| "The Last Question" |
Isaac Asimov
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1956 |
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4
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| 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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| "Black Destroyer" |
A. E. van Vogt
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1939 |
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3
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Who Goes There?" |
John W. Campbell, Jr.
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1938 |
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3
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "The Cold Equations" |
Tom Godwin
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1954 |
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2
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| 1955 | The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 edited by T. E. Dikty |
| 1958 | Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 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 |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1987 | The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) 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 |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "The Aliens" |
Murray Leinster
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1959 |
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| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "All the Way Back" |
Michael Shaara
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1952 |
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| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "Answer" |
Fredric Brown
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1954 |
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| 1958 | Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1987 | The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Code Three" |
Rick Raphael
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1963 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "Environment" |
Chester S. Geier
|
1944 |
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "The Gentle Earth" |
Christopher Anvil
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1957 |
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| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "Goblin Night" |
James H. Schmitz
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1965 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "A Gun for Dinosaur" |
L. Sprague de Camp
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1956 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Heavy Planet" |
Milton A. Rothman
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1939 |
|
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "Hunting Problem" |
Robert Sheckley
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1955 |
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| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "The Last Command" |
Keith Laumer
|
1967 |
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| 1968 | Best SF: 1967 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "Liane the Wayfarer" |
Jack Vance
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1950 |
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| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "The Menace from Earth" |
Robert A. Heinlein
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1957 |
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| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Omnilingual" |
H. Beam Piper
|
1957 |
|
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1989 | The Great SF Stories 19 (1957) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "The Only Thing We Learn" |
C. M. Kornbluth
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1949 |
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| 1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1984 | The Great SF Stories 11 (1949) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "A Pail of Air" |
Fritz Leiber
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1951 |
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| 1985 | The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Quietus" |
Ross Rocklynne
|
1940 |
|
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "Rescue Party" |
Arthur C. Clarke
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1946 |
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1982 | The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Shambleau" |
C. L. Moore
|
1933 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 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 |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Spawn" |
P. Schuyler Miller
|
1939 |
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| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "St. Dragon and the George" |
Gordon R. Dickson
|
1957 |
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| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "Thunder and Roses" |
Theodore Sturgeon
|
1947 |
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| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 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 |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Thy Rocks and Rills" |
Robert E. Gilbert
|
1953 |
|
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| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "Trigger Tide" |
Wyman Guin
|
1950 |
|
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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| "Turning Point" |
Poul Anderson
|
1963 |
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| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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