| "… And Then There Were None" |
Eric Frank Russell
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1951 |
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| 1952 | Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "The Time Machine" |
H. G. Wells
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1895 |
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3
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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| "Universe" |
Robert A. Heinlein
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1941 |
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "The Ballad of Lost C'Mell" |
Cordwainer Smith
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1962 |
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| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
| 1992 | The Great SF Stories 24 (1962) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Nerves" |
Lester del Rey
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1942 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 4 (1942) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
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| "Baby Is Three" |
Theodore Sturgeon
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1952 |
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| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 1981 | Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Call Me Joe" |
Poul Anderson
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1957 |
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| 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 |
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| "With Folded Hands …" |
Jack Williamson
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1947 |
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
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| "The Marching Morons" |
C. M. Kornbluth
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1951 |
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| 1952 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1985 | The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Vintage Season" |
Henry Kuttner,
C. L. Moore
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1946 |
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2
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| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 1981 | Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories |
| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Who Goes There?" |
John W. Campbell, Jr.
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1938 |
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3
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 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 |
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