| "The Last Question" |
Isaac Asimov
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1956 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Stranger Station" |
Damon Knight
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1956 |
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3
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| 1957 | SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "The Country of the Kind" |
Damon Knight
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1956 |
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| 1956 | S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 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) |
| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Brightside Crossing" |
Alan E. Nourse
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1956 |
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1
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Clerical Error" |
Mark Clifton
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1956 |
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1
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| 1956 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1956 edited by T. E. Dikty |
| 1979 | Neglected Visions edited by Barry N. Malzberg, Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Silent Brother" |
Algis Budrys
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1956 |
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1
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| 1957 | SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "2066: Election Day" |
Michael Shaara
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1956 |
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| 1958 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 9th Series edited by T. E. Dikty |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| "And Now the News …" |
Theodore Sturgeon
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1956 |
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| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Compounded Interest" |
Mack Reynolds
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1956 |
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| 1957 | SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Doorstop" |
Reginald Bretnor
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1956 |
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| 1957 | SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Exploration Team" |
Murray Leinster
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1956 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Horrer Howce" |
Margaret St. Clair
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1956 |
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| 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Man Who Came Early" |
Poul Anderson
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1956 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Rite of Passage" |
Henry Kuttner,
C. L. Moore
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1956 |
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| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "A Work of Art" |
James Blish
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1956 |
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| 1966 | Best SF Six edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
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