| "24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai" |
Roger Zelazny
|
1985 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss" |
Kij Johnson
|
2008 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2009 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2009 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 1 edited by Allan Kaster |
| 2010 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "Air Raid" |
John Varley
|
1977 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1977 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2007 | Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
|
|
|
| "All Summer in a Day" |
Ray Bradbury
|
1954 |
|
|
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "All You Zombies—" |
Robert A. Heinlein
|
1959 |
|
2
|
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Allamagoosa" |
Eric Frank Russell
|
1955 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) 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 |
|
|
|
| "… And He Built a Crooked House" |
Robert A. Heinlein
|
1941 |
|
|
| 1943 | The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1978 | Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr |
| 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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|
| "… And Then There Were None" |
Eric Frank Russell
|
1951 |
|
|
| 1952 | Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Arena" |
Fredric Brown
|
1944 |
|
2
|
| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 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 |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 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 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Aye, and Gomorrah …" |
Samuel R. Delany
|
1967 |
|
2
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1982 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "Baby Is Three" |
Theodore Sturgeon
|
1952 |
|
|
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 1981 | Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Ballad of Lost C'Mell" |
Cordwainer Smith
|
1962 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
| 1992 | The Great SF Stories 24 (1962) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Bears Discover Fire" |
Terry Bisson
|
1990 |
|
3
|
| Sturgeon winner |
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1991 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
| 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan |
| 2005 | The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 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 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
|
|
|
| "Beggars in Spain" |
Nancy Kress
|
1991 |
|
4
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1992 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2007 | The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "Behold the Man" |
Michael Moorcock
|
1966 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| 1967 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1982 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Beyond the Aquila Rift" |
Alastair Reynolds
|
2005 |
|
|
| 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
| 2006 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "The Bicentennial Man" |
Isaac Asimov
|
1976 |
|
1
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1977 | The 1977 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #6 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg 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 |
|
|
|
| "The Big Front Yard" |
Clifford D. Simak
|
1958 |
|
2
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova |
| 1990 | The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) 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 |
|
|
|
| "Blood Music" |
Greg Bear
|
1983 |
|
3
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1984 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1984 | The 1984 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2005 | The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
| 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 |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Bloodchild" |
Octavia E. Butler
|
1984 |
|
1
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1985 | The 1985 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1985 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1985 | Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #14 edited by Terry Carr |
| 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 |
| 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan |
| 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 |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "The Bones of the Earth" |
Ursula K. Le Guin
|
2001 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "A Boy and His Dog" |
Harlan Ellison
|
1969 |
|
5
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1970 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1970 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1982 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Bridesicle" |
Will McIntosh
|
2009 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "Bronte's Egg" |
Richard Chwedyk
|
2002 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight" |
Ursula K. Le Guin
|
1987 |
|
3
|
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1988 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "Burn" |
James Patrick Kelly
|
2005 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2006 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "Burning Chrome" |
William Gibson
|
1982 |
|
3
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1983 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
| 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 |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "By His Bootstraps" |
Robert A. Heinlein
|
1941 |
|
1
|
| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1978 | Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg 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 |
|
|
|
| "The Call of Cthulhu" |
H. P. Lovecraft
|
1928 |
|
|
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "The Calorie Man" |
Paolo Bacigalupi
|
2005 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Sturgeon winner |
| 2006 | Science Fiction: The Very Best of 2005 edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2006 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Cambist and Lord Iron" |
Daniel Abraham
|
2007 |
|
|
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "A Canticle for Leibowitz" |
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
|
1959 |
|
|
| 1956 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1956 edited by T. E. Dikty |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward" |
H. P. Lovecraft
|
1941 |
|
|
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "The Cold Equations" |
Tom Godwin
|
1954 |
|
2
|
| 1955 | The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 edited by T. E. Dikty |
| 1958 | Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 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 |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1987 | The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) 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 |
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "Coming Attraction" |
Fritz Leiber
|
1950 |
|
1
|
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "The Concrete Jungle" |
Charles Stross
|
2004 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2005 | Best Short Novels: 2005 edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "The Cookie Monster" |
Vernor Vinge
|
2003 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2003 | Science Fiction: The Best of 2003 edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan |
| 2004 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "Coraline" |
Neil Gaiman
|
2002 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "The Country of the Kind" |
Damon Knight
|
1956 |
|
2
|
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "Creation" |
Jeffrey Ford
|
2002 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "Dark Integers" |
Greg Egan
|
2007 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2008 | Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition edited by Rich Horton |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "The Day Before the Revolution" |
Ursula K. Le Guin
|
1974 |
|
1
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr |
| 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Day Million" |
Frederik Pohl
|
1966 |
|
3
|
| 1967 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1972 | A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 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 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Death of Doctor Island" |
Gene Wolfe
|
1973 |
|
1
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1974 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr |
| 1994 | Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Deathbird" |
Harlan Ellison
|
1973 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1974 | The 1974 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1974 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Diamond Dogs" |
Alastair Reynolds
|
2001 |
|
|
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "The Dog Said Bow-Wow" |
Michael Swanwick
|
2001 |
|
|
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2002 | Year's Best SF 7 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
| 2002 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth" |
Roger Zelazny
|
1965 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1970 | Best SF Seven: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1982 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Dragon Masters" |
Jack Vance
|
1962 |
|
|
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Dragonrider" |
Anne McCaffrey
|
1967 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1982 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath" |
H. P. Lovecraft
|
1943 |
|
|
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "The Dunwich Horror" |
H. P. Lovecraft
|
1929 |
|
|
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "The Empire of Ice Cream" |
Jeffrey Ford
|
2003 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2003 | Science Fiction: The Best of 2003 edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "The Empress of Mars" |
Kage Baker
|
2003 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Sturgeon winner |
| 2004 | Best Short Novels: 2004 edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "Ender's Game" |
Orson Scott Card
|
1977 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Enemy Mine" |
Barry B. Longyear
|
1979 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1980 | The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Erdmann Nexus" |
Nancy Kress
|
2008 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2009 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "Eros, Philia, Agape" |
Rachel Swirsky
|
2009 |
|
|
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2010 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2010 edited by Rich Horton |
| 2010 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2013 | Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden |
|
|
|
| "Even the Queen" |
Connie Willis
|
1992 |
|
2
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1993 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan |
| 2005 | The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "Exhalation" |
Ted Chiang
|
2008 |
|
5
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2009 | Year's Best SF 14 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
| 2009 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2009 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 1 edited by Allan Kaster |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "The Faery Handbag" |
Kelly Link
|
2004 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "Fast Times at Fairmont High" |
Vernor Vinge
|
2001 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2002 | The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Fifth Head of Cerberus" |
Gene Wolfe
|
1972 |
|
4
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1973 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
|
|
|
| "The Finder" |
Ursula K. Le Guin
|
2001 |
|
|
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "Fire Watch" |
Connie Willis
|
1982 |
|
1
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1983 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "First Contact" |
Murray Leinster
|
1945 |
|
1
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 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 |
| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 7 (1945) 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 |
|
|
|
| "Flowers for Algernon" |
Daniel Keyes
|
1959 |
|
4
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1960 | The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
| 1961 | Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 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 |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "The Fluted Girl" |
Paolo Bacigalupi
|
2003 |
|
|
| Sturgeon finalist |
| 2003 | Science Fiction: The Best of 2003 edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan |
| 2004 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "Fondly Fahrenheit" |
Alfred Bester
|
1954 |
|
2
|
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1981 | Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories |
| 1987 | The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "For a Breath I Tarry" |
Roger Zelazny
|
1966 |
|
1
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1967 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Foundation" |
Isaac Asimov
|
1942 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 4 (1942) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Game of Rat and Dragon" |
Cordwainer Smith
|
1955 |
|
2
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1956 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1956 edited by T. E. Dikty |
| 1958 | Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1972 | A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight |
| 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 |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) 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 |
| 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "The Girl Who Was Plugged In" |
James Tiptree, Jr.
|
1973 |
|
4
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The God Engines" |
John Scalzi
|
2009 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "Gonna Roll the Bones" |
Fritz Leiber
|
1967 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1982 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Great Work of Time" |
John Crowley
|
1989 |
|
2
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1990 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
|
|
|
| "The Green Hills of Earth" |
Robert A. Heinlein
|
1947 |
|
|
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "Hardfought" |
Greg Bear
|
1983 |
|
3
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1984 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #13 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1984 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
|
|
|
| "Harrison Bergeron" |
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
|
1961 |
|
1
|
| 1970 | Best SF Seven: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 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 |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "He Who Shapes" |
Roger Zelazny
|
1965 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| 1982 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Hell Is the Absence of God" |
Ted Chiang
|
2001 |
|
3
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan |
| 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 |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "The Hemingway Hoax" |
Joe Haldeman
|
1990 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1991 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2007 | The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "Home Is the Hangman" |
Roger Zelazny
|
1975 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Hothouse" |
Brian W. Aldiss
|
1961 |
|
|
| 1991 | The Great SF Stories 23 (1961) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" |
James Tiptree, Jr.
|
1976 |
|
2
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1977 | The 1977 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "How Interesting: A Tiny Man" |
Harlan Ellison
|
2010 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "How to Talk to Girls at Parties" |
Neil Gaiman
|
2006 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2007 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume One edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" |
Harlan Ellison
|
1967 |
|
3
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1968 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1968 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Ill Met in Lankhmar" |
Fritz Leiber
|
1970 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "Inconstant Moon" |
Larry Niven
|
1971 |
|
1
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1972 | Best Science Fiction for 1972 edited by Frederik Pohl |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "Inside Job" |
Connie Willis
|
2005 |
|
|
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2006 | Best Short Novels 2006 edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "The Island" |
Peter Watts
|
2009 |
|
2
|
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2010 | Year's Best SF 15 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
| 2010 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2010 edited by Rich Horton |
| 2010 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2010 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2010 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 2 edited by Allan Kaster |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2013 | Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden |
|
|
|
| "The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories" |
Gene Wolfe
|
1970 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "It's a Good Life" |
Jerome Bixby
|
1953 |
|
3
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1961 | Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 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 |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Jeffty Is Five" |
Harlan Ellison
|
1977 |
|
2
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1978 | The 1978 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan |
| 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 |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "Johnny Mnemonic" |
William Gibson
|
1981 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Keys to December" |
Roger Zelazny
|
1966 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1967 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen's Window" |
Rachel Swirsky
|
2010 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2011 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2011 edited by Rich Horton |
| 2011 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Five edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "The Last Castle" |
Jack Vance
|
1966 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1982 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Last of the Winnebagos" |
Connie Willis
|
1988 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1989 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "The Last Question" |
Isaac Asimov
|
1956 |
|
4
|
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "Learning to Be Me" |
Greg Egan
|
1990 |
|
|
| 1991 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Liar!" |
Isaac Asimov
|
1941 |
|
|
| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Lifecycle of Software Objects" |
Ted Chiang
|
2010 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "Light of Other Days" |
Bob Shaw
|
1966 |
|
2
|
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1967 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1968 | SF 12 edited by Judith Merril |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1972 | A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
|
|
|
| "Liking What You See: A Documentary" |
Ted Chiang
|
2002 |
|
|
| Sturgeon finalist |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Little Black Bag" |
C. M. Kornbluth
|
1950 |
|
2
|
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "The Little Goddess" |
Ian McDonald
|
2005 |
|
|
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2006 | Science Fiction: The Very Best of 2005 edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2006 | Best Short Novels 2006 edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2006 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2019 | The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
|
|
|
| "Lobsters" |
Charles Stross
|
2001 |
|
2
|
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2002 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2005 | The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2007 | Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Lottery" |
Shirley Jackson
|
1948 |
|
|
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death" |
James Tiptree, Jr.
|
1973 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Magic for Beginners" |
Kelly Link
|
2005 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2006 | Best Short Novels 2006 edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "The Man Who Lost the Sea" |
Theodore Sturgeon
|
1959 |
|
3
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1960 | The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1990 | The Great SF Stories 21 (1959) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule" |
Lucius Shepard
|
1984 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "The Man Who Sold the Moon" |
Robert A. Heinlein
|
1950 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "The Marching Morons" |
C. M. Kornbluth
|
1951 |
|
|
| 1952 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1985 | The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "A Martian Odyssey" |
Stanley G. Weinbaum
|
1934 |
|
5
|
| 1943 | The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim |
| 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 |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
| 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 |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "The Martian Way" |
Isaac Asimov
|
1952 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "The Men Who Murdered Mohammed" |
Alfred Bester
|
1958 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1981 | Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" |
Ted Chiang
|
2007 |
|
2
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2008 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Two edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2008 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "Microcosmic God" |
Theodore Sturgeon
|
1941 |
|
1
|
| 1943 | The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim |
| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 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 |
| 1978 | Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr |
| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) 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 |
|
|
|
| "A Midsummer Night's Dream" |
Neil Gaiman
|
1990 |
|
|
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "The Million-Year Picnic" |
Ray Bradbury
|
1946 |
|
|
| 1978 | Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" |
Henry Kuttner,
C. L. Moore
|
1943 |
|
1
|
| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 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 |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Missile Gap" |
Charles Stross
|
2006 |
|
|
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "The Moon Moth" |
Jack Vance
|
1961 |
|
2
|
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
| 1991 | The Great SF Stories 23 (1961) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "The Mountains of Mourning" |
Lois McMaster Bujold
|
1989 |
|
2
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 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 |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "Neutron Star" |
Larry Niven
|
1966 |
|
1
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "New Light on the Drake Equation" |
Ian R. MacLeod
|
2001 |
|
|
| Sturgeon finalist |
| 2002 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2007 | The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Nightfall" |
Isaac Asimov
|
1941 |
|
1
|
| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 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 |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1978 | Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) 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 |
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "Nightwings" |
Robert Silverberg
|
1968 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Nine Billion Names of God" |
Arthur C. Clarke
|
1953 |
|
2
|
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1956 | Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 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 |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "October in the Chair" |
Neil Gaiman
|
2002 |
|
|
| 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" |
Ursula K. Le Guin
|
1973 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1974 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Or All the Seas with Oysters" |
Avram Davidson
|
1958 |
|
2
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1959 | SF:'59: 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 |
| 1990 | The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "A Pail of Air" |
Fritz Leiber
|
1951 |
|
|
| 1985 | The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Palimpsest" |
Charles Stross
|
2009 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Paper Menagerie" |
Ken Liu
|
2011 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2012 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "Passengers" |
Robert Silverberg
|
1968 |
|
1
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1982 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "The Pelican Bar" |
Karen Joy Fowler
|
2009 |
|
|
| 2010 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "The People of Sand and Slag" |
Paolo Bacigalupi
|
2004 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2005 | Science Fiction: The Best of 2004 edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan |
| 2005 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Persistence of Vision" |
John Varley
|
1978 |
|
2
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1979 | The 1979 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1979 | The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #1 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1979 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan |
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "Ponies" |
Kij Johnson
|
2010 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "The Postman" |
David Brin
|
1982 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Press ENTER ■" |
John Varley
|
1984 |
|
2
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1985 | The 1985 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1985 | Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #14 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1985 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "Pump Six" |
Paolo Bacigalupi
|
2008 |
|
|
| 2009 | Year's Best SF 14 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "The Queen of Air and Darkness" |
Poul Anderson
|
1971 |
|
2
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1972 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year edited by Terry Carr |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "R & R" |
Lucius Shepard
|
1986 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1987 | The 1987 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1987 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "The Ray-Gun: A Love Story" |
James Alan Gardner
|
2008 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Sturgeon winner |
| 2009 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2009 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 1 edited by Allan Kaster |
| 2010 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "Red Nails" |
Robert E. Howard
|
1936 |
|
|
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| ""Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman" |
Harlan Ellison
|
1965 |
|
4
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1966 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1966 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1982 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "Reports of Certain Events in London" |
China Miéville
|
2004 |
|
|
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "Riders of the Purple Wage" |
Philip José Farmer
|
1967 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Roads Must Roll" |
Robert A. Heinlein
|
1940 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 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 |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Robbie" |
Isaac Asimov
|
1940 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Rogue Farm" |
Charles Stross
|
2003 |
|
|
| 2004 | Year's Best SF 9 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
| 2004 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2013 | Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden |
| 2019 | The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
|
|
|
| "A Rose for Ecclesiastes" |
Roger Zelazny
|
1963 |
|
2
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1965 | 10th Annual Edition: The Year's Best SF edited by Judith Merril |
| 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 |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1992 | The Great SF Stories 25 (1963) 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 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
|
|
|
| "Sailing to Byzantium" |
Robert Silverberg
|
1985 |
|
4
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1986 | The 1986 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1986 | Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #15 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1986 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1994 | Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2007 | The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "Sandkings" |
George R. R. Martin
|
1979 |
|
7
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1980 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #9 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1980 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "A Saucer of Loneliness" |
Theodore Sturgeon
|
1953 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "Scanners Live in Vain" |
Cordwainer Smith
|
1950 |
|
3
|
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "The Screwfly Solution" |
James Tiptree, Jr.
|
1977 |
|
2
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1978 | The 1978 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1978 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #7 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1978 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
|
|
|
| "Second Person, Present Tense" |
Daryl Gregory
|
2005 |
|
|
| Sturgeon finalist |
| 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
| 2006 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2013 | Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden |
|
|
|
| "Second Variety" |
Philip K. Dick
|
1953 |
|
4
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1954 | Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Sentinel" |
Arthur C. Clarke
|
1951 |
|
2
|
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1985 | The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 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 |
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "Seven American Nights" |
Gene Wolfe
|
1978 |
|
1
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1979 | The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #1 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1979 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 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 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
|
|
|
| "Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge" |
Mike Resnick
|
1994 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1995 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "Seventy-Two Letters" |
Ted Chiang
|
2000 |
|
|
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2001 | Year's Best SF 6 edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" |
H. P. Lovecraft
|
1936 |
|
|
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "The Ship Who Sang" |
Anne McCaffrey
|
1961 |
|
|
| 1962 | The 7th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1991 | The Great SF Stories 23 (1961) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Singing My Sister Down" |
Margo Lanagan
|
2004 |
|
|
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "A Song for Lya" |
George R. R. Martin
|
1974 |
|
3
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1975 | The 1975 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "A Sound of Thunder" |
Ray Bradbury
|
1952 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "Spar" |
Kij Johnson
|
2009 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2010 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "Speech Sounds" |
Octavia E. Butler
|
1983 |
|
4
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2007 | Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams |
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "The Star" |
Arthur C. Clarke
|
1955 |
|
1
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1963 | Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
| 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 |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "The Star Pit" |
Samuel R. Delany
|
1967 |
|
1
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1968 | SF 12 edited by Judith Merril |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1994 | Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
|
|
|
| "Story of Your Life" |
Ted Chiang
|
1998 |
|
4
|
| Sturgeon winner |
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1999 | Year's Best SF 4 edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1999 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2005 | The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "A Study in Emerald" |
Neil Gaiman
|
2003 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2003 | Science Fiction: The Best of 2003 edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "Surface Tension" |
James Blish
|
1952 |
|
2
|
| 1953 | Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 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 |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "Swarm" |
Bruce Sterling
|
1982 |
|
3
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1983 | The 1983 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1983 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Terminal Beach" |
J. G. Ballard
|
1964 |
|
|
| 1965 | 10th Annual Edition: The Year's Best SF edited by Judith Merril |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1981 | Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "There Will Come Soft Rains" |
Ray Bradbury
|
1950 |
|
3
|
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "The Things" |
Peter Watts
|
2010 |
|
3
|
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2011 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2011 edited by Rich Horton |
| 2011 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Five edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2011 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2011 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 3 edited by Allan Kaster |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
|
|
|
| "Think Like a Dinosaur" |
James Patrick Kelly
|
1995 |
|
2
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1996 | Year's Best SF edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1996 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2002 | The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "Thunder and Roses" |
Theodore Sturgeon
|
1947 |
|
|
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Tideline" |
Elizabeth Bear
|
2007 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| Sturgeon winner |
| 2008 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2013 | Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden |
| 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" |
Samuel R. Delany
|
1968 |
|
1
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1969 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1969 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1982 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Tower of Babylon" |
Ted Chiang
|
1990 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1991 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Travels with My Cats" |
Mike Resnick
|
2004 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "Troll Bridge" |
Neil Gaiman
|
1993 |
|
|
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "True Names" |
Vernor Vinge
|
1981 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Two Hearts" |
Peter S. Beagle
|
2005 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "The Ugly Chickens" |
Howard Waldrop
|
1980 |
|
1
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1981 | The 1981 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1981 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1981 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Tenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 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 |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
|
|
| "The Ugly Little Boy" |
Isaac Asimov
|
1958 |
|
|
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Unaccompanied Sonata" |
Orson Scott Card
|
1979 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1980 | The 1980 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Understand" |
Ted Chiang
|
1991 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2002 | The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Universe" |
Robert A. Heinlein
|
1941 |
|
|
| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag" |
Robert A. Heinlein
|
1942 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Veldt" |
Ray Bradbury
|
1950 |
|
|
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Vintage Season" |
Henry Kuttner,
C. L. Moore
|
1946 |
|
2
|
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 1981 | Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories |
| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" |
Philip K. Dick
|
1966 |
|
1
|
| 1967 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "Weyr Search" |
Anne McCaffrey
|
1967 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "What I Didn't See" |
Karen Joy Fowler
|
2002 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "When It Changed" |
Joanna Russ
|
1972 |
|
11
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr |
| 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 |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth" |
Cory Doctorow
|
2006 |
|
|
| 2007 | Year's Best SF 12 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "Who Goes There?" |
John W. Campbell, Jr.
|
1938 |
|
3
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "With Morning Comes Mistfall" |
George R. R. Martin
|
1973 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1974 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Third Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Women Men Don't See" |
James Tiptree, Jr.
|
1973 |
|
2
|
| 1974 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1975 | Best SF: 1974 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Word for World Is Forest" |
Ursula K. Le Guin
|
1972 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Yellow Card Man" |
Paolo Bacigalupi
|
2006 |
|
|
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2007 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume One edited by Jonathan Strahan |
| 2007 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|
| "Zima Blue" |
Alastair Reynolds
|
2005 |
|
|
| 2006 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
|
|
|