The Best of Science Fiction

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

Title Author/Editor Year Citations Reviews↧
"First Contact" Murray Leinster 1945
10
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
"The 32nd of May" Paul Ernst 1935
1
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
"Atomic Power" John W. Campbell, Jr. 1934
1
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
"Blind Alley" Isaac Asimov 1945
2
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1982The Great SF Stories 7 (1945) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
"Blowups Happen" Robert A. Heinlein 1940
4
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1956Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
"The Conquest of Gola" Leslie F. Stone 1931
6
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
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
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek
"Davey Jones' Ambassador" Raymond Z. Gallun 1935
2
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1976Science Fiction of the Thirties edited by Damon Knight
"Deadline" Cleve Cartmill 1944
3
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1978Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1981The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
"En Route to Pluto" Wallace West 1936
1
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
"Expedition" Anthony Boucher 1943
1
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
"The Flame Midget" Frank Belknap Long 1936
1
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
"Giant in the Earth" Morrison Colladay 1933
1
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
"Goldfish Bowl" Robert A. Heinlein 1942
2
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
"The Great Keinplatz Experiment" Arthur Conan Doyle 1885
2
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1981Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh
"The Great War Syndicate" Frank R. Stockton 1888
1
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
"The Ivy War" David H. Keller 1930
1
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
"Jackdaw" Ross Rocklynne 1942
1
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
"Killdozer!" Theodore Sturgeon 1944
5
Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1981The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Lanson Screen" Arthur Leo Zagat 1936
1
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
"Liquid Life" Ralph Milne Farley 1936
1
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
"Lobby" Clifford D. Simak 1944
1
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
"The Machine" John W. Campbell, Jr. 1935
1
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
"The Man Who Saved the Earth" Austin Hall 1919
1
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
"The Monster from Nowhere" Nelson S. Bond 1939
1
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
"The Piper's Son" Henry Kuttner,  C. L. Moore 1945
4
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1982The Great SF Stories 7 (1945) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1992The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
"The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes" H. G. Wells 1895
1
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
"The Retreat to Mars" Cecil B. White 1927
1
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
"A Scientist Divides" Donald Wandrei 1934
2
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1978Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick
"The Search" A. E. van Vogt 1943
1
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
"Short-Circuited Probability" Norman L. Knight 1941
1
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
"Solution Unsatisfactory" Robert A. Heinlein 1941
2
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Spawn of the Stars" Charles W. Diffin 1930
1
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
"A Tale of the Ragged Mountains" Edgar Allan Poe 1844
2
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1966Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin
"The Terrible Sense" Calvin Peregoy 1938
1
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
"The Tissue-Culture King" Julian Huxley 1926
3
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn
1983The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
"Tricky Tonnage" Malcolm Jameson 1944
1
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
"The Ultimate Catalyst" John Taine 1939
2
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1979The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
"The Ultimate Metal" Nat Schachner 1935
1
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
"Universe" Robert A. Heinlein 1941
4
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 Upper Level Road" F. Orlin Tremaine 1935
1
1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
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