The Big Book of Science Fiction

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

Title Author/Editor Year↧ Citations Reviews
"Vacancy for the Post of Jesus Christ" Kojo Laing 2005
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Poetry" Cixin Liu 2003
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Baby Doll" Johanna Sinisalo 2002
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Sturgeon finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2008Year's Best SF 13 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Slynx" Tatyana Tolstaya 2000
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Craphound" Cory Doctorow 1998
3
Sturgeon finalist
1999The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Story of Your Life" Ted Chiang 1998
15
Sturgeon winner
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1973The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1999Year's Best SF 4 edited by David G. Hartwell
1999The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2005The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2010Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2024Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Novellas
"How Alex Became a Machine" Stepan Chapman 1997
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Readers of the Lost Art" Élisabeth Vonarburg 1996
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Remnants of the Virago Crypto-System" Geoffrey Maloney 1995
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Ghost Standard" William Tenn 1994
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Remoras" Robert Reed 1994
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1995The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2006The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Universe of Things" Gwyneth Jones 1993
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Death Is Static Death Is Movement" Misha 1990
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Gorgonoids" Leena Krohn 1990
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Before I Wake" Kim Stanley Robinson 1989
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Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Burning Sky" Rachel Pollack 1989
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Two Small Birds" Han Song 1988
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Vacuum States" Geoffrey A. Landis 1988
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"All the Hues of Hell" Gene Wolfe 1987
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1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Crying in the Rain" Tanith Lee 1987
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1988The 1988 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Frozen Cardinal" Michael Moorcock 1987
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"A Gift from the Culture" Iain M. Banks 1987
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2006The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Paranamanco" Jean-Claude Dunyach 1987
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Rachel in Love" Pat Murphy 1987
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Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Sturgeon winner
1975Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1988The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1 edited by David S. Garnett
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1988The 1988 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1999Locus All Time Poll
2004The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Schwarzschild Radius" Connie Willis 1987
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Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"The Brains of Rats" Michael Blumlein 1986
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1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Owl of Bear Island" Jon Bing 1986
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Lake Was Full of Artificial Things" Karen Joy Fowler 1985
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1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Pots" C. J. Cherryh 1985
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1986The 1986 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
2001Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Snow" John Crowley 1985
8
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1986Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #15 edited by Terry Carr
1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2001Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2005The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Bloodchild" Octavia E. Butler 1984
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Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1975Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1985The 1985 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1985The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1985Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #14 edited by Terry Carr
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2004The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"New Rose Hotel" William Gibson 1984
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1985The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"Passing as a Flower in the City of the Dead" Sharon N. Farber 1984
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Sharing Air" Manjula Padmanabhan 1984
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"Variation on a Man" Pat Cadigan 1984
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"Where Two Paths Cross" Dmitri Bilenkin 1984
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Blood Music" Greg Bear 1983
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Hugo Award - Story Winner
Nebula Award - Story Winner
1973The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1984The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1984The 1984 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1996Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2005The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2010Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Mondocane" Jacques Barbéri 1983
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Swarm" Bruce Sterling 1982
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Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1973The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1983The 1983 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1983The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr
1992The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
1997The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Reiko's Universe Box" Kajio Shinji 1981
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"The Snake Who Had Read Chomsky" Josephine Saxton 1981
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Sandkings" George R. R. Martin 1979
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Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1980The Best Science Fiction of the Year #9 edited by Terry Carr
1980Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1999Locus All Time Poll
2001Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2010Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Sporting with the Chid" Barrington J. Bayley 1979
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Wives" Lisa Tuttle 1979
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The House of Compassionate Sharers" Michael Bishop 1977
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1978The 1978 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1978The Best Science Fiction of the Year #7 edited by Terry Carr
1978Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The IWM 1000" Alicia Yánez Cossío 1975
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Standing Woman" Yasutaka Tsutsui 1974
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Unmistakable Smell of Wood Violets" Angélica Gorodischer 1973
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side" James Tiptree, Jr. 1972
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Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1973The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"When It Changed" Joanna Russ 1972
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Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1975Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1980The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1986The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2010Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Good News from the Vatican" Robert Silverberg 1971
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Nebula Award - Story Winner
1972Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year edited by Lester del Rey
1986The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"New Kings Are Not for Laughing" David R. Bunch 1971
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"No Cracks or Sagging" David R. Bunch 1971
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"Vaster Than Empires and More Slow" Ursula K. Le Guin 1971
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Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories
1972The Best Science Fiction of the Year edited by Terry Carr
1975Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1983Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"A Modest Genius" Vadim Shefner 1969
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1974The 1974 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Hall of Machines" Langdon Jones 1968
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Soft Clocks" Yoshio Aramaki 1968
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Aye, and Gomorrah …" Samuel R. Delany 1967
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Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1982The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor
1989The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
1999Locus All Time Poll
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2010Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Day Million" Frederik Pohl 1966
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1967World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1972A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight
1973The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1978Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1980The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
1999Locus All Time Poll
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Nine Hundred Grandmothers" R. A. Lafferty 1966
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1967World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1986Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Hands" John Baxter 1965
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
""Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman" Harlan Ellison 1965
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Nebula Award - Story Winner
Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1966World's Best Science Fiction: 1966 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1982The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor
1997The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell
1999Locus All Time Poll
2001Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Day of Wrath" Sever Gansovsky 1964
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Let Us Save the Universe (An Open Letter from Ijon Tichy)" Stanislaw Lem 1964
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"Darkness" André Carneiro 1963
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1973Best SF: 1972 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"2 B R 0 2 B" Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. 1962
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2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Squid Chooses Its Own Ink" Adolfo Bioy Casares 1962
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"The Astronaut" Valentina Zhuravlyova 1960
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"The Voices of Time" J. G. Ballard 1960
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Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1968One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight
1977The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton
1991The Great SF Stories 22 (1960) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1998The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
"The Flesh Man from Far Wide" David R. Bunch 1959
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2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Man Who Lost the Sea" Theodore Sturgeon 1959
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Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1960The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril
1983The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1989The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
1990The Great SF Stories 21 (1959) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2019Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"Plenitude" Will Mohler 1959
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1960The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Waves" Silvina Ocampo 1959
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"The Monster" Gérard Klein 1958
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"Pelt" Carol Emshwiller 1958
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1959SF:'59: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek
"The Visitors" Arkady Strugatsky,  Boris Strugatsky 1958
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"Sector General" James White 1957
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"The Last Question" Isaac Asimov 1956
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19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1988The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999Locus All Time Poll
2005The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Stranger Station" Damon Knight 1956
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1957SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril
1980The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1988The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1989The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Game of Rat and Dragon" Cordwainer Smith 1955
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Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1956Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1956 edited by T. E. Dikty
1958Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1972A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight
1978Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1988The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999Locus All Time Poll
2006The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Grandpa" James H. Schmitz 1955
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1973The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1980The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1988The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Star" Arthur C. Clarke 1955
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Hugo Award - Story Winner
Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1962A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight
1963Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1973The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1983Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
1988The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1998The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn
1999Locus All Time Poll
2010Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"Let Me Live in a House" Chad Oliver 1954
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"The Liberation of Earth" William Tenn 1953
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1973The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1979Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander
1986The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1999Locus All Time Poll
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
"Prott" Margaret St. Clair 1953
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1955Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin
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"Student Body" F. L. Wallace 1953
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"Baby HP" Juan José Arreola 1952
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"Beyond Lies the Wub" Philip K. Dick 1952
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2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
"The Snowball Effect" Katherine MacLean 1952
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1973The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1986The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Surface Tension" James Blish 1952
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1953Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty
1970The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1999Locus All Time Poll
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"September 2005: The Martian" Ray Bradbury 1949
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"Desertion" Clifford D. Simak 1944
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1950Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1981The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
1983Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
1983The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1992The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" Jorge Luis Borges 1940
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Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1989The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Microscopic Giants" Paul Ernst 1936
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"The Last Poet and the Robots" A. Merritt 1934
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1983Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"A Martian Odyssey" Stanley G. Weinbaum 1934
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1943The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim
1970The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1992The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Conquest of Gola" Leslie F. Stone 1931
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1946The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek
"The Star-Stealers" Edmond Hamilton 1929
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2006The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Fate of the Poseidonia" Clare Winger Harris 1927
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2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Comet" W. E. B. Du Bois 1920
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"The Doom of Principal City" Yefim Zozulya 1918
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"Mechanopolis" Miguel De Unamuno 1913
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"Elements of Pataphysics" Alfred Jarry 1911
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"The New Overworld" Paul Scheerbart 1911
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"The Triumph of Mechanics" Karl Hans Strobl 1907
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"The Sultana's Dream" Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain 1905
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2010The Dreaming Sex: Early Tales of Scientific Imagination by Women edited by Mike Ashley
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"The Star" H. G. Wells 1897
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1966Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science edited by Terry Carr
1977The Road to Science Fiction v. 1: From Gilgamesh to Wells edited by James Gunn
1983Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
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