| "Jungle Journey" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Philip Wylie
                              
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                        1958 | 
                      
                            
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                            | "The Eternal Adam" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Jules Verne
                              
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                        1957 | 
                      
                            
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                            | "Extra Sensory Perfection" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Hugo Gernsback
                              
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                        1955 | 
                      
                            
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                            | "The Resurrection of Jimber-Jaw" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Edgar Rice Burroughs
                              
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                        1937 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories | 
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                            | "The Lotus Eaters" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Stanley G. Weinbaum
                              
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                        1935 | 
                      
                            
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                            | "Humanity on Venus" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Olaf Stapledon
                              
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                        1930 | 
                      
                            
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                            | "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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                            | "The People of the Pit" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                A. Merritt
                              
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                        1918 | 
                      
                            
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                                             | 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn | 
                                             | 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Place of Pain" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                M. P. Shiel
                              
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                        1914 | 
                      
                            
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                            | "System" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Karel Čapek, 
                              
                            
                          
                        
                          
                            
                              Josef Čapek
                            
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                        1908 | 
                      
                            
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                            | "The Country of the Blind" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                H. G. Wells
                              
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                        1904 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 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 | 
                                             | 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh | 
                                             | 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Lost in a Comet's Tail; or, Frank Reade, Jr.'s Strange Adventure with His New Air-Ship" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Luis Senarens
                              
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                        1895 | 
                      
                            
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                            | "The Los Amigos Fiasco" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Arthur Conan Doyle
                              
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                        1892 | 
                      
                            
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                            | "The Brick Moon" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Edward Everett Hale
                              
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                        1869 | 
                      
                            
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                            | "The Wondersmith" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Fitz-James O'Brien
                              
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                        1859 | 
                      
                            
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                            | "The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Edgar Allan Poe
                              
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                        1835 | 
                      
                            
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                            | "The Mortal Immortal" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Mary Shelley
                              
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                        1833 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1967 | Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz | 
                                             | 1981 | Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh | 
                                             | 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts | 
                                             | 2010 | The Dreaming Sex: Early Tales of Scientific Imagination by Women edited by Mike Ashley | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Voyage to the Moon" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Cyrano de Bergerac
                              
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                        1650 | 
                      
                            
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