| "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                James Tiptree, Jr.
                              
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                        1976 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1977 | The 1977 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha | 
                                             | 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Born with the Dead" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Robert Silverberg
                              
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                        1974 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             | 1975 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "By His Bootstraps" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Robert A. Heinlein
                              
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                        1941 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas | 
                                             | 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker | 
                                             | 1978 | Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg 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 | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Dead Past" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Isaac Asimov
                              
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                        1956 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Star Pit" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Samuel R. Delany
                              
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                        1967 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Hugo Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories | 
                                              | Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             | 1968 | SF 12 edited by Judith Merril | 
                                             | 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 1994 | Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             | 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             | 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Beyond Bedlam" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Wyman Guin
                              
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                        1951 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "A Case of Conscience" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                James Blish
                              
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                        1953 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1955 | Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin | 
                                             | 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Dio" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Damon Knight
                              
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                        1957 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             | 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Equinoctial" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                John Varley
                              
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                        1977 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Giant Killer" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                A. Bertram Chandler
                              
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                        1945 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Hugo Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 1982 | The Great SF Stories 7 (1945) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Golden Helix" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Theodore Sturgeon
                              
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                        1954 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             | 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Miracle-Workers" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Jack Vance
                              
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                        1958 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Hugo Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 1994 | Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "On the Storm Planet" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Cordwainer Smith
                              
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                        1965 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             | 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 1994 | Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Road to the Sea" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Arthur C. Clarke
                              
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                        1951 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Second Game" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Katherine MacLean, 
                              
                            
                          
                        
                          
                            
                              Charles V. De Vet
                            
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                        1958 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Hugo Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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