| "Wives" |
Lisa Tuttle
|
1979 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Where Two Paths Cross" |
Dmitri Bilenkin
|
1984 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "When It Changed" |
Joanna Russ
|
1972 |
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11
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 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 |
| 1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
| 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 |
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| "The Waves" |
Silvina Ocampo
|
1959 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "The Voices of Time" |
J. G. Ballard
|
1960 |
|
1
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| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 1991 | The Great SF Stories 22 (1960) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "The Visitors" |
Arkady Strugatsky,
Boris Strugatsky
|
1958 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Vaster Than Empires and More Slow" |
Ursula K. Le Guin
|
1971 |
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2
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1972 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year edited by Terry Carr |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
| 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 |
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| "Variation on a Man" |
Pat Cadigan
|
1984 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Vacuum States" |
Geoffrey A. Landis
|
1988 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Vacancy for the Post of Jesus Christ" |
Kojo Laing
|
2005 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "The Unmistakable Smell of Wood Violets" |
Angélica Gorodischer
|
1973 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "The Universe of Things" |
Gwyneth Jones
|
1993 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Two Small Birds" |
Han Song
|
1988 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "The Triumph of Mechanics" |
Karl Hans Strobl
|
1907 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" |
Jorge Luis Borges
|
1940 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Swarm" |
Bruce Sterling
|
1982 |
|
3
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1983 | The 1983 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1983 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Surface Tension" |
James Blish
|
1952 |
|
2
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| 1953 | Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 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 |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 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 |
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| "The Sultana's Dream" |
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
|
1905 |
|
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| 2010 | The Dreaming Sex: Early Tales of Scientific Imagination by Women edited by Mike Ashley |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Student Body" |
F. L. Wallace
|
1953 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Stranger Station" |
Damon Knight
|
1956 |
|
3
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| 1957 | SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Story of Your Life" |
Ted Chiang
|
1998 |
|
4
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| Sturgeon winner |
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1999 | Year's Best SF 4 edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1999 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2005 | The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
| 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 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2024 | Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Novellas |
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| "The Star-Stealers" |
Edmond Hamilton
|
1929 |
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| 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "The Star" |
H. G. Wells
|
1897 |
|
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| 1966 | Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science edited by Terry Carr |
| 1977 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 1: From Gilgamesh to Wells edited by James Gunn |
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "The Star" |
Arthur C. Clarke
|
1955 |
|
1
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1963 | Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 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) |
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 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 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Standing Woman" |
Yasutaka Tsutsui
|
1974 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "The Squid Chooses Its Own Ink" |
Adolfo Bioy Casares
|
1962 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Sporting with the Chid" |
Barrington J. Bayley
|
1979 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Soft Clocks" |
Yoshio Aramaki
|
1968 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
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| "The Snowball Effect" |
Katherine MacLean
|
1952 |
|
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Snow" |
John Crowley
|
1985 |
|
2
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| 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 |
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| "The Snake Who Had Read Chomsky" |
Josephine Saxton
|
1981 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "The Slynx" |
Tatyana Tolstaya
|
2000 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Sharing Air" |
Manjula Padmanabhan
|
1984 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "September 2005: The Martian" |
Ray Bradbury
|
1949 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Sector General" |
James White
|
1957 |
|
1
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Schwarzschild Radius" |
Connie Willis
|
1987 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
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| "Sandkings" |
George R. R. Martin
|
1979 |
|
7
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| 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 |
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| ""Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman" |
Harlan Ellison
|
1965 |
|
4
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| 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 |
|
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|
| "The Remoras" |
Robert Reed
|
1994 |
|
|
| 1995 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
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| "Remnants of the Virago Crypto-System" |
Geoffrey Maloney
|
1995 |
|
|
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
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| "Reiko's Universe Box" |
Kajio Shinji
|
1981 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
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|
| "Readers of the Lost Art" |
Élisabeth Vonarburg
|
1996 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
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|
| "Rachel in Love" |
Pat Murphy
|
1987 |
|
4
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Sturgeon winner |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1988 | The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1 edited by David S. Garnett |
| 1988 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1988 | The 1988 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
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|
| "Prott" |
Margaret St. Clair
|
1953 |
|
|
| 1955 | Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
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|
| "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 |
|
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|
| "The Poetry" |
Cixin Liu
|
2003 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
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|
| "Plenitude" |
Will Mohler
|
1959 |
|
|
| 1960 | The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
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|
| "Pelt" |
Carol Emshwiller
|
1958 |
|
|
| 1959 | SF:'59: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
|
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| "Passing as a Flower in the City of the Dead" |
Sharon N. Farber
|
1984 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
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| "Paranamanco" |
Jean-Claude Dunyach
|
1987 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
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| "The Owl of Bear Island" |
Jon Bing
|
1986 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
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| "No Cracks or Sagging" |
David R. Bunch
|
1971 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
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|
| "Nine Hundred Grandmothers" |
R. A. Lafferty
|
1966 |
|
|
| 1967 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
|
|
| "New Rose Hotel" |
William Gibson
|
1984 |
|
|
| 1985 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
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|
| "The New Overworld" |
Paul Scheerbart
|
1911 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
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| "New Kings Are Not for Laughing" |
David R. Bunch
|
1971 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
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| "The Monster" |
Gérard Klein
|
1958 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
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| "Mondocane" |
Jacques Barbéri
|
1983 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
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| "A Modest Genius" |
Vadim Shefner
|
1969 |
|
|
| 1974 | The 1974 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
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|
| "The Microscopic Giants" |
Paul Ernst
|
1936 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
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| "Mechanopolis" |
Miguel De Unamuno
|
1913 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
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| "A Martian Odyssey" |
Stanley G. Weinbaum
|
1934 |
|
5
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| 1943 | The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim |
| 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 |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 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 |
| 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 |
|
|
|
| "The Man Who Lost the Sea" |
Theodore Sturgeon
|
1959 |
|
3
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1960 | The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1990 | The Great SF Stories 21 (1959) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
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|
| "The Liberation of Earth" |
William Tenn
|
1953 |
|
6
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 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 |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
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|
| "Let Us Save the Universe (An Open Letter from Ijon Tichy)" |
Stanislaw Lem
|
1964 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Let Me Live in a House" |
Chad Oliver
|
1954 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
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|
| "The Last Question" |
Isaac Asimov
|
1956 |
|
4
|
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 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 |
|
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|
| "The Last Poet and the Robots" |
A. Merritt
|
1934 |
|
|
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
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|
| "The Lake Was Full of Artificial Things" |
Karen Joy Fowler
|
1985 |
|
|
| 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 |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
|
|
| "The IWM 1000" |
Alicia Yánez Cossío
|
1975 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
|
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| "How Alex Became a Machine" |
Stepan Chapman
|
1997 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
|
|
| "The House of Compassionate Sharers" |
Michael Bishop
|
1977 |
|
|
| 1978 | The 1978 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1978 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #7 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1978 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
|
|
| "The Hands" |
John Baxter
|
1965 |
|
|
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
|
|
| "The Hall of Machines" |
Langdon Jones
|
1968 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
|
|
| "Grandpa" |
James H. Schmitz
|
1955 |
|
|
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
|
|
| "Gorgonoids" |
Leena Krohn
|
1990 |
|
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
|
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| "Good News from the Vatican" |
Robert Silverberg
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1971 |
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4
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| 1972 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year edited by Lester del Rey |
| 1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr |
| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "A Gift from the Culture" |
Iain M. Banks
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1987 |
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| 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "The Ghost Standard" |
William Tenn
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1994 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "The Game of Rat and Dragon" |
Cordwainer Smith
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1955 |
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2
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1956 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1956 edited by T. E. Dikty |
| 1958 | Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1972 | A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight |
| 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) 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 |
| 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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| "The Frozen Cardinal" |
Michael Moorcock
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1987 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "The Flesh Man from Far Wide" |
David R. Bunch
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1959 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "The Fate of the Poseidonia" |
Clare Winger Harris
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1927 |
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| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Elements of Pataphysics" |
Alfred Jarry
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1911 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "The Doom of Principal City" |
Yefim Zozulya
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1918 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Desertion" |
Clifford D. Simak
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1944 |
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3
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1981 | The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Death Is Static Death Is Movement" |
Misha
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1990 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Day of Wrath" |
Sever Gansovsky
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1964 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Day Million" |
Frederik Pohl
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1966 |
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3
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| 1967 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1972 | A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |
| 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 |
| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 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 |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Darkness" |
André Carneiro
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1963 |
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| 1973 | Best SF: 1972 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Crying in the Rain" |
Tanith Lee
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1987 |
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| 1988 | The 1988 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Craphound" |
Cory Doctorow
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1998 |
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| 1999 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "The Conquest of Gola" |
Leslie F. Stone
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1931 |
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
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| "The Comet" |
W. E. B. Du Bois
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1920 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Burning Sky" |
Rachel Pollack
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1989 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "The Brains of Rats" |
Michael Blumlein
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1986 |
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| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Bloodchild" |
Octavia E. Butler
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1984 |
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1
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1985 | The 1985 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1985 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1985 | Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #14 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 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 All Time Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Blood Music" |
Greg Bear
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1983 |
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3
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1984 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1984 | The 1984 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2005 | The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 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 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Beyond Lies the Wub" |
Philip K. Dick
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1952 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Before I Wake" |
Kim Stanley Robinson
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1989 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Baby HP" |
Juan José Arreola
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1952 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Baby Doll" |
Johanna Sinisalo
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2002 |
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| Sturgeon finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2008 | Year's Best SF 13 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Aye, and Gomorrah …" |
Samuel R. Delany
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1967 |
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2
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1982 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 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 |
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| "The Astronaut" |
Valentina Zhuravlyova
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1960 |
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| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side" |
James Tiptree, Jr.
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1972 |
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3
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 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 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "All the Hues of Hell" |
Gene Wolfe
|
1987 |
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| 1988 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "2 B R 0 2 B" |
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
|
1962 |
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| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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