| "The Library of Babel" |
Jorge Luis Borges
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1941 |
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| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
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| "Born of Man and Woman" |
Richard Matheson
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1950 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "My Boy Friend's Name Is Jello" |
Avram Davidson
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1954 |
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| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
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| "The First Canticle" |
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
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1955 |
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| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
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| "Nobody Bothers Gus" |
Algis Budrys
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1955 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1956 | S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| "Flowers for Algernon" |
Daniel Keyes
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1959 |
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4
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1960 | The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
| 1961 | Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 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 |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever 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 |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "The Moon Moth" |
Jack Vance
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1961 |
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| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
| 1991 | The Great SF Stories 23 (1961) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 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 |
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| "Light of Other Days" |
Bob Shaw
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1966 |
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2
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1967 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1968 | SF 12 edited by Judith Merril |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1972 | A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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| "The Heat Death of the Universe" |
Pamela Zoline
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1967 |
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| 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 |
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| "The Dance of the Changer and the Three" |
Terry Carr
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1968 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1969 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1969 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
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| "The Planners" |
Kate Wilhelm
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1968 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| 1982 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
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| "The Last Flight of Dr. Ain" |
James Tiptree, Jr.
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1969 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories" |
Gene Wolfe
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1970 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Where No Sun Shines" |
Gardner Dozois
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1970 |
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| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
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| "Angouleme" |
Thomas M. Disch
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1971 |
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| 1972 | Best SF: 1971 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| "Gather Blue Roses" |
Pamela Sargent
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1972 |
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| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
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| "With a Finger in My I" |
David Gerrold
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1972 |
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| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
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| "The Ghost Writer" |
George Alec Effinger
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1973 |
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| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
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| "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand" |
Vonda N. McIntyre
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1973 |
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2
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1974 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
| 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 |
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| "The First Sally (A), or Trurl's Electronic Bard" |
Stanislaw Lem
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1974 |
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| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
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| "Rogue Tomato" |
Michael Bishop
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1975 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
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| "Uncoupling" |
Barry N. Malzberg
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1975 |
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| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
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| "This Tower of Ashes" |
George R. R. Martin
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1976 |
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| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
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| "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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| "Particle Theory" |
Edward Bryant
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1977 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1978 | The 1978 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1978 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1981 | Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
| 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| "View from a Height" |
Joan D. Vinge
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1978 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1979 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #8 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1979 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
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| "The Word Sweep" |
George Zebrowski
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1979 |
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| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
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| "Abominable" |
Carol Emshwiller
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1980 |
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| 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 |
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| "The World Science Fiction Convention of 2080" |
Ian Watson
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1980 |
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| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
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| "Exposures" |
Gregory Benford
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1981 |
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| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
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