| "The Xi Effect" | R. S. Richardson |
1950 |
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| 1955 | Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
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| "The War Against the Moon" | André Maurois |
1950 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Veldt" | Ray Bradbury |
1950 |
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| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Two Face" | Frank Belknap Long |
1950 |
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| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Trigger Tide" | Wyman Guin |
1950 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "Trespass!" | Poul Anderson, Gordon R. Dickson |
1950 |
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| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "To the Stars" | L. Ron Hubbard |
1950 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "To Serve Man" | Damon Knight |
1950 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
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| "The Third Level" | Jack Finney |
1950 |
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| 1972 | A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight |
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
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| "There Will Come Soft Rains" | Ray Bradbury |
1950 |
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| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 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 |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "The Swordsmen of Varnis" | Clive Jackson |
1950 |
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| 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer |
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| "Summer Wear" | L. Sprague de Camp |
1950 |
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| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "The Summer People" | Shirley Jackson |
1950 |
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| 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
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| "A Subway Named Mobius" | A. J. Deutsch |
1950 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1961 | Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "A Stone and a Spear" | Raymond F. Jones |
1950 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Star Ducks" | Bill Brown |
1950 |
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| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1966 | Best SF Six edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Spectator Sport" | John D. MacDonald |
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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| "Skirmish" | Clifford D. Simak |
1950 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
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| "The Silly Season" | C. M. Kornbluth |
1950 |
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| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Second Night of Summer" | James H. Schmitz |
1950 |
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| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
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| "Scanners Live in Vain" | Cordwainer Smith |
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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| "The Sack" | William Morrison |
1950 |
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| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Process" | A. E. van Vogt |
1950 |
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| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Peacebringer" | Ward Moore |
1950 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Okie" | James Blish |
1950 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Oddy and Id" | Alfred Bester |
1950 |
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| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Not with a Bang" | Damon Knight |
1950 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1966 | Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science edited by Terry Carr |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Not to be Opened—" | Peter Grainger |
1950 |
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| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Nobody Saw the Ship" | Murray Leinster |
1950 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The New Reality" | Charles L. Harness |
1950 |
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| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Morning of the Day They Did It" | E. B. White |
1950 |
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| 1959 | A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher |
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| "Misbegotten Missionary" | Isaac Asimov |
1950 |
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| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Mindworm" | C. M. Kornbluth |
1950 |
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| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Man Who Sold the Moon" | Robert A. Heinlein |
1950 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1959 | A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "The Long Dawn" | Noel Loomis |
1950 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Little Black Bag" | C. M. Kornbluth |
1950 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 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 |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) 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 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Liane the Wayfarer" | Jack Vance |
1950 |
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| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "Later Than You Think" | Fritz Leiber |
1950 |
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| 1963 | Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin |
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| "The Last Martian" | Fredric Brown |
1950 |
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| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "The Last Enemy" | H. Beam Piper |
1950 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Isolationist" | Mack Reynolds |
1950 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Invasion" | Frank Belknap Long |
1950 |
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| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
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| "The Helping Hand" | Poul Anderson |
1950 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "The Harpers of Titan" | Edmond Hamilton |
1950 |
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| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
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| "The Gnurrs Come from the Voodvork Out" | Reginald Bretnor |
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 |
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| "The Fox in the Forest" | Ray Bradbury |
1950 |
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| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Forget-Me-Not" | William F. Temple |
1950 |
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| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Forever and the Earth" | Ray Bradbury |
1950 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Flight to Forever" | Poul Anderson |
1950 |
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| 1952 | Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Enchanted Village" | A. E. van Vogt |
1950 |
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| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "The Dreaming Jewels" | Theodore Sturgeon |
1950 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "Dear Devil" | Eric Frank Russell |
1950 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Darwinian Pool Room" | Isaac Asimov |
1950 |
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| 1979 | The End of Summer: Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Malzberg and Pronzini |
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| "Contagion" | Katherine MacLean |
1950 |
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| 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
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| "Coming Attraction" | Fritz Leiber |
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 |
| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "The City" | Ray Bradbury |
1950 |
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| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
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| "Cancerqueen" | Tommaso Landolfi |
1950 |
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| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 6: Around the World edited by James Gunn |
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| "Born of Man and Woman" | Richard Matheson |
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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| "Bindlestiff" | James Blish |
1950 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
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| "… And Now You Don't" | Isaac Asimov |
1950 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
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| "And Be Merry …" | Katherine MacLean |
1950 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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