| "Spectator Sport" |
John D. MacDonald
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1950 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Bettyann" |
Kris Neville
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1951 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
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| "Dark Interlude" |
Mack Reynolds,
Fredric Brown
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1951 |
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| 1952 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
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| "Feedback" |
Katherine MacLean
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1951 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
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| "What Have I Done?" |
Mark Clifton
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1952 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "A Bad Day for Sales" |
Fritz Leiber
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1953 |
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| 1954 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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| "DP!" |
Jack Vance
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1953 |
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| 1954 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
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| "The Liberation of Earth" |
William Tenn
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1953 |
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| 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 |
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| "A Saucer of Loneliness" |
Theodore Sturgeon
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1953 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 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 |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "5,271,009" |
Alfred Bester
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1954 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
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| "The Academy" |
Robert Sheckley
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1954 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
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| "Heirs Apparent" |
Robert Abernathy
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1954 |
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| 1955 | The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 edited by T. E. Dikty |
| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
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| "Short in the Chest" |
Margaret St. Clair
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1954 |
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| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
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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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| "The Country of the Kind" |
Damon Knight
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1956 |
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| 1956 | S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 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 |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Happy Birthday, Dear Jesus" |
Frederik Pohl
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1956 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
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| "A Work of Art" |
James Blish
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1956 |
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| 1966 | Best SF Six edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
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| "The Cage" |
A. Bertram Chandler
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1957 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
| 1989 | The Great SF Stories 19 (1957) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Education of Tigress McCardle" |
C. M. Kornbluth
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1957 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
| 1989 | The Great SF Stories 19 (1957) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Last of the Deliverers" |
Poul Anderson
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1958 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
| 1990 | The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Adrift on the Policy Level" |
Chan Davis
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1959 |
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| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
| 1990 | The Great SF Stories 21 (1959) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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