| "The Fifth Head of Cerberus" |
Gene Wolfe
|
1972 |
|
4
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1973 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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| "Second Variety" |
Philip K. Dick
|
1953 |
|
4
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1954 | Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "The Man Who Lost the Sea" |
Theodore Sturgeon
|
1959 |
|
3
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| 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 |
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| "A Meeting with Medusa" |
Arthur C. Clarke
|
1971 |
|
3
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1972 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year edited by Terry Carr |
| 1972 | Best SF: 1971 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Stranger Station" |
Damon Knight
|
1956 |
|
3
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| 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 |
|
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| "Aye, and Gomorrah …" |
Samuel R. Delany
|
1967 |
|
2
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| 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 |
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| "Nine Lives" |
Ursula K. Le Guin
|
1969 |
|
2
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1970 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1970 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1970 | Best SF: 1969 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
| 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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|
| "Vintage Season" |
Henry Kuttner,
C. L. Moore
|
1946 |
|
2
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| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 1981 | Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories |
| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 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 |
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| "The Dead Past" |
Isaac Asimov
|
1956 |
|
1
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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 Gold at the Starbow's End" |
Frederik Pohl
|
1972 |
|
1
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1972 | Best Science Fiction for 1972 edited by Frederik Pohl |
| 1973 | The 1973 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
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|
| "Harrison Bergeron" |
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
|
1961 |
|
1
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| 1970 | Best SF Seven: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "How Erg the Self-Inducting Slew a Paleface" |
Stanislaw Lem
|
1977 |
|
1
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| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
|
|
| "The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast" |
Theodore Sturgeon
|
1949 |
|
1
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| 1950 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1950 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 11 (1949) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
|
|
| "Inconstant Moon" |
Larry Niven
|
1971 |
|
1
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1972 | Best Science Fiction for 1972 edited by Frederik Pohl |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "The Muse" |
Anthony Burgess
|
1968 |
|
1
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| 1970 | Best SF: 1969 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
|
|
|
| "Nobody's Home" |
Joanna Russ
|
1972 |
|
1
|
| 1973 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 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 |
| 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
|
|
|
| "Party Line" |
Gérard Klein
|
1976 |
|
1
|
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
|
|
| "Poor Superman" |
Fritz Leiber
|
1951 |
|
1
|
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
|
|
| "The Proud Robot" |
Henry Kuttner,
C. L. Moore
|
1943 |
|
1
|
| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "The Public Hating" |
Steve Allen
|
1955 |
|
1
|
| 1956 | S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
|
|
| "A Sign in Space" |
Italo Calvino
|
1968 |
|
1
|
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
|
|
| "The Spiral" |
Italo Calvino
|
1968 |
|
1
|
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 6: Around the World edited by James Gunn |
|
|
|
| "The Way to Amalteia" |
Arkady Strugatsky,
Boris Strugatsky
|
1985 |
|
1
|
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
|
|
| "Weihnachtsabend" |
Keith Roberts
|
1972 |
|
1
|
| 1973 | Best SF: 1972 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
|
|
| "Zero Hour" |
Ray Bradbury
|
1947 |
|
1
|
| 1956 | Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
|
|
| "Angouleme" |
Thomas M. Disch
|
1971 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "The Blind Pilot" |
Nathalie-Charles Henneberg
|
1960 |
|
|
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
|
|
| "Captain Nemo's Last Adventure" |
Josef Nesvadba
|
1973 |
|
|
| 1974 | Best SF: 1973 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
|
|
| "The Chaste Planet" |
John Updike
|
1975 |
|
|
| 1976 | Best SF: 75, The Ninth Annual edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
|
|
| "Chronopolis" |
J. G. Ballard
|
1960 |
|
|
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
|
|
| "Codemus" |
Tor Åge Bringsvaerd
|
1976 |
|
|
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
|
|
| "The Dead Fish" |
Boris Vian
|
1965 |
|
|
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 6: Around the World edited by James Gunn |
|
|
|
| "Forgetfulness" |
John W. Campbell, Jr.
|
1937 |
|
|
| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
|
|
| "Ghost V" |
Robert Sheckley
|
1954 |
|
|
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
|
|
| "The Golem" |
Avram Davidson
|
1955 |
|
|
| 1956 | S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
|
|
|
| "The Green Hills of Earth" |
Robert A. Heinlein
|
1947 |
|
|
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "I Do Not Love Thee, Doctor Fell" |
Robert Bloch
|
1955 |
|
|
| 1956 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1956 edited by T. E. Dikty |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
|
|
| "I Was the First to Find You" |
Kir Bulychev
|
1977 |
|
|
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
|
|
| "A Kind of Artistry" |
Brian W. Aldiss
|
1962 |
|
|
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
|
|
| "The Lens" |
Annemarie van Ewyck
|
1984 |
|
|
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
|
|
| "The Lineman" |
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
|
1957 |
|
|
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
|
|
| "The Men Who Murdered Mohammed" |
Alfred Bester
|
1958 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1981 | Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The New Prehistory" |
René Rebetez-Cortes
|
1983 |
|
|
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
|
|
| "On the Inside Track" |
Karl-Michael Armer
|
1986 |
|
|
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
|
|
| "Pairpuppets" |
Manuel van Loggem
|
1976 |
|
|
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
|
|
| "The Phantom of Kansas" |
John Varley
|
1976 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #6 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
|
|
| "Special Flight" |
John Berryman
|
1939 |
|
|
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
|
|
| "The Tale of the Computer that Fought a Dragon" |
Stanislaw Lem
|
1977 |
|
|
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
|
|
| "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 |
|
|
|
| "Triceratops" |
Tensei Kono
|
1982 |
|
|
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
|
|
|
| "Two Dooms" |
C. M. Kornbluth
|
1958 |
|
|
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1990 | The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
|
|
| "The Valley of Echoes" |
Gérard Klein
|
1973 |
|
|
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 6: Around the World edited by James Gunn |
|
|
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