Classics of Science Fiction

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

Robert A. Heinlein

1959

	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1980	The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1983	Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2004	All You Zombies: Reviewed by David Wright (The Heinlein Society)
2007	"All You Zombies—" by Robert Heinlein (Tangent)

"Bears Discover Fire"

Terry Bisson

1990

	Sturgeon winner
	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1991	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1996	Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2004	The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2005	The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2022	Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook
2024	Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories

2017	Review of Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories by Terry Bisson (Speculiction)
9999	Bears Discover Fire (DUST) - a short film version
9999	"Bears Discover Fire" by Terry Bisson (Nicholas Whyte)

"Call Me Joe"

Poul Anderson

1957

1958	Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 9th Series edited by T. E. Dikty
1962	A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight
1973	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova
1989	The Great SF Stories 19 (1957) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

"A Clean Escape"

John Kessel

1985

2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card

"Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed"

Ray Bradbury

1949

2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

"Devolution"

Edmond Hamilton

1936

1974	Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card

"Dogfight"

Michael Swanwick, William Gibson

1985

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1986	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card

"Eurema's Dam"

R. A. Lafferty

1972

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1973	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr
1973	Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, Second Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card

"Face Value"

Karen Joy Fowler

1986

2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card

"Inconstant Moon"

Larry Niven

1971

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1972	Best Science Fiction for 1972 edited by Frederik Pohl
1989	The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

Inconstant Moon (wikipedia.org)

"The Nine Billion Names of God"

Arthur C. Clarke

1953

	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1956	Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
1968	One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight
1970	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1986	The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

	The Nine Billion Names of God (Wikipedia)
2015	The Nine Billion Names of God • 1953 • SF short story by Arthur C. Clarke (Reißwolf)

"One"

George Alec Effinger

1995

2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card

"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas"

Ursula K. Le Guin

1973

	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1974	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 edited by Terry Carr
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

"Passengers"

Robert Silverberg

1968

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1982	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011	Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

Passengers (Wikipedia)

"Pots"

C. J. Cherryh

1985

1986	The 1986 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

"Rat"

James Patrick Kelly

1986

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1993	The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

""Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman"

Harlan Ellison

1965

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1966	World's Best Science Fiction: 1966 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1971	1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1982	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor
1997	The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2010	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011	Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2021	"'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman" Harlan Ellison (Young People Read Old SFF)
2021	“Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman by Harlan Ellison (SF Short Stories)
2021	“Repent, Harlequin!” Said The Ticktockman” Harlan Ellison Lecture And Review (YouTube)
2022	Civil disobedience challenging repressive authority

"The Road Not Taken"

Harry Turtledove

1985

2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

"Robot Dreams"

Isaac Asimov

1986

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2007	Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	ISFDB All Time Short Stories

"Sandkings"

George R. R. Martin

1979

	Nebula Award - Story Winner
	Hugo Award - Story Winner
1980	The Best Science Fiction of the Year #9 edited by Terry Carr
1980	Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1999	Locus All Time Poll
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2010	Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

2019	The Puppy’s Revenge: George R. R. Martin’s “Sandkings” (Reactor)
2019	THE GOLDEN AGE OF SCIENCE FICTION: “SANDKINGS,” BY GEORGE R.R. MARTIN (Black Gate)
2020	Sandkings by George R R Martin (Little Red Reviewer)
2020	Sandkings • 1979 • Horror SF novelette by George R.R. Martin (Reißwolf)
2021	Sandkings by George R. R. Martin (SF Short Stories)
2021	“Sandkings” by George R. R. Martin (Classics of Science Fiction)
2022	Sandkings (Thousand Worlds Wiki)

"A Saucer of Loneliness"

Theodore Sturgeon

1953

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1979	Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander
1986	The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2012	Locus All Centuries Poll
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019	Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories

"Snow"

John Crowley

1985

	Hugo Award - Story Finalist
	Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1986	Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #15 edited by Terry Carr
1986	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1993	The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2005	The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2016	The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

2020	Snow • 1985 • SF short story by John Crowley Posted on 16. March 2020 by Andreas (Reißwolf)
2022	"Snow" by John Crowley (Classics of Science Fiction)

"Tourists"

Lisa Goldstein

1985

2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2005	Science Fiction: The Best of 2004 edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan

"The Tunesmith"

Lloyd Biggle, Jr.

1957

1958	Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 9th Series edited by T. E. Dikty
1989	The Great SF Stories 19 (1957) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card

"The Tunnel Under the World"

Frederik Pohl

1955

1973	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1988	The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1992	The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018	Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story

"Who Can Replace a Man?"

Brian W. Aldiss

1958

1962	A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight
1963	Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin
1979	The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1992	The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2018	ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2019	Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories

"A Work of Art"

James Blish

1956

1966	Best SF Six edited by Edmund Crispin
1979	Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander
1988	The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1997	The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell
2001	Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card

Stories: 27

Masterpieces