Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age

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

Title Author/Editor Year Citations↥ Reviews
"Child of the Green Light" Leigh Brackett 1942
1
1978Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr
"The Smallest God" Lester del Rey 1940
1
1978Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr
"Storm Warning" Donald A. Wollheim 1942
1
1978Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr
"Victory Unintentional" Isaac Asimov 1942
1
1978Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr
"Into the Darkness" Ross Rocklynne 1940
2
1978Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr
1979The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
"The Mechanical Mice" Eric Frank Russell,  Maurice G. Hugi 1941
3
1946Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas
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
"Vault of the Beast" A. E. van Vogt 1940
3
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1978Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr
1979The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
"The Twonky" Henry Kuttner,  C. L. Moore 1942
4
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1946Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas
1978Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr
1980The Great SF Stories 4 (1942) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
"… And He Built a Crooked House" Robert A. Heinlein 1941
7
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
"By His Bootstraps" Robert A. Heinlein 1941
8
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
"Microcosmic God" Theodore Sturgeon 1941
11
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
"Nightfall" Isaac Asimov 1941
13
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
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