| "Black Destroyer" |
A. E. van Vogt
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1939 |
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| 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 |
| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
| 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 |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 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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| 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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| "By His Bootstraps" |
Robert A. Heinlein
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1941 |
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1978 | Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Nightfall" |
Isaac Asimov
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1941 |
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 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 |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1978 | Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 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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| "The Proud Robot" |
Henry Kuttner,
C. L. Moore
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1943 |
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) 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 |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Adam and No Eve" |
Alfred Bester
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1941 |
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "As Never Was" |
P. Schuyler Miller
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1944 |
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Asylum" |
A. E. van Vogt
|
1942 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 4 (1942) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Blue Giraffe" |
L. Sprague de Camp
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1939 |
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| 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 |
| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Brain" |
S. Fowler Wright
|
1932 |
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
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| "Correspondence Course" |
Raymond F. Jones
|
1945 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 7 (1945) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Farewell to the Master" |
Harry Bates
|
1940 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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|
|
| "Flight into Darkness" |
J. Francis McComas
|
1943 |
|
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
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| "Forgetfulness" |
John W. Campbell, Jr.
|
1937 |
|
|
| 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 |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| "He Who Shrank" |
Henry Hasse
|
1936 |
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| 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 |
| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
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|
| "Heavy Planet" |
Milton A. Rothman
|
1939 |
|
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "The Link" |
Cleve Cartmill
|
1942 |
|
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
|
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| "A Matter of Size" |
Harry Bates
|
1934 |
|
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
|
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| "The Mechanical Mice" |
Eric Frank Russell,
Maurice G. Hugi
|
1941 |
|
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1978 | Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr |
| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Nerves" |
Lester del Rey
|
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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|
| "Q. U. R." |
Anthony Boucher
|
1943 |
|
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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|
| "Quietus" |
Ross Rocklynne
|
1940 |
|
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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|
| "Requiem" |
Robert A. Heinlein
|
1940 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "The Roads Must Roll" |
Robert A. Heinlein
|
1940 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 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 |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
|
| "Robot's Return" |
Robert Moore Williams
|
1938 |
|
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
|
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| "The Sands of Time" |
P. Schuyler Miller
|
1937 |
|
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| 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 |
|
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| "Seeds of the Dusk" |
Raymond Z. Gallun
|
1938 |
|
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| 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 |
|
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| "The Star Mouse" |
Fredric Brown
|
1942 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 4 (1942) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
|
|
| "Symbiotica" |
Eric Frank Russell
|
1943 |
|
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
|
|
| "Time Locker" |
Henry Kuttner
|
1943 |
|
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
|
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| "Time-Travel Happens!" |
A. M. Phillips
|
1939 |
|
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
|
|
|
| "The Twonky" |
Henry Kuttner,
C. L. Moore
|
1942 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1978 | Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr |
| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 4 (1942) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
|
|
| "V-2: Rocket Cargo Ship" |
Willy Ley
|
1945 |
|
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
|
|
|
| "The Weapon Shop" |
A. E. van Vogt
|
1942 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1980 | The Great SF Stories 4 (1942) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
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| "Within the Pyramid" |
R. DeWitt Miller
|
1937 |
|
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| 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 |
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