1987

2006	The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"The Last Poet and the Robots"

A. Merritt

1934

1983	Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"A Modest Genius"

Vadim Shefner

1969

1974	The 1974 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Plenitude"

Will Mohler

1959

1960	The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Prott"

Margaret St. Clair

1953

1955	Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"The Star-Stealers"

Edmond Hamilton

1929

2006	The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"The Sultana's Dream"

Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain

1905

2010	The Dreaming Sex: Early Tales of Scientific Imagination by Women edited by Mike Ashley
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Craphound"

Cory Doctorow

1998

	Sturgeon finalist
1999	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"The Lake Was Full of Artificial Things"

Karen Joy Fowler

1985

1986	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1993	The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"New Rose Hotel"

William Gibson

1984

1985	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

"Pelt"

Carol Emshwiller

1958

1959	SF:'59: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek

"Pots"

C. J. Cherryh

1985

1986	The 1986 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"The Remoras"

Robert Reed

1994

1995	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2006	The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"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

"Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius"

Jorge Luis Borges

1940

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1989	The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Baby Doll"

Johanna Sinisalo

2002

	Sturgeon finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2008	Year's Best SF 13 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"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

"The House of Compassionate Sharers"

Michael Bishop

1977

1978	The 1978 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1978	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #7 edited by Terry Carr
1978	Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Nine Hundred Grandmothers"

R. A. Lafferty

1966

1967	World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1986	Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1993	The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Schwarzschild Radius"

Connie Willis

1987

	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1993	The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

"Good News from the Vatican"

Robert Silverberg

1971

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
1972	Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year edited by Lester del Rey
1986	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr
1993	The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

2014	Good News From the Vatican, by Robert Silverberg (Short Science Fiction Analysis)
2020	Good News from the Vatican • 1971 • SF short story by Robert Silverberg (Reißwolf)
2021	Good News from the Vatican by Robert Silverberg (SF Short Stories)
2021	“Good News from the Vatican” by Robert Silverberg (Classics of Science Fiction)

"Stranger Station"

Damon Knight

1956

1957	SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril
1980	The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1988	The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1989	The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

2019	From Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century: Davidson, Budrys & Knight (MPorcius)
2021	Stranger Station by Damon Knight (SF Short Stories)
2021	“Stranger Station” by Damon Knight (Classics of Science Fiction)

"The Conquest of Gola"

Leslie F. Stone

1931

1946	The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
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
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek

"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 (Tor.com)
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)

"The Star"

H. G. Wells

1897

1966	Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science edited by Terry Carr
1977	The Road to Science Fiction v. 1: From Gilgamesh to Wells edited by James Gunn
1983	Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
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
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"The Voices of Time"

J. G. Ballard

1960

	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1968	One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight
1977	The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton
1991	The Great SF Stories 22 (1960) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1998	The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

2021	The Voices of Time by J. G. Ballard (SF 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)

"The Last Question"

Isaac Asimov

1956

1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1988	The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2005	The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint
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

	The Last Question (Wikipedia)
2009	“The Last Question” and why I am so intrigued by it (Awkward Loop)
2011	Review: The Last Question (The Quill & The Keyboard)
2021	“The Last Question” by Isaac Asimov (Classics of Science Fiction)

"Snow"

John Crowley

1985

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1986	Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #15 edited by Terry Carr
1986	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1993	The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2005	The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

2020	Snow • 1985 • SF short story by John Crowley Posted on 16. March 2020 by Andreas (Reißwolf)
2022	"Snow" by John Crowley (Classics of Science Fiction)

"Desertion"

Clifford D. Simak

1944

1950	Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1981	The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1983	Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
1983	The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1992	The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
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	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2020	Retro Hugos: “Desertion” by Clifford D. Simak (Adventures Fantastic)
2020	Retro Review: “Desertion” by Clifford D. Simak (Cora Buhlert)
2021	"Desertion" by Clifford D. Simak (Classics of Science Fiction)

"The Man Who Lost the Sea"

Theodore Sturgeon

1959

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1960	The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril
1983	The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1989	The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
1990	The Great SF Stories 21 (1959) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2019	Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

2010	Review: "The Man Who Lost the Sea" by Theodore Sturgeon (Good Short Fiction to Read)
2021	Short Story Review: Theodore Sturgeon’s “The Man Who Lost the Sea” (1959) (Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations)
2021	“The Man Who Lost the Sea” by Theodore Sturgeon (Classics of Science Fiction)

"Surface Tension"

James Blish

1952

1953	Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty
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
1999	Locus All Time Poll
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	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	Surface Tension (Wikipedia)
2021	"Surface Tension" by James Blish (Classics of Science Fiction)

"Vaster Than Empires and More Slow"

Ursula K. Le Guin

1971

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories
1972	The Best Science Fiction of the Year edited by Terry Carr
1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1983	Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
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

	Vaster than Empires and More Slow (Wikipedia)
2020	What Makes a Great SF Short Story (Classics of Science Fiction)

"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)

"Sandkings"

George R. R. Martin

1979

	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

2019	The Puppy’s Revenge: George R. R. Martin’s “Sandkings” (Tor.com)
2019	THE GOLDEN AGE OF SCIENCE FICTION: “SANDKINGS,” BY GEORGE R.R. MARTIN (Black Gate)
2020	Sandkings by George R R Martin (Little Red Reviewer)
2020	Sandkings • 1979 • Horror SF novelette by George R.R. Martin (Reißwolf)
2021	Sandkings by George R. R. Martin (SF Short Stories)
2021	“Sandkings” by George R. R. Martin (Classics of Science Fiction)
2022	Sandkings (Thousand Worlds Wiki)

"Aye, and Gomorrah …"

Samuel R. Delany

1967

	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

2016	"Aye, and Gomorrah..." by Samuel R. Delany (My Weird Life)
2020	Aye, and Gomorrah • 1967 • SF short story by Samuel R. Delany (Reißwolf)

"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)

"Rachel in Love"

Pat Murphy

1987

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Sturgeon winner
1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1988	The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1 edited by David S. Garnett
1988	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1988	The 1988 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2004	The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2021	Rachel in Love • 1987 • Transhumanism novelette by Pat Murphy (Reißwolf)
2022	Hugo and Nebula Award Winners from Asimov's Science Fiction. edited by Sheila Williams (Austin Beeman)
2022	Rachel in Love by Pat Murphy (SF Short Stories)
2022	“Rachel in Love” by Pat Murphy (Classics of Science Fiction)

"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)

""Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman"

Harlan Ellison

1965

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1966	World's Best Science Fiction: 1966 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1982	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor
1997	The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
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

2021	"'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman" Harlan Ellison (Young People Read Old SFF)
2021	“Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman by Harlan Ellison (SF Short Stories)
2021	“Repent, Harlequin!” Said The Ticktockman” Harlan Ellison Lecture And Review (YouTube)
2022	Civil disobedience challenging repressive authority

"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)

"A Martian Odyssey"

Stanley G. Weinbaum

1934

1943	The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim
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
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn
1988	Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1992	The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
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
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
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	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2000	Millennial Reviews XXXII: “A Martian Odyssey” & “Valley of Dreams” by Stanley G. Weinbaum (James Nicoll Reviews)
2013	Book Review: A Martian Odyssey and Other Classics of Science Fiction, Stanley G. Weinbaum (1962) (Joachim Boaz)
2017	A Martian Odyssey • 1934 • SF novelette by Stanley G. Weinbaum (Reißwolf)
2021	“A Martian Odyssey” by Stanley G. Weinbaum (Classics of Science Fiction)
9999	A Martian Odyssey (Wikipedia)

"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)

"When It Changed"

Joanna Russ

1972

	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

2009	Can't Live with them, so We'll live Without them!: Women Only Worlds in Science Fiction
2009	On Joanna Russ (SF Site)
2011	Queering SFF: The Female Man by Joanna Russ + Bonus Story, “When it Changed” (Tor.com)
2011	When Science Fiction Changed: Joanna Russ, In Memoriam (Beacon Broadside)
2014	A short story review: ‘When it Changed’ by Joanna Russ (Beyond Escapism)
2016	Thematic summary of When It Changed by Joanna Russ
2019	The Enduring Anger of Joanna Russ (The Portalist)
2020	Joanna Russ Was Sci-Fi’s Most Outspoken Feminist (Wired)
2020	Joanna Russ, the Science-Fiction Writer Who Said No (The New Yorker)
2020	When It Changed • 1972 • Feministic short story by Joanna Russ (Reißwolf)
2021	“When It Changed” by Joanna Russ (Classics of Science Fiction)

"The Game of Rat and Dragon"

Cordwainer Smith

1955

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1956	Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1956 edited by T. E. Dikty
1958	Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1972	A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight
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
1988	The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) 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
2006	The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
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	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

1977	Mythic Structures in Cordwainer Smith's "The Game of Rat and Dragon" (Science Fiction Studies)
2021	"The Game of Rat and Dragon" by Cordwainer Smith (classicsofsciencefiction.com)

"Bloodchild"

Octavia E. Butler

1984

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1975	Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1985	The 1985 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1985	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1985	Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #14 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
2004	The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
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	ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

2018	Why Men Get Pregnant: "Bloodchild" by Octavia E. Butler (Tor.com)

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