| "The Colour Out of Space" |
H. P. Lovecraft
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1927 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1967 | Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Kaleidoscope" |
Ray Bradbury
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1949 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1966 | Best SF Six edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 11 (1949) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "A Subway Named Mobius" |
A. J. Deutsch
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1950 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1961 | Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Hyperpilosity" |
L. Sprague de Camp
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1938 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1976 | Science Fiction of the Thirties edited by Damon Knight |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
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| "The Weapon" |
Fredric Brown
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1951 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1966 | Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science edited by Terry Carr |
| 1985 | The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Spectator Sport" |
John D. MacDonald
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1950 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "What You Need" |
Henry Kuttner,
C. L. Moore
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1945 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 7 (1945) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Conqueror" |
Mark Clifton
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1952 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1953 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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| "Environment" |
Chester S. Geier
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1944 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "History Lesson" |
Arthur C. Clarke
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1949 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 11 (1949) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Scarlet Plague" |
Jack London
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1912 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| "Trigger Tide" |
Wyman Guin
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1950 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "Alexander the Bait" |
William Tenn
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1946 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "And Be Merry …" |
Katherine MacLean
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1950 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Backfire" |
Ross Rocklynne
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1943 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Bees from Borneo" |
Will H. Gray
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1931 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Box" |
James Blish
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1949 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Catch That Martian" |
Damon Knight
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1952 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Choice" |
W. Hilton-Young
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1952 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Counter Charm" |
Peter Phillips
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1951 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Doorbell" |
David H. Keller
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1934 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Fourth Dynasty" |
R. R. Winterbotham
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1936 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Head Hunters" |
Ralph Williams
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1951 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Heritage" |
Robert Abernathy
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1942 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "High Threshold" |
Alan E. Nourse
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1951 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Homo Sol" |
Isaac Asimov
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1940 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Instinct" |
Lester del Rey
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1952 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "John Thomas's Cube" |
John Leimert
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1945 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Manners of the Age" |
H. B. Fyfe
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1952 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Never Underestimate …" |
Theodore Sturgeon
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1952 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Nothing Happens on the Moon" |
Paul Ernst
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1939 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Plague" |
Murray Leinster
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1944 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Pleasant Dreams" |
Ralph Robin
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1951 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Rag Thing" |
Donald A. Wollheim
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1951 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Recruiting Station" |
A. E. van Vogt
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1942 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Shipshape Home" |
Richard Matheson
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1952 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Star Dummy" |
Anthony Boucher
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1952 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "A Stone and a Spear" |
Raymond F. Jones
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1950 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Test Piece" |
Eric Frank Russell
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1951 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The Thing in the Woods" |
Fletcher Pratt
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1935 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "The War Against the Moon" |
André Maurois
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1950 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Winner Lose All" |
Jack Vance
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1951 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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| "Zeritsky's Law" |
Ann Griffith
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1951 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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