| "Cloak of Anarchy" | Larry Niven | 1972 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 1973 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, Second Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey |  | 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |  | 
                    
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                            | "Eurema's Dam" | R. A. Lafferty | 1972 |  | 
                                
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                                        |  | 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 |  | 
                    
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                            | "The Greatest Asset" | Isaac Asimov | 1972 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 1973 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, Second Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey |  | 
                    
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                            | "Long Shot" | Vernor Vinge | 1972 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 1973 | The 1973 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |  | 1973 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, Second Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey |  | 
                    
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                            | "The Long Silence" | Donald Noakes | 1972 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 1973 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, Second Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey |  | 
                    
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                            | "The Man Who Walked Home" | James Tiptree, Jr. | 1972 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 1973 | The 1973 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |  | 1973 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, Second Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey |  | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |  | 
                    
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                            | "The Meeting" | Frederik Pohl, 
                              
                            
                          
                        
                          
                            
                              C. M. Kornbluth | 1972 |  | 
                                
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                                        |  | 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 |  | 
                    
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                            | "Miscount" | Carolyn Gloeckner | 1972 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 1973 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, Second Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey |  | 
                    
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                            | "Patron of the Arts" | William Rotsler | 1972 |  | 
                                
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                                        |  | Hugo Award - Story Finalist |  |  | Nebula Award - Story Finalist |  | 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 |  | 
                    
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                            | "Teratohippus" | Robert L. Davis | 1972 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 1973 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, Second Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey |  | 
                    
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                            | "Thus Love Betrays Us" | Phyllis MacLennan | 1972 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 1973 | The 1973 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |  | 1973 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, Second Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey |  | 
                    
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                            | "Underbelly" | Gordon Eklund | 1972 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 1973 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, Second Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey |  | 
                    
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                            | "Watchdøg" | Jack C. Haldeman, II | 1972 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 1973 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, Second Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey |  | 
                    
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                            | "When We Went to See the End of the World" | Robert Silverberg | 1972 |  | 
                                
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                                        |  | Hugo Award - Story Finalist |  |  | Nebula Award - Story Finalist |  | 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 |  | 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |  | 
                    
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                            | "Woman's Rib" | Thomas N. Scortia | 1972 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 1973 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, Second Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey |  | 
                    
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