| "Scanners Live in Vain" |
Cordwainer Smith
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1950 |
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3
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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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| "There Will Come Soft Rains" |
Ray Bradbury
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1950 |
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3
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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 Little Black Bag" |
C. M. Kornbluth
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1950 |
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2
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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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| "Coming Attraction" |
Fritz Leiber
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1950 |
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1
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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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| "Born of Man and Woman" |
Richard Matheson
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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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| "Dear Devil" |
Eric Frank Russell
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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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| "Enchanted Village" |
A. E. van Vogt
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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 Mindworm" |
C. M. Kornbluth
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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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| "Misbegotten Missionary" |
Isaac Asimov
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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 New Reality" |
Charles L. Harness
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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
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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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| "Oddy and Id" |
Alfred Bester
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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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| "Process" |
A. E. van Vogt
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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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| "The Sack" |
William Morrison
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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 Silly Season" |
C. M. Kornbluth
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1950 |
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| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Spectator Sport" |
John D. MacDonald
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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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| "A Subway Named Mobius" |
A. J. Deutsch
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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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| "To Serve Man" |
Damon Knight
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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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