Locus All Centuries Poll

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

Title↥ Author/Editor Year Citations Reviews
"24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai" Roger Zelazny 1985
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
Hugo Award - Story Winner
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss" Kij Johnson 2008
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2009The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three edited by Jonathan Strahan
2009The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 1 edited by Allan Kaster
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
"Air Raid" John Varley 1977
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1977Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1982The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn
1999Locus All Time Poll
2007Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2022Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook
"All Summer in a Day" Ray Bradbury 1954
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"All You Zombies—" Robert A. Heinlein 1959
2
Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1980The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1983Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
1999Locus All Time Poll
2001Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Allamagoosa" Eric Frank Russell 1955
Hugo Award - Story Winner
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1988The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"… And He Built a Crooked House" Robert A. Heinlein 1941
1943The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1978Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"… And Then There Were None" Eric Frank Russell 1951
1952Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty
1973The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Arena" Fredric Brown 1944
2
1950Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1970The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1973The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1981The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Aye, and Gomorrah …" Samuel R. Delany 1967
2
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1982The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor
1989The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
1999Locus All Time Poll
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2010Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Baby Is Three" Theodore Sturgeon 1952
Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1973The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova
1981Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories
2010Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Ballad of Lost C'Mell" Cordwainer Smith 1962
1973The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova
1992The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
1992The Great SF Stories 24 (1962) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Bears Discover Fire" Terry Bisson 1990
3
Sturgeon winner
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1996Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
2001Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2004The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2005The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2022Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook
"Beggars in Spain" Nancy Kress 1991
4
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1992The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1997The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell
2007The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Gardner Dozois
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
"Behold the Man" Michael Moorcock 1966
Nebula Award - Story Winner
1967World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1982The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Beyond the Aquila Rift" Alastair Reynolds 2005
2006Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2006The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"The Bicentennial Man" Isaac Asimov 1976
1
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1977The 1977 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1977The Best Science Fiction of the Year #6 edited by Terry Carr
1980The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Big Front Yard" Clifford D. Simak 1958
2
Hugo Award - Story Winner
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1973The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova
1990The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Blood Music" Greg Bear 1983
3
Hugo Award - Story Winner
Nebula Award - Story Winner
1973The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1984The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1984The 1984 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1996Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2005The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2010Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Bloodchild" Octavia E. Butler 1984
1
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1975Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1985The 1985 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1985The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1985Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #14 edited by Terry Carr
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2004The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"The Bones of the Earth" Ursula K. Le Guin 2001
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2012Locus 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
1970World's Best Science Fiction: 1970 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1982The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Bridesicle" Will McIntosh 2009
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
Hugo Award - Story Winner
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"Bronte's Egg" Richard Chwedyk 2002
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Sturgeon finalist
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2012Locus 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
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
"Burn" James Patrick Kelly 2005
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2006The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"Burning Chrome" William Gibson 1982
3
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1983The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr
1992The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
1996Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"By His Bootstraps" Robert A. Heinlein 1941
1
1946Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1978Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr
1980The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Call of Cthulhu" H. P. Lovecraft 1928
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
"The Calorie Man" Paolo Bacigalupi 2005
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Sturgeon winner
2006Science Fiction: The Very Best of 2005 edited by Jonathan Strahan
2006The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Cambist and Lord Iron" Daniel Abraham 2007
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"A Canticle for Leibowitz" Walter M. Miller, Jr. 1959
1956Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1956 edited by T. E. Dikty
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward" H. P. Lovecraft 1941
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"The Cold Equations" Tom Godwin 1954
2
1955The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 edited by T. E. Dikty
1958Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
1970The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1987The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999Locus All Time Poll
2005The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Coming Attraction" Fritz Leiber 1950
1
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1951The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty
1965Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
1970The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1977The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton
1978Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1980Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1984The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Concrete Jungle" Charles Stross 2004
Hugo Award - Story Winner
2005Best Short Novels: 2005 edited by Jonathan Strahan
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"The Cookie Monster" Vernor Vinge 2003
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
Hugo Award - Story Winner
2003Science Fiction: The Best of 2003 edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan
2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
"Coraline" Neil Gaiman 2002
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Winner
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"The Country of the Kind" Damon Knight 1956
2
1956S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril
1970The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1973The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1979Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander
1988The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1992Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
1999Locus All Time Poll
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Creation" Jeffrey Ford 2002
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"Dark Integers" Greg Egan 2007
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2008Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition edited by Rich Horton
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"The Day Before the Revolution" Ursula K. Le Guin 1974
1
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1975Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1980Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1986The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr
2004The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Day Million" Frederik Pohl 1966
3
1967World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1972A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight
1973The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1978Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1980The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
1999Locus All Time Poll
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Death of Doctor Island" Gene Wolfe 1973
1
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1974The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 edited by Terry Carr
1986The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr
1994Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
1996Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
1999Locus All Time Poll
2004The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Deathbird" Harlan Ellison 1973
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1974The 1974 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1974The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 edited by Terry Carr
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Diamond Dogs" Alastair Reynolds 2001
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"The Dog Said Bow-Wow" Michael Swanwick 2001
Sturgeon finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
Hugo Award - Story Winner
2002Year's Best SF 7 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2002The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth" Roger Zelazny 1965
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1970Best SF Seven: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
1982The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Dragon Masters" Jack Vance 1962
Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Dragonrider" Anne McCaffrey 1967
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1982The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath" H. P. Lovecraft 1943
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"The Dunwich Horror" H. P. Lovecraft 1929
Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"The Empire of Ice Cream" Jeffrey Ford 2003
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Sturgeon finalist
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2003Science Fiction: The Best of 2003 edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"The Empress of Mars" Kage Baker 2003
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
Sturgeon winner
2004Best Short Novels: 2004 edited by Jonathan Strahan
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"Ender's Game" Orson Scott Card 1977
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1996Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Enemy Mine" Barry B. Longyear 1979
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1980The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Erdmann Nexus" Nancy Kress 2008
Hugo Award - Story Winner
2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"Eros, Philia, Agape" Rachel Swirsky 2009
Sturgeon finalist
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2010 edited by Rich Horton
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2013Twenty-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
1993The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2004The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2005The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
"Exhalation" Ted Chiang 2008
5
Hugo Award - Story Winner
2009Year's Best SF 14 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2009The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three edited by Jonathan Strahan
2009The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 1 edited by Allan Kaster
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
"The Faery Handbag" Kelly Link 2004
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Winner
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
"Fast Times at Fairmont High" Vernor Vinge 2001
Hugo Award - Story Winner
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Fifth Head of Cerberus" Gene Wolfe 1972
4
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1973The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr
1989The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
1992Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2022Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook
"The Finder" Ursula K. Le Guin 2001
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"Fire Watch" Connie Willis 1982
1
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1983The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr
1997The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell
1999Locus All Time Poll
2010Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"First Contact" Murray Leinster 1945
1
Hugo Award - Story Winner
Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1970The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1982The Great SF Stories 7 (1945) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Flowers for Algernon" Daniel Keyes 1959
4
Hugo Award - Story Winner
Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1960The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril
1961Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
1970The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1982The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn
1983Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999Locus All Time Poll
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"The Fluted Girl" Paolo Bacigalupi 2003
Sturgeon finalist
2003Science Fiction: The Best of 2003 edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan
2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"Fondly Fahrenheit" Alfred Bester 1954
2
Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1970The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1981Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories
1987The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"For a Breath I Tarry" Roger Zelazny 1966
1
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1967World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1983Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
1999Locus All Time Poll
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Foundation" Isaac Asimov 1942
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1980The Great SF Stories 4 (1942) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Game of Rat and Dragon" Cordwainer Smith 1955
2
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1956Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1956 edited by T. E. Dikty
1958Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1972A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight
1978Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1988The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999Locus All Time Poll
2006The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Girl Who Was Plugged In" James Tiptree, Jr. 1973
5
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1996Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
1999Locus All Time Poll
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The God Engines" John Scalzi 2009
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"Gonna Roll the Bones" Fritz Leiber 1967
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1982The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Great Work of Time" John Crowley 1989
2
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1973The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1990The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1997The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
2022Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook
"The Green Hills of Earth" Robert A. Heinlein 1947
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1989The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
1999Locus All Time Poll
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Hardfought" Greg Bear 1983
3
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1984The Best Science Fiction of the Year #13 edited by Terry Carr
1984The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2022Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook
"Harrison Bergeron" Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. 1961
1
1970Best SF Seven: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
1973The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1989The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"He Who Shapes" Roger Zelazny 1965
Nebula Award - Story Winner
1982The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor
1997The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-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
2004The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
"The Hemingway Hoax" Joe Haldeman 1990
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2007The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Gardner Dozois
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
"Home Is the Hangman" Roger Zelazny 1975
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Hothouse" Brian W. Aldiss 1961
1991The Great SF Stories 23 (1961) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" James Tiptree, Jr. 1976
2
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1977The 1977 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1980The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999Locus All Time Poll
2010Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"How Interesting: A Tiny Man" Harlan Ellison 2010
Nebula Award - Story Winner
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"How to Talk to Girls at Parties" Neil Gaiman 2006
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2007The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume One edited by Jonathan Strahan
2010Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" Harlan Ellison 1967
3
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1968World's Best Science Fiction: 1968 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1983Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
1986Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Ill Met in Lankhmar" Fritz Leiber 1970
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1986The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"Inconstant Moon" Larry Niven 1971
1
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1972Best Science Fiction for 1972 edited by Frederik Pohl
1989The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
1999Locus All Time Poll
2001Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"Inside Job" Connie Willis 2005
Sturgeon finalist
Hugo Award - Story Winner
2006Best Short Novels 2006 edited by Jonathan Strahan
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"The Island" Peter Watts 2009
2
Sturgeon finalist
Hugo Award - Story Winner
2010Year's Best SF 15 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2010 edited by Rich Horton
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2010The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 2 edited by Allan Kaster
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2013Twenty-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
1982The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"It's a Good Life" Jerome Bixby 1953
3
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1961Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
1970The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1986The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Jeffty Is Five" Harlan Ellison 1977
2
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1978The 1978 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1999Locus All Time Poll
2004The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
"Johnny Mnemonic" William Gibson 1981
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1997The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell
2010Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Keys to December" Roger Zelazny 1966
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1967World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1980The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-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
2011The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2011 edited by Rich Horton
2011The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Five edited by Jonathan Strahan
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"The Last Castle" Jack Vance 1966
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1982The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Last of the Winnebagos" Connie Willis 1988
2
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1989The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"The Last Question" Isaac Asimov 1956
4
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1988The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999Locus All Time Poll
2005The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Learning to Be Me" Greg Egan 1990
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Liar!" Isaac Asimov 1941
1965Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
1980The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Lifecycle of Software Objects" Ted Chiang 2010
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
Hugo Award - Story Winner
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB 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
1967World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1968SF 12 edited by Judith Merril
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1972A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight
1980The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1982The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
2022Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook
"Liking What You See: A Documentary" Ted Chiang 2002
Sturgeon finalist
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Little Black Bag" C. M. Kornbluth 1950
2
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1970The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1984The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999Locus All Time Poll
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Little Goddess" Ian McDonald 2005
Sturgeon finalist
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2006Science Fiction: The Very Best of 2005 edited by Jonathan Strahan
2006Best Short Novels 2006 edited by Jonathan Strahan
2006The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2019The 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
2002The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2005The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2007Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Lottery" Shirley Jackson 1948
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death" James Tiptree, Jr. 1973
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1986The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Magic for Beginners" Kelly Link 2005
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Sturgeon finalist
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2006Best Short Novels 2006 edited by Jonathan Strahan
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
"The Man Who Lost the Sea" Theodore Sturgeon 1959
3
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1960The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril
1983The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1989The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
1990The Great SF Stories 21 (1959) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2019Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule" Lucius Shepard 1984
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
"The Man Who Sold the Moon" Robert A. Heinlein 1950
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1959A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Marching Morons" C. M. Kornbluth 1951
1952The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty
1973The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova
1980The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1985The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"A Martian Odyssey" Stanley G. Weinbaum 1934
5
1943The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim
1970The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1992The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Martian Way" Isaac Asimov 1952
1973The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova
1986The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Men Who Murdered Mohammed" Alfred Bester 1958
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1981Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories
1983The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1989The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-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
2008The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Two edited by Jonathan Strahan
2008The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
"Microcosmic God" Theodore Sturgeon 1941
1
1943The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim
1965Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz
1970The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1978Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr
1980The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999Locus All Time Poll
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" Neil Gaiman 1990
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"The Million-Year Picnic" Ray Bradbury 1946
1978Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1982The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Mimsy Were the Borogoves" Henry KuttnerC. L. Moore 1943
1
1948A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1970The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1981The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999Locus All Time Poll
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Missile Gap" Charles Stross 2006
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"The Moon Moth" Jack Vance 1961
2
1973The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova
1982The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn
1991The Great SF Stories 23 (1961) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1992Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"The Mountains of Mourning" Lois McMaster Bujold 1989
2
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1999Locus All Time Poll
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
"Neutron Star" Larry Niven 1966
1
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1980The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1986Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1999Locus All Time Poll
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"New Light on the Drake Equation" Ian R. MacLeod 2001
Sturgeon finalist
2002The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2007The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Gardner Dozois
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Nightfall" Isaac Asimov 1941
1
1946Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas
1970The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1973The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1978Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn
1980The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999Locus All Time Poll
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Nightwings" Robert Silverberg 1968
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-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
1956Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
1968One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight
1970The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1986The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999Locus All Time Poll
2001Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"October in the Chair" Neil Gaiman 2002
2004The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" Ursula K. Le Guin 1973
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1974The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 edited by Terry Carr
1999Locus All Time Poll
2001Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Or All the Seas with Oysters" Avram Davidson 1958
2
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1959SF:'59: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril
1980The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1990The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"A Pail of Air" Fritz Leiber 1951
1985The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2005The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Palimpsest" Charles Stross 2009
Hugo Award - Story Winner
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Paper Menagerie" Ken Liu 2011
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Sturgeon finalist
Hugo Award - Story Winner
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2012The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six edited by Jonathan Strahan
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
"Passengers" Robert Silverberg 1968
1
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1982The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor
1999Locus All Time Poll
2001Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Pelican Bar" Karen Joy Fowler 2009
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"The People of Sand and Slag" Paolo Bacigalupi 2004
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2005Science Fiction: The Best of 2004 edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan
2005The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2010Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-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
1979The 1979 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1979The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #1 edited by Terry Carr
1979Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1999Locus All Time Poll
2004The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Ponies" Kij Johnson 2010
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"The Postman" David Brin 1982
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Press ENTER ■" John Varley 1984
2
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1985The 1985 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1985Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #14 edited by Terry Carr
1985The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
"Pump Six" Paolo Bacigalupi 2008
2009Year's Best SF 14 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"The Queen of Air and Darkness" Poul Anderson 1971
2
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1972The Best Science Fiction of the Year edited by Terry Carr
1980The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1986The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"R & R" Lucius Shepard 1986
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1987The 1987 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1987The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
"The Ray-Gun: A Love Story" James Alan Gardner 2008
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
Sturgeon winner
2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2009The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 1 edited by Allan Kaster
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"Red Nails" Robert E. Howard 1936
2012Locus 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
1966World's Best Science Fiction: 1966 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1982The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor
1997The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell
1999Locus All Time Poll
2001Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Reports of Certain Events in London" China Miéville 2004
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"Riders of the Purple Wage" Philip José Farmer 1967
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
Hugo Award - Story Winner
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Roads Must Roll" Robert A. Heinlein 1940
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1946Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas
1970The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Robbie" Isaac Asimov 1940
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1979The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Rogue Farm" Charles Stross 2003
2004Year's Best SF 9 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2013Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden
2019The 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
3
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
196510th Annual Edition: The Year's Best SF edited by Judith Merril
1970The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1992The Great SF Stories 25 (1963) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999Locus All Time Poll
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
2022Hugo 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
1986The 1986 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1986Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #15 edited by Terry Carr
1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1994Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2007The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Gardner Dozois
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories
"Sandkings" George R. R. Martin 1979
7
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1980The Best Science Fiction of the Year #9 edited by Terry Carr
1980Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1999Locus All Time Poll
2001Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2010Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"A Saucer of Loneliness" Theodore Sturgeon 1953
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1979Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander
1986The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2001Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"Scanners Live in Vain" Cordwainer Smith 1950
3
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1970The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1973The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1984The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"The Screwfly Solution" James Tiptree, Jr. 1977
2
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1978The 1978 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1978The Best Science Fiction of the Year #7 edited by Terry Carr
1978Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1992The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2022Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook
"Second Person, Present Tense" Daryl Gregory 2005
Sturgeon finalist
2006Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2006The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2013Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden
"Second Variety" Philip K. Dick 1953
4
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1954Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty
1977The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton
1989The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Sentinel" Arthur C. Clarke 1951
2
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1985The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Seven American Nights" Gene Wolfe 1978
1
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1979The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #1 edited by Terry Carr
1979Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1999Locus All Time Poll
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
2022Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook
"Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge" Mike Resnick 1994
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Sturgeon finalist
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1995The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
"Seventy-Two Letters" Ted Chiang 2000
Sturgeon finalist
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2001Year's Best SF 6 edited by David G. Hartwell
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" H. P. Lovecraft 1936
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"The Ship Who Sang" Anne McCaffrey 1961
1962The 7th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril
1975Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1991The Great SF Stories 23 (1961) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1996Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Singing My Sister Down" Margo Lanagan 2004
Sturgeon finalist
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB 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
1975The 1975 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"A Sound of Thunder" Ray Bradbury 1952
1966Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science edited by Terry Carr
1986The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Spar" Kij Johnson 2009
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Sturgeon finalist
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"Speech Sounds" Octavia E. Butler 1983
4
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
1999Locus All Time Poll
2007Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Star" Arthur C. Clarke 1955
1
Hugo Award - Story Winner
Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1962A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight
1963Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1973The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1983Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
1988The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1998The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn
1999Locus All Time Poll
2010Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019Rich 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
1968SF 12 edited by Judith Merril
1980The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1994Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
2022Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook
"Story of Your Life" Ted Chiang 1998
4
Sturgeon winner
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1973The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1999Year's Best SF 4 edited by David G. Hartwell
1999The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2005The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2010Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
"A Study in Emerald" Neil Gaiman 2003
Hugo Award - Story Winner
2003Science Fiction: The Best of 2003 edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"Surface Tension" James Blish 1952
2
1953Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty
1970The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1999Locus All Time Poll
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Swarm" Bruce Sterling 1982
3
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1973The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1983The 1983 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1983The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr
1992The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
1997The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Terminal Beach" J. G. Ballard 1964
196510th Annual Edition: The Year's Best SF edited by Judith Merril
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1981Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories
"There Will Come Soft Rains" Ray Bradbury 1950
3
1984The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Things" Peter Watts 2010
3
Sturgeon finalist
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2011The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2011 edited by Rich Horton
2011The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Five edited by Jonathan Strahan
2011The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2011The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 3 edited by Allan Kaster
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019The 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
1996Year's Best SF edited by David G. Hartwell
1996The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"Thunder and Roses" Theodore Sturgeon 1947
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1983The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2005The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Tideline" Elizabeth Bear 2007
Hugo Award - Story Winner
Sturgeon winner
2008The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2013Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden
2019Piet 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
1969World's Best Science Fiction: 1969 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1982The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Tower of Babylon" Ted Chiang 1990
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Travels with My Cats" Mike Resnick 2004
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
Hugo Award - Story Winner
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"Troll Bridge" Neil Gaiman 1993
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"True Names" Vernor Vinge 1981
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1996Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Two Hearts" Peter S. Beagle 2005
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Winner
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"The Ugly Chickens" Howard Waldrop 1980
1
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1981The 1981 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1981The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10 edited by Terry Carr
1981Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Tenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1992Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
1999Locus All Time Poll
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
"The Ugly Little Boy" Isaac Asimov 1958
Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Unaccompanied Sonata" Orson Scott Card 1979
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1980The 1980 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Understand" Ted Chiang 1991
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Universe" Robert A. Heinlein 1941
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1973The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag" Robert A. Heinlein 1942
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Veldt" Ray Bradbury 1950
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Vintage Season" Henry KuttnerC. L. Moore 1946
2
Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1948A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1973The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova
1981Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories
1982The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1989The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
1999Locus All Time Poll
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" Philip K. Dick 1966
1
1967World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Weyr Search" Anne McCaffrey 1967
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1999Locus All Time Poll
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
"What I Didn't See" Karen Joy Fowler 2002
Nebula Award - Story Winner
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"When It Changed" Joanna Russ 1972
11
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1975Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1980The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1986The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2010Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth" Cory Doctorow 2006
2007Year's Best SF 12 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"Who Goes There?" John W. Campbell, Jr. 1938
3
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1946Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1973The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999Locus All Time Poll
2005The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"With Morning Comes Mistfall" George R. R. Martin 1973
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1974Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Third Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Women Men Don't See" James Tiptree, Jr. 1973
2
1974The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 edited by Terry Carr
1975Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1975Best SF: 1974 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss
1980The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-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
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Yellow Card Man" Paolo Bacigalupi 2006
Sturgeon finalist
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2007The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume One edited by Jonathan Strahan
2007The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"Zima Blue" Alastair Reynolds 2005
2006The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
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