| "Sandkings" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                George R. R. Martin
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1979 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | 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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                            | "Exhalation" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Ted Chiang
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2008 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2009 | Year's Best SF 14 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             | 2009 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2009 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 1 edited by Allan Kaster | 
                                             | 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             | 2024 | Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Beggars in Spain" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Nancy Kress
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1991 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1992 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             | 2007 | The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Flowers for Algernon" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Daniel Keyes
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1959 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             | 1960 | The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril | 
                                             | 1961 | Best SF Four: 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 | 
                                             | 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever 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 | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | ""Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Harlan Ellison
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1965 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | 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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                            | "Speech Sounds" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Octavia E. Butler
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1983 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2007 | Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams | 
                                             | 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Bears Discover Fire" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Terry Bisson
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1990 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Sturgeon winner | 
                                              | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1991 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf | 
                                             | 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card | 
                                             | 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan | 
                                             | 2005 | The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 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 | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             | 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook | 
                                             | 2024 | Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Blood Music" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Greg Bear
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1983 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | 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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                            | "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Ursula K. Le Guin
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1987 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                              | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1988 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Girl Who Was Plugged In" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                James Tiptree, Jr.
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1973 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Hell Is the Absence of God" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Ted Chiang
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2001 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 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 | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Harlan Ellison
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1967 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1968 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1968 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr | 
                                             | 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 | 
                                             | 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin | 
                                             | 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl | 
                                             | 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Man Who Bridged the Mist" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Kij Johnson
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2011 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2012 edited by Rich Horton | 
                                             | 2012 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2012 | The Year's Top Short SF Novels 2 edited by Allan Kaster | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             | 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "A Song for Lya" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                George R. R. Martin
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1974 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1975 | The 1975 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Who Goes There?" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                John W. Campbell, Jr.
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1938 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | 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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                            | "Even the Queen" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Connie Willis
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1992 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1993 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan | 
                                             | 2005 | The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                James Tiptree, Jr.
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1976 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1977 | The 1977 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha | 
                                             | 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Island" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Peter Watts
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2009 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2010 | Year's Best SF 15 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             | 2010 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2010 edited by Rich Horton | 
                                             | 2010 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2010 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2010 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 2 edited by Allan Kaster | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2013 | Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Jeffty Is Five" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Harlan Ellison
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1977 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1978 | The 1978 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 | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Little Black Bag" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                C. M. Kornbluth
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1950 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 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 | 
                                             | 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 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 Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Ted Chiang
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2007 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2008 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Two edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2008 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Mountains of Mourning" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Lois McMaster Bujold
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1989 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 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 | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Nine Billion Names of God" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Arthur C. Clarke
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1953 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1956 | Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin | 
                                             | 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight | 
                                             | 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 | 
                                             | 1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card | 
                                             | 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Or All the Seas with Oysters" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Avram Davidson
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1958 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1959 | SF:'59: 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 | 
                                             | 1990 | The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts | 
                                             | 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 Persistence of Vision" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                John Varley
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1978 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1979 | The 1979 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha | 
                                             | 1979 | The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #1 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1979 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 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 | 
                                             | 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Press ENTER ■" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                John Varley
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1984 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1985 | The 1985 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha | 
                                             | 1985 | Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #14 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1985 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Queen of Air and Darkness" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Poul Anderson
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1971 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1972 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 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 | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Think Like a Dinosaur" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                James Patrick Kelly
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1995 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1996 | Year's Best SF edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             | 1996 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2002 | The Hard SF 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 | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             | 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             | 2024 | Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Way of Cross and Dragon" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                George R. R. Martin
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1979 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1980 | The 1980 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha | 
                                             | 1980 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Bicentennial Man" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Isaac Asimov
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1976 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1977 | The 1977 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha | 
                                             | 1977 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #6 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Big Front Yard" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Clifford D. Simak
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1958 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker | 
                                             | 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova | 
                                             | 1990 | The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Bloodchild" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Octavia E. Butler
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1984 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | 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 | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Fermi and Frost" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Frederik Pohl
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1985 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1986 | The 1986 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha | 
                                             | 1986 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Fire Watch" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Connie Willis
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1982 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1983 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             | 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "First Contact" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Murray Leinster
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1945 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             | 1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin | 
                                             | 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 | 
                                             | 1982 | The Great SF Stories 7 (1945) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 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 | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Inconstant Moon" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Larry Niven
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1971 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1972 | Best Science Fiction for 1972 edited by Frederik Pohl | 
                                             | 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             | 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Neutron Star" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Larry Niven
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1966 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 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 | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Souls" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Joanna Russ
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1982 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 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 | 
                                             | 1994 | Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf | 
                                             | 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 | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Star" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Arthur C. Clarke
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1955 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | 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 | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Samuel R. Delany
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1968 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1969 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1969 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1982 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "10 to 16 to 1" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                James Patrick Kelly
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1999 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2000 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth 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 | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Roger Zelazny
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1985 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The 43 Antarean Dynasties" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Mike Resnick
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1997 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Harlan Ellison
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1974 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "All Seated on the Ground" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Connie Willis
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2007 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Allamagoosa" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Eric Frank Russell
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1955 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker | 
                                             | 1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 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 | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Animal Farm" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                George Orwell
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1946 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Artificial Condition" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Martha Wells
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2018 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "As the Last I May Know" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                S. L. Huang
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2019 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2020 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Volume 1 edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Barnacle Bill the Spacer" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Lucius Shepard
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1992 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Harlan Ellison
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1968 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Better Living Through Algorithms" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Naomi Kritzer
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2023 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Bicycle Repairman" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Bruce Sterling
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1996 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1997 | Year's Best SF 2 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             | 1997 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2002 | The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             | 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "A Billion Eves" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Robert Reed
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2006 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2007 | Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2007 Edition edited by Rich Horton | 
                                             | 2007 | Best Short Novels 2007 edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2024 | Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Novellas | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Binti" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Nnedi Okorafor
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2015 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2016 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Novellas: 2016 Edition edited by Paula Guran | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Blood of the Dragon" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                George R. R. Martin
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1996 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Boobs" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Suzy McKee Charnas
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1989 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Borderland of Sol" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Larry Niven
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1975 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Bots of the Lost Ark" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Suzanne Palmer
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2021 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Bridesicle" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Will McIntosh
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2009 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "By Any Other Name" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Spider Robinson
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1976 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Cascade Point" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Timothy Zahn
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1983 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "A Case of Conscience" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                James Blish
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1953 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1955 | Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin | 
                                             | 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Cassandra" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                C. J. Cherryh
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1978 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes | 
                                             | 1979 | The 1979 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Cat Pictures Please" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Naomi Kritzer
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2015 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2016 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2016 edited by Rich Horton | 
                                             | 2016 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 1 edited by Neil Clarke | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Catch That Zeppelin!" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Fritz Leiber
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1975 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1976 | The 1976 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Cloak and the Staff" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Gordon R. Dickson
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1980 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Concrete Jungle" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Charles Stross
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2004 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2005 | Best Short Novels: 2005 edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Cookie Monster" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Vernor Vinge
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2003 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2003 | Science Fiction: The Best of 2003 edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2004 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Coraline" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Neil Gaiman
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2002 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Crystal Spheres" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                David Brin
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1984 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Darfsteller" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Walter M. Miller, Jr.
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1955 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Day the World Turned Upside Down" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Thomas Olde Heuvelt
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2014 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Death of Captain Future" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Allen Steele
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1995 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1996 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Death on the Nile" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Connie Willis
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1993 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1994 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Deathbird" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Harlan Ellison
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1973 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1974 | The 1974 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha | 
                                             | 1974 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Different Kinds of Darkness" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                David Langford
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2000 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2001 | Year's Best SF 6 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             | 2002 | The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Djinn's Wife" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Ian McDonald
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2006 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2007 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume One edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2007 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Dog Said Bow-Wow" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Michael Swanwick
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2001 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                              | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2002 | Year's Best SF 7 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             | 2002 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Down in the Bottomlands" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Harry Turtledove
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1993 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Dragon Masters" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Jack Vance
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1962 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Earthman, Come Home" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                James Blish
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1953 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Emergency Skin" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                N. K. Jemisin
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2019 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2020 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Volume 1 edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2020 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 5 edited by Neil Clarke | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Emperor of Mars" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Allen Steele
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2010 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2011 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2011 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 3 edited by Allan Kaster | 
                                             | 2019 | The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Emperor's Soul" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Brandon Sanderson
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2012 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Empress of Salt and Fortune" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Nghi Vo
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2020 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Enemy Mine" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Barry B. Longyear
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1979 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1980 | The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Robert Silverberg
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1989 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1990 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Equoid" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Charles Stross
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2013 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Erdmann Nexus" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Nancy Kress
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2008 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2009 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Eurema's Dam" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                R. A. Lafferty
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1972 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1973 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1973 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, Second Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey | 
                                             | 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Every Heart a Doorway" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Seanan McGuire
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2016 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Exploration Team" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Murray Leinster
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1956 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Eye for Eye" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Orson Scott Card
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1987 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Eyes of Amber" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Joan D. Vinge
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1977 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes | 
                                             | 1978 | The 1978 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Faery Handbag" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Kelly Link
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2004 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Falling Onto Mars" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Geoffrey A. Landis
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2002 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Fast Times at Fairmont High" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Vernor Vinge
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2001 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2002 | The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             | 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Folding Beijing" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Hao Jingfang
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2015 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2016 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2016 edited by Rich Horton | 
                                             | 2016 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 1 edited by Neil Clarke | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "For Want of a Nail" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Mary Robinette Kowal
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2010 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Naomi Kritzer
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2024 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Georgia on My Mind" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Charles Sheffield
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1993 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1994 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Gilgamesh in the Outback" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Robert Silverberg
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1986 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Pat Cadigan
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2012 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2013 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2019 | The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Goat Song" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Poul Anderson
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1972 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1973 | The 1973 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha | 
                                             | 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick | 
                                             | 1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Gold" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Isaac Asimov
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1991 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Gonna Roll the Bones" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Fritz Leiber
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1967 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1982 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Grotto of the Dancing Deer" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Clifford D. Simak
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1980 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1981 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Hemingway Hoax" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Joe Haldeman
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1990 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1991 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2007 | The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Hole Man" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Larry Niven
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1974 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1975 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Home Is the Hangman" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Roger Zelazny
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1975 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Hothouse Series" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Brian W. Aldiss
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1962 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "How We Went to Mars" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Arthur C. Clarke
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1938 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Hunter's Moon" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Poul Anderson
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1978 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Zen Cho
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2018 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "If This Goes On …" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Robert A. Heinlein
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1940 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Ill Met in Lankhmar" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Fritz Leiber
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1970 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Impossible Dreams" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Tim Pratt
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2006 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Inside Job" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Connie Willis
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2005 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2006 | Best Short Novels 2006 edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Kirinyaga" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Mike Resnick
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1988 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1989 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2005 | The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Lady Astronaut of Mars" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Mary Robinette Kowal
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2013 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Last Castle" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Jack Vance
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1966 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1982 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Last of the Winnebagos" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Connie Willis
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1988 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1989 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             | 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Legions in Time" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Michael Swanwick
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2003 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2003 | Science Fiction: The Best of 2003 edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Lifecycle of Software Objects" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Ted Chiang
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2010 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Lincoln Train" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Maureen F. McHugh
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1995 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1996 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth 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 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             | 2024 | Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Longest Voyage" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Poul Anderson
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1960 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1994 | Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Lost Dorsai" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Gordon R. Dickson
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1980 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Man Who Sold the Moon" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Robert A. Heinlein
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1950 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1959 | A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher | 
                                             | 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Manamouki" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Mike Resnick
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1990 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Martian Child" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                David Gerrold
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1994 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Meeting" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Frederik Pohl, 
                              
                            
                          
                        
                          
                            
                              C. M. Kornbluth
                            
                           | 
                      
                        1972 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1973 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1973 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, Second Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Melancholy Elephants" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Spider Robinson
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1982 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts | 
                                             | 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Metal Like Blood in the Dark" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Ursula Vernon
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2020 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2021 | The Year's Top Robot and AI Stories: Second Annual Collection edited by Allan Kaster | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Millennium Babies" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Kristine Kathryn Rusch
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2000 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Mono No Aware" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Ken Liu
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2012 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2013 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Seven edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Nightwings" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Robert Silverberg
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1968 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "No Truce with Kings" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Poul Anderson
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1963 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1992 | The Great SF Stories 25 (1963) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "None So Blind" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Joe Haldeman
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1994 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1995 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth 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 | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Nutcracker Coup" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Janet Kagan
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1992 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Oceanic" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Greg Egan
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1998 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1999 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2007 | The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Ursula K. Le Guin
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1973 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1974 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Paladin of the Lost Hour" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Harlan Ellison
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1985 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Palimpsest" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Charles Stross
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2009 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Paper Menagerie" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Ken Liu
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2011 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2012 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Permafrost" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Roger Zelazny
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1986 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1987 | The 1987 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "A Psalm for the Wild-Built" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Becky Chambers
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2021 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Pusher" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                John Varley
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1981 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1982 | The 1982 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha | 
                                             | 1982 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #11 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Rabbit Test" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Samantha Mills
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2022 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Riders of the Purple Wage" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Philip José Farmer
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1967 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Roads Must Roll" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Robert A. Heinlein
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1940 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas | 
                                             | 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 | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Robbie" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Isaac Asimov
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1940 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1979 | The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Rule 18" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Clifford D. Simak
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1938 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Saturn Game" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Poul Anderson
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1981 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1982 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #11 edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Scherzo with Tyrannosaur" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Michael Swanwick
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1999 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2000 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2024 | Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Schrödinger's Kitten" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                George Alec Effinger
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1988 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Sturgeon winner | 
                                             | 1989 | The 1989 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha | 
                                             | 1989 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Seasons of Glass and Iron" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Amal El-Mohtar
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2016 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2017 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Eleven edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Mike Resnick
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1994 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1995 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Sharing of Flesh" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Poul Anderson
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1968 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Ship of Shadows" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Fritz Leiber
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1969 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1970 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1970 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Shoggoths in Bloom" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Elizabeth Bear
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2008 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2009 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2009 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 1 edited by Allan Kaster | 
                                             | 2010 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Six Months, Three Days" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Charlie Jane Anders
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2011 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                              | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2012 | Year's Best SF 17 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Slow Life" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Michael Swanwick
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2002 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2003 | Year's Best SF 8 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             | 2003 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Slow Sculpture" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Theodore Sturgeon
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1970 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1971 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1971 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl | 
                                             | 1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Soldier, Ask Not" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Gordon R. Dickson
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1964 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2001 | The Great SF Stories (1964) edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Soul Selects Her Own Society: Invasion and Repulsion: A Chronological Reinterpretation of Two of Emily Dickinson's Poems: A Wellsian Perspective" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Connie Willis
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1996 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Space-Time Painter" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Hai Ya
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2022 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Stardance" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Spider Robinson, 
                              
                            
                          
                        
                          
                            
                              Jeanne Robinson
                            
                           | 
                      
                        1977 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 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 | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Stitched to Skin Like Family Is" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Nghi Vo
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2024 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "A Study in Emerald" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Neil Gaiman
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2003 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2003 | Science Fiction: The Best of 2003 edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Taklamakan" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Bruce Sterling
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1998 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1999 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2002 | The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Tangents" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Greg Bear
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1986 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1987 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "That Hell-Bound Train" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Robert Bloch
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1958 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "This Is How You Lose the Time War" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Amal El-Mohtar, 
                              
                            
                          
                        
                          
                            
                              Max Gladstone
                            
                           | 
                      
                        2019 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Thornhedge" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                T. Kingfisher
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2023 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Tideline" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Elizabeth Bear
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2007 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Sturgeon winner | 
                                             | 2008 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2013 | Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden | 
                                             | 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Tk'tk'tk" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                David D. Levine
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2005 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2013 | Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
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                            | "To Serve Man" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Damon Knight
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1950 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty | 
                                             | 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl | 
                                             | 1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Tomato Thief" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Ursula Vernon
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2016 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Travels with My Cats" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Mike Resnick
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2004 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Tricentennial" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Joe Haldeman
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1976 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Tusks of Extinction" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Ray Nayler
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2024 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Two Hearts" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Peter S. Beagle
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2005 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Two Truths and a Lie" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Sarah Pinsker
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2020 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2021 | The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021 edited by Roth & Adams | 
                                             | 2022 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2021 edited by Rich Horton | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Ultimate Earth" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Jack Williamson
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2000 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Uncommon Sense" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Hal Clement
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1945 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Unicorn Variation" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Roger Zelazny
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1981 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Very Pulse of the Machine" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Michael Swanwick
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1998 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1999 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "A Walk in the Sun" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Geoffrey A. Landis
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1991 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1992 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2002 | The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                John Chu
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2013 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "We Will Drink a Fish Together …" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Bill Johnson
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1997 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1998 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Weyr Search" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Anne McCaffrey
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1967 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 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 | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "… Where Angels Fear to Tread" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Allen Steele
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1997 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                              | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Sarah Pinsker
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2021 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Where the Drowned Girls Go" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Seanan McGuire
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2022 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Lawrence Watt-Evans
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1987 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Winds of Marble Arch" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Connie Willis
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1999 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Alix E. Harrow
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2018 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 2019 | The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             | 2019 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2019 edited by Rich Horton | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Word for World Is Forest" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Ursula K. Le Guin
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1972 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
                       | 
                    
                    
                      | 
                        
                       | 
                    
                  
                      
                        
                          
                            | "The Year Without Sunshine" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Naomi Kritzer
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2023 | 
                      
                            
                           | 
                            
                           | 
                    
                      
                        
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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