The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy

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

Title Author/Editor↥ Year Citations Reviews
"Robbie" Isaac Asimov 1940
7
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1979The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Drowned Giant" J. G. Ballard 1964
3
196611th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril
1998The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"Blood Music" Greg Bear 1983
15
Hugo Award - Story Winner
Nebula Award - Story Winner
1973The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1984The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1984The 1984 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1996Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2005The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2010Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Howling Man" Charles Beaumont 1959
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"Fondly Fahrenheit" Alfred Bester 1954
13
Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1970The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1981Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories
1987The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"The Damned Thing" Ambrose Bierce 1893
2
1977The Road to Science Fiction v. 1: From Gilgamesh to Wells edited by James Gunn
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"Thirteen Phantasms" James P. Blaylock 1996
3
Sturgeon finalist
1997The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"Catnip" Robert Bloch 1948
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"Enchantress of Venus" Leigh Brackett 1949
2
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2006The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"There Will Come Soft Rains" Ray Bradbury 1950
8
1984The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Exiles of Tomorrow" Marion Zimmer Bradley 1955
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"Arena" Fredric Brown 1944
12
1950Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1970The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
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)
1981The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Bloodchild" Octavia E. Butler 1984
18
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1975Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1985The 1985 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1985The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1985Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #14 edited by Terry Carr
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2004The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"Ender's Game" Orson Scott Card 1977
6
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1996Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Sentinel" Arthur C. Clarke 1951
10
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1985The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Dust Rag" Hal Clement 1956
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"The Three Marked Pennies" Mary Elizabeth Counselman 1934
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"Or All the Seas with Oysters" Avram Davidson 1958
10
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1959SF:'59: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril
1980The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1990The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Driftglass" Samuel R. Delany 1967
8
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1968World's Best Science Fiction: 1968 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1986Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1992Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
"The Signalman" Charles Dickens 1866
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" Philip K. Dick 1966
8
1967World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Strange Drug of Dr. Caber" Lord Dunsany 1947
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"The Lovers" Philip José Farmer 1952
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"The Third Level" Jack Finney 1950
3
1972A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight
1983Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"Troll Bridge" Neil Gaiman 1993
2
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"The Old Nurse's Story" Mrs. Gaskell 1852
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"Burning Chrome" William Gibson 1982
10
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1983The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr
1992The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
1996Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Harpers of Titan" Edmond Hamilton 1950
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"The Fate of the Poseidonia" Clare Winger Harris 1927
2
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Roommates" Harry Harrison 1971
1
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"Young Goodman Brown" Nathaniel Hawthorne 1835
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"The Long Watch" Robert A. Heinlein 1949
3
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"Anything Box" Zenna Henderson 1956
3
1957SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril
1975Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"Seed Stock" Frank Herbert 1970
2
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
"The Tower of the Elephant" Robert E. Howard 1933
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"The Lottery" Shirley Jackson 1948
4
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Monkey's Paw" W. W. Jacobs 1902
2
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
"The Raft" Stephen King 1982
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"To Serve Man" Damon Knight 1950
5
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1951The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty
1980Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1984The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"The Undercity" Dean Koontz 1973
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"Red as Blood" Tanith Lee 1979
2
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"Smoke Ghost" Fritz Leiber 1941
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"Invasion" Frank Belknap Long 1950
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"The Colour Out of Space" H. P. Lovecraft 1927
7
1952Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1967Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Gray Wolf" George MacDonald 1871
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"Pictures Don't Lie" Katherine MacLean 1951
3
1955Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin
1985The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"Opening Fire" Barry N. Malzberg 1973
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"The Plague Star" George R. R. Martin 1985
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"Duel" Richard Matheson 1971
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"Nightcrawlers" Robert R. McCammon 1984
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"That Only a Mother" Judith Merril 1948
11
1970The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1975Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1978Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1983The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek
"The People of the Pit" A. Merritt 1918
3
1967Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"The Clock That Went Backwards" Edward Page Mitchell 1881
3
1981Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2017Frankenstein Dreams edited by Michael Sims
"The Jigsaw Man" Larry Niven 1967
3
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"Mousetrap" Andre Norton 1954
2
1955The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 edited by T. E. Dikty
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"The Diamond Lens" Fitz-James O'Brien 1858
3
1966Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin
1977The Road to Science Fiction v. 1: From Gilgamesh to Wells edited by James Gunn
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"The Fall of the House of Usher" Edgar Allan Poe 1839
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"The Fiend" Frederik Pohl 1964
2
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2001The Great SF Stories (1964) edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
"Remaking History" Kim Stanley Robinson 1988
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"Melancholy Elephants" Spider Robinson 1982
3
Hugo Award - Story Winner
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
"Jay Score" Eric Frank Russell 1941
2
1980The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"When It Changed" Joanna Russ 1972
16
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1975Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1980The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1986The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2010Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
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
"Without a Thought" Fred Saberhagen 1963
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"The Store of the Worlds" Robert Sheckley 1959
4
1973The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1990The Great SF Stories 21 (1959) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2019Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories
"The Mortal Immortal" Mary Shelley 1833
4
1967Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
1981Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010The Dreaming Sex: Early Tales of Scientific Imagination by Women edited by Mike Ashley
"The Eggs from Lake Tanganyika" Curt Siodmak 1926
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"The City of the Singing Flame" Clark Ashton Smith 1931
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"Robot Nemesis" Edward E. Smith 1939
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"The Ray of Displacement" Harriet Prescott Spofford 1903
3
1968Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2015The Feminine Future: Early Science Fiction by Women Writers edited by Mike Ashley
"Friend Island" Francis Stevens 1918
3
1970Under the Moons of Mars: A History and Anthology of 'The Scientific Romance' in the Munsey Magazines, 1912-1920 edited by Sam Moskowitz
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2015The Feminine Future: Early Science Fiction by Women Writers edited by Mike Ashley
"The Body-Snatcher" Robert Louis Stevenson 1884
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"Dracula's Guest" Bram Stoker 1914
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"The Conquest of Gola" Leslie F. Stone 1931
6
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek
"The Ghost in the Cap'n Brown House" Harriet Beecher Stowe 1870
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"Thunder and Roses" Theodore Sturgeon 1947
8
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1983The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2005The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Last Flight of Dr. Ain" James Tiptree, Jr. 1969
6
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1980Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1982The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2018The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"The Weapon Shop" A. E. van Vogt 1942
7
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1946Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas
1970The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1980The Great SF Stories 4 (1942) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"An Express of the Future" Jules Verne 1888
2
1968Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"Harrison Bergeron" Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. 1961
9
1970Best SF Seven: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
1973The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1989The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"A Martian Odyssey" Stanley G. Weinbaum 1934
16
1943The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim
1970The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1992The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
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
"The Star" H. G. Wells 1897
7
1966Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science edited by Terry Carr
1977The Road to Science Fiction v. 1: From Gilgamesh to Wells edited by James Gunn
1983Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Purchase of Earth" Jack Williamson 1998
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"The Malaysian Mer" Jane Yolen 1982
1
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
"The Engine at Heartspring's Center" Roger Zelazny 1974
4
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1975The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4 edited by Terry Carr
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
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