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
"The Doom of Principal City" Yefim Zozulya 1918
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Astronaut" Valentina Zhuravlyova 1960
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"All the Hues of Hell" Gene Wolfe 1987
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
"Schwarzschild Radius" Connie Willis 1987
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
"Sector General" James White 1957
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Star" H. G. Wells 1897
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
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"A Martian Odyssey" Stanley G. Weinbaum 1934
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
"Student Body" F. L. Wallace 1953
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"2 B R 0 2 B" Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. 1962
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
"Readers of the Lost Art" Élisabeth Vonarburg 1996
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Wives" Lisa Tuttle 1979
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Standing Woman" Yasutaka Tsutsui 1974
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Slynx" Tatyana Tolstaya 2000
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
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
"The Liberation of Earth" William Tenn 1953
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
"The Ghost Standard" William Tenn 1994
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Man Who Lost the Sea" Theodore Sturgeon 1959
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
"The Visitors" Arkady StrugatskyBoris Strugatsky 1958
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Triumph of Mechanics" Karl Hans Strobl 1907
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Conquest of Gola" Leslie F. Stone 1931
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
"Swarm" Bruce Sterling 1982
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
"Two Small Birds" Han Song 1988
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Game of Rat and Dragon" Cordwainer Smith 1955
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
"Baby Doll" Johanna Sinisalo 2002
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
"Desertion" Clifford D. Simak 1944
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
"Good News from the Vatican" Robert Silverberg 1971
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
"Reiko's Universe Box" Kajio Shinji 1981
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"A Modest Genius" Vadim Shefner 1969
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
"Grandpa" James H. Schmitz 1955
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 New Overworld" Paul Scheerbart 1911
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Snake Who Had Read Chomsky" Josephine Saxton 1981
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"When It Changed" Joanna Russ 1972
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
"Before I Wake" Kim Stanley Robinson 1989
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Remoras" Robert Reed 1994
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
"Burning Sky" Rachel Pollack 1989
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Day Million" Frederik Pohl 1966
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
"Sharing Air" Manjula Padmanabhan 1984
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Let Me Live in a House" Chad Oliver 1954
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Waves" Silvina Ocampo 1959
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Rachel in Love" Pat Murphy 1987
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
"The Frozen Cardinal" Michael Moorcock 1987
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Plenitude" Will Mohler 1959
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
"Death Is Static Death Is Movement" Misha 1990
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Last Poet and the Robots" A. Merritt 1934
1983Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Sandkings" George R. R. Martin 1979
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
"Remnants of the Virago Crypto-System" Geoffrey Maloney 1995
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Snowball Effect" Katherine MacLean 1952
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
"The Poetry" Cixin Liu 2003
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
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Vaster Than Empires and More Slow" Ursula K. Le Guin 1971
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
"Crying in the Rain" Tanith Lee 1987
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
"Vacuum States" Geoffrey A. Landis 1988
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Vacancy for the Post of Jesus Christ" Kojo Laing 2005
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Nine Hundred Grandmothers" R. A. Lafferty 1966
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
"Gorgonoids" Leena Krohn 1990
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Stranger Station" Damon Knight 1956
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 Monster" Gérard Klein 1958
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Hall of Machines" Langdon Jones 1968
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Universe of Things" Gwyneth Jones 1993
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Elements of Pataphysics" Alfred Jarry 1911
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Sultana's Dream" Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain 1905
2010The Dreaming Sex: Early Tales of Scientific Imagination by Women edited by Mike Ashley
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Fate of the Poseidonia" Clare Winger Harris 1927
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 Star Stealers" Edmond Hamilton 1929
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Unmistakable Smell of Wood Violets" Angélica Gorodischer 1973
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"New Rose Hotel" William Gibson 1984
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
"Day of Wrath" Sever Gansovsky 1964
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Lake Was Full of Artificial Things" Karen Joy Fowler 1985
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
"Passing as a Flower in the City of the Dead" Sharon N. Farber 1984
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Microscopic Giants" Paul Ernst 1936
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Pelt" Carol Emshwiller 1958
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
""Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman" Harlan Ellison 1965
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
"Paranamanco" Jean-Claude Dunyach 1987
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Comet" W. E. B. Du Bois 1920
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Craphound" Cory Doctorow 1998
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
"Beyond Lies the Wub" Philip K. Dick 1952
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
"Mechanopolis" Miguel De Unamuno 1913
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Aye, and Gomorrah …" Samuel R. Delany 1967
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
"Snow" John Crowley 1985
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
"The IWM 1000" Alicia Yánez Cossío 1975
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Star" Arthur C. Clarke 1955
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
"Prott" Margaret St. Clair 1953
1955Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Story of Your Life" Ted Chiang 1998
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
"Pots" C. J. Cherryh 1985
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
"How Alex Became a Machine" Stepan Chapman 1997
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Squid Chooses Its Own Ink" Adolfo Bioy Casares 1962
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Darkness" André Carneiro 1963
1973Best SF: 1972 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Variation on a Man" Pat Cadigan 1984
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Bloodchild" Octavia E. Butler 1984
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
"The Flesh Man from Far Wide" David R. Bunch 1959
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"No Cracks or Sagging" David R. Bunch 1971
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"New Kings Are Not for Laughing" David R. Bunch 1971
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"September 2005: The Martian" Ray Bradbury 1949
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" Jorge Luis Borges 1940
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 Brains of Rats" Michael Blumlein 1986
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Surface Tension" James Blish 1952
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
"The House of Compassionate Sharers" Michael Bishop 1977
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 Owl of Bear Island" Jon Bing 1986
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Where Two Paths Cross" Dmitri Bilenkin 1984
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Blood Music" Greg Bear 1983
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
"Sporting with the Chid" Barrington J. Bayley 1979
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Hands" John Baxter 1965
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Mondocane" Jacques Barbéri 1983
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"A Gift from the Culture" Iain M. Banks 1987
2006The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Voices of Time" J. G. Ballard 1960
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 Last Question" Isaac Asimov 1956
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
"Baby HP" Juan José Arreola 1952
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Soft Clocks" Yoshio Aramaki 1968
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
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