Best SF Five

Titles in bold are on the Classics of Science Fiction Short Stories v2 list.

Title Author/Editor Year Citations↧ Reviews
"The Star" Arthur C. Clarke 1955
16
Hugo Award - Story Winner
Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1962A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight
1963Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1973The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1983Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
1988The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1998The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn
1999Locus All Time Poll
2010Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"Who Can Replace a Man?" Brian W. Aldiss 1958
7
1962A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight
1963Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1992The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
2001Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2019Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories
"The Quest for Saint Aquin" Anthony Boucher 1951
5
1963Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin
1968One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight
1970The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1985The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
"Consider Her Ways" John Wyndham 1956
3
1963Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin
1972A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight
1997The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell
"Green Thumb" Clifford D. Simak 1954
2
1963Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin
1977The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton
"Later Than You Think" Fritz Leiber 1950
1
1963Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin
"The Martyr" Poul Anderson 1960
1
1963Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin
"The Monsters" Robert Sheckley 1953
1
1963Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin
"Noise Level" Raymond F. Jones 1952
1
1963Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin
"On Handling the Data" Henry I. HirshfieldG. M. Mateyko 1959
1
1963Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin
"The Prisoner" Christopher Anvil 1956
1
1963Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin
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