| "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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| "The Man Who Lost the Sea" |
Theodore Sturgeon
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1959 |
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3
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| 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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| "A Meeting with Medusa" |
Arthur C. Clarke
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1971 |
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3
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1972 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year edited by Terry Carr |
| 1972 | Best SF: 1971 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Nobody's Home" |
Joanna Russ
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1972 |
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1
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| 1973 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 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 |
| 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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| "Alas, All Thinking!" |
Harry Bates
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1935 |
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| 1976 | Science Fiction of the Thirties edited by Damon Knight |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "As Easy as A.B.C." |
Rudyard Kipling
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1912 |
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| 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 |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "As Never Was" |
P. Schuyler Miller
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1944 |
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| ""The Author of the Acacia Seeds" and Other Extracts from the Journal of the Association of Therolinguistics" |
Ursula K. Le Guin
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1974 |
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| 1975 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "A Bad Day for Sales" |
Fritz Leiber
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1953 |
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| 1954 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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| "The Burning of the Brain" |
Cordwainer Smith
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1958 |
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| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1990 | The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Capricorn Games" |
Robert Silverberg
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1974 |
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| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Dark Lot of One Saul" |
M. P. Shiel
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1912 |
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| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Doing Lennon" |
Gregory Benford
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1975 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1976 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #5 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
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| "Dreams Are Sacred" |
Peter Phillips
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1948 |
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| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "Dune Roller" |
Julian May
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1951 |
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| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1985 | The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Finis" |
Frank L. Pollock
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1906 |
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| 1968 | Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 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 |
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| "Gehenna" |
Barry N. Malzberg
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1971 |
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| 1972 | The 1972 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1972 | Best SF: 1971 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Goodlife" |
Fred Saberhagen
|
1963 |
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| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Gostak and the Doshes" |
Miles J. Breuer, M.D.
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1930 |
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| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
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| "In the Year 2889" |
Jules Verne
|
1889 |
|
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Mad Moon" |
Stanley G. Weinbaum
|
1935 |
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| 1976 | Science Fiction of the Thirties edited by Damon Knight |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Man of Parts" |
H. L. Gold
|
1954 |
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| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1987 | The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Man Who Came Early" |
Poul Anderson
|
1956 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Mellonta Tauta" |
Edgar Allan Poe
|
1849 |
|
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| 1966 | Future Perfect edited by H. Bruce Franklin |
| 1977 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 1: From Gilgamesh to Wells edited by James Gunn |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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| "The Men Who Murdered Mohammed" |
Alfred Bester
|
1958 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1981 | Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "The Metal Man" |
Jack Williamson
|
1928 |
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| 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 |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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| "Misbegotten Missionary" |
Isaac Asimov
|
1950 |
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| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The New Accelerator" |
H. G. Wells
|
1901 |
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| 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 |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Painwise" |
James Tiptree, Jr.
|
1972 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1973 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "R.U.R." |
Karel Čapek
|
1923 |
|
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| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Sliced-Crosswise Only-On-Tuesday World" |
Philip José Farmer
|
1971 |
|
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| 1972 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year edited by Terry Carr |
| 1972 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year edited by Lester del Rey |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Sold to Satan" |
Mark Twain
|
1923 |
|
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| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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| "The Strange Case of John Kingman" |
Murray Leinster
|
1948 |
|
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| 1949 | The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Think Only This of Me" |
Michael Kurland
|
1973 |
|
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| 1974 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Third Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
|
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|
| "The Tissue-Culture King" |
Julian Huxley
|
1926 |
|
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| 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Travels" |
Carter Scholz
|
1980 |
|
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| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Warm" |
Robert Sheckley
|
1953 |
|
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| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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