| "Delay in Transit" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                F. L. Wallace
                              
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                        1952 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1979 | Neglected Visions edited by Barry N. Malzberg, Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander | 
                                             | 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Cost of Living" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Robert Sheckley
                              
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                        1952 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl | 
                                             | 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Impacted Man" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Robert Sheckley
                              
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                        1952 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Fast Falls the Eventide" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Eric Frank Russell
                              
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                        1952 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1953 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty | 
                                             | 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Business, as Usual" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Mack Reynolds
                              
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                        1952 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight | 
                                             | 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Lost Memory" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Peter Phillips
                              
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                        1952 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1979 | Neglected Visions edited by Barry N. Malzberg, Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander | 
                                             | 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Command Performance" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Walter M. Miller, Jr.
                              
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                        1952 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1953 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty | 
                                             | 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) | 
                                             | 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Snowball Effect" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Katherine MacLean
                              
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                        1952 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) | 
                                             | 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Game for Blondes" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                John D. MacDonald
                              
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                        1952 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1953 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty | 
                                             | 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Moon Is Green" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Fritz Leiber
                              
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                        1952 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1953 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty | 
                                             | 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Yesterday House" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Fritz Leiber
                              
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                        1952 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Altar at Midnight" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                C. M. Kornbluth
                              
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                        1952 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1956 | Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin | 
                                             | 1979 | The End of Summer: Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Malzberg and Pronzini | 
                                             | 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "What's It Like Out There?" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Edmond Hamilton
                              
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                        1952 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight | 
                                             | 1966 | Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Sail On! Sail On!" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Philip José Farmer
                              
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                        1952 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight | 
                                             | 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) | 
                                             | 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn | 
                                             | 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "What Have I Done?" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Mark Clifton
                              
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                        1952 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander | 
                                             | 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Pedestrian" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Ray Bradbury
                              
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                        1951 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1952 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty | 
                                             | 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) | 
                                             | 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "A Sound of Thunder" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Ray Bradbury
                              
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                        1952 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1966 | Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) 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 | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Hobson's Choice" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Alfred Bester
                              
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                        1952 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1956 | Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin | 
                                             | 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton | 
                                             | 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Martian Way" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Isaac Asimov
                              
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                        1952 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova | 
                                             | 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 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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