| "E for Effort" |
T. L. Sherred
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1947 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1964 | A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Damon Knight |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova |
| 1981 | Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Scanners Live in Vain" |
Cordwainer Smith
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1950 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 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) |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov 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 |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended 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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| "Fondly Fahrenheit" |
Alfred Bester
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1954 |
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| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1981 | Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories |
| 1987 | The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 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 | 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 |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "The Star" |
Arthur C. Clarke
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1955 |
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| 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 |
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| "And Now the News …" |
Theodore Sturgeon
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1956 |
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| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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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 Man Who Came Early" |
Poul Anderson
|
1956 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Flowers for Algernon" |
Daniel Keyes
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1959 |
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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 Man Who Lost the Sea" |
Theodore Sturgeon
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1959 |
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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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| "The Moon Moth" |
Jack Vance
|
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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| "The Sources of the Nile" |
Avram Davidson
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1961 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Wall of Crystal, Eye of Night" |
Algis Budrys
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1961 |
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| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1991 | The Great SF Stories 23 (1961) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "A Rose for Ecclesiastes" |
Roger Zelazny
|
1963 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1965 | 10th Annual Edition: The Year's Best SF edited by Judith Merril |
| 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 |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1992 | The Great SF Stories 25 (1963) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 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 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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| "Light of Other Days" |
Bob Shaw
|
1966 |
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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 Star Pit" |
Samuel R. Delany
|
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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| "Starfog" |
Poul Anderson
|
1967 |
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| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "The Last Flight of Dr. Ain" |
James Tiptree, Jr.
|
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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| "Nine Lives" |
Ursula K. Le Guin
|
1969 |
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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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| "Winter's King" |
Ursula K. Le Guin
|
1969 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
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|
| "How the Whip Came Back" |
Gene Wolfe
|
1970 |
|
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| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
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| "The Second Inquisition" |
Joanna Russ
|
1970 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
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| "Inconstant Moon" |
Larry Niven
|
1971 |
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| 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 |
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| "And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side" |
James Tiptree, Jr.
|
1972 |
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| 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 |
|
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| "The Milk of Paradise" |
James Tiptree, Jr.
|
1972 |
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| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
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| "Nobody's Home" |
Joanna Russ
|
1972 |
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| 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 |
|
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|
| "Imaginary Countries" |
Ursula K. Le Guin
|
1973 |
|
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| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
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|
| "The Stars Below" |
Ursula K. Le Guin
|
1975 |
|
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| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
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|
| "An Infinite Summer" |
Christopher Priest
|
1976 |
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| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #6 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "The Marvelous Brass Chessplaying Automaton" |
Gene Wolfe
|
1977 |
|
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| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
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|
| "Seven American Nights" |
Gene Wolfe
|
1978 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1979 | The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #1 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1979 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 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 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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| "Fire Watch" |
Connie Willis
|
1982 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1983 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Bloodchild" |
Octavia E. Butler
|
1984 |
|
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| 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 |
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| "The Crystal Spheres" |
David Brin
|
1984 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "New Rose Hotel" |
William Gibson
|
1984 |
|
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| 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 |
|
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| "All My Darling Daughters" |
Connie Willis
|
1985 |
|
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| 1986 | Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #15 edited by Terry Carr |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Green Mars" |
Kim Stanley Robinson
|
1985 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1986 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
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|
| "The Only Neat Thing to Do" |
James Tiptree, Jr.
|
1985 |
|
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Out of All Them Bright Stars" |
Nancy Kress
|
1985 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| 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 |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
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|
| "Rat" |
James Patrick Kelly
|
1986 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "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 |
|
|
|
| "Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers" |
Lawrence Watt-Evans
|
1987 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
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| "The Last of the Winnebagos" |
Connie Willis
|
1988 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1989 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
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| "The Other Dead Man" |
Gene Wolfe
|
1988 |
|
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| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
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|
| "Stairs" |
Neal Barrett, Jr.
|
1988 |
|
|
| Sturgeon finalist |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "At the Rialto" |
Connie Willis
|
1989 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1990 | The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Three edited by David S. Garnett |
| 1990 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "Great Work of Time" |
John Crowley
|
1989 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1990 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
| 2024 | Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Novellas |
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|
|
| "The Originist" |
Orson Scott Card
|
1989 |
|
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| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
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|
| "Starship Day" |
Ian R. MacLeod
|
1995 |
|
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| 1996 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
| 2024 | Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories |
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| "Think Like a Dinosaur" |
James Patrick Kelly
|
1995 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1996 | Year's Best SF edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1996 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2002 | The Hard SF 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 |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
| 2024 | Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories |
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| "Wang's Carpets" |
Greg Egan
|
1995 |
|
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| 1996 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2002 | The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer |
| 2005 | The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
| 2024 | Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories |
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| "The Ziggurat" |
Gene Wolfe
|
1995 |
|
|
| 1996 | Year's Best SF edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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