The Norton Book of Science Fiction

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

Title Author/Editor↥ Year Citations Reviews
"Kyrie" Poul Anderson 1968
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1969World's Best Science Fiction: 1969 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"The Warlord of Saturn's Moons" Eleanor Arnason 1974
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1975Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"Homelanding" Margaret Atwood 1989
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"Schrödinger's Plague" Greg Bear 1982
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"Exposures" Gregory Benford 1981
1982The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"The Bob Dylan Tambourine Software & Satori Support Services Consortium, Ltd." Michael Bishop 1985
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"How Beautiful with Banners" James Blish 1966
1992The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"The Brains of Rats" Michael Blumlein 1986
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Elbow Room" Marion Zimmer Bradley 1980
1981The 1981 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"Precession" Edward Bryant 1980
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"2064, or Thereabouts" David R. Bunch 1964
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"Speech Sounds" Octavia E. Butler 1983
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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
"After the Days of Dead-Eye 'Dee" Pat Cadigan 1985
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"America" Orson Scott Card 1987
1988The 1988 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"The Byrds" Michael G. Coney 1983
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"Snow" John Crowley 1985
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Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
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
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2001Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2005The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The House the Blakeneys Built" Avram Davidson 1965
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"High Weir" Samuel R. Delany 1968
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"Frozen Journey" Philip K. Dick 1980
1981The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10 edited by Terry Carr
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"When I Was Miss Dow" Sonya Dorman 1966
1968SF 12 edited by Judith Merril
1975Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2018The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek
"(Learning About) Machine Sex" Candas Jane Dorsey 1988
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"For the Sake of Grace" Suzette Haden Elgin 1969
1970World's Best Science Fiction: 1970 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"Strange Wine" Harlan Ellison 1976
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"The Start of the End of the World" Carol Emshwiller 1981
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"The Lake Was Full of Artificial Things" Karen Joy Fowler 1985
1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Gernsback Continuum" William Gibson 1981
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"Aunt Parnetta's Electric Blisters" Diane Glancy 1990
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"Interlocking Pieces" Molly Gloss 1984
1985The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"Midnight News" Lisa Goldstein 1990
1975Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"Tauf Aleph" Phyllis Gotlieb 1981
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"Stable Strategies for Middle Management" Eileen Gunn 1988
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1989The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2005The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Private War of Private Jacob" Joe Haldeman 1974
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"As Simple as That" Zenna Henderson 1971
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"Rat" James Patrick Kelly 1986
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2001Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"Invaders" John Kessel 1990
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
"The Handler" Damon Knight 1960
1960The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril
1991The Great SF Stories 22 (1960) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"Out of All Them Bright Stars" Nancy Kress 1985
Nebula Award - Story Winner
1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
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
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"Nine Hundred Grandmothers" R. A. Lafferty 1966
1967World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1986Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The New Atlantis" Ursula K. Le Guin 1975
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1976The Best Science Fiction of the Year #5 edited by Terry Carr
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"The Winter Flies" Fritz Leiber 1967
1968SF 12 edited by Judith Merril
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"Night-Rise" Katherine MacLean 1978
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"Making It All the Way Into the Future on Gaxton Falls of the Red Planet" Barry N. Malzberg 1974
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"The Mountains of Sunset, the Mountains of Dawn" Vonda N. McIntyre 1974
1975Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Fourth Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"His Vegetable Wife" Pat Murphy 1986
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"Day Million" Frederik Pohl 1966
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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
"Half-Life" Paul Preuss 1989
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"Kirinyaga" Mike Resnick 1988
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1989The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
1999Locus All Time Poll
2005The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
"The Lucky Strike" Kim Stanley Robinson 1984
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Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
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
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
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
"Gather Blue Roses" Pamela Sargent 1972
1982The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"Balanced Ecology" James H. Schmitz 1965
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"The Life of Anybody" Robert Sheckley 1984
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"The War at Home" Lewis Shiner 1985
1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"Good News from the Vatican" Robert Silverberg 1971
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Nebula Award - Story Winner
1972Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year edited by Lester del Rey
1986The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Over the River and Through the Woods" Clifford D. Simak 1965
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1966World's Best Science Fiction: 1966 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"Alpha Ralpha Boulevard" Cordwainer Smith 1961
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
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"We See Things Differently" Bruce Sterling 1989
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2010Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
"Tandy's Story" Theodore Sturgeon 1961
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"A Midwinter's Tale" Michael Swanwick 1988
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1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"The Women Men Don't See" James Tiptree, Jr. 1973
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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
"Lollipop and the Tar Baby" John Varley 1977
1978The Best Science Fiction of the Year #7 edited by Terry Carr
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
""… The World As We Know't"" Howard Waldrop 1982
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"Distant Signals" Andrew Weiner 1984
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"And the Angels Sing" Kate Wilhelm 1990
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"Schwarzschild Radius" Connie Willis 1987
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"Feather Tigers" Gene Wolfe 1973
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"Comes Now the Power" Roger Zelazny 1966
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
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