| "The Emptiness of Space" |
John Wyndham
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1960 |
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| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "The Rat" |
S. Fowler Wright
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1929 |
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| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "Custom Fitting" |
James White
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1976 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "The Country of the Blind" |
H. G. Wells
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1904 |
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| 1967 | Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "The Great Atlantic Swimming Race" |
Ian Watson
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1986 |
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| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "And He Not Busy Being Born" |
Brian Stableford
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1986 |
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| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "The Happiest Day of Your Life" |
Bob Shaw
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1970 |
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| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "The Power of Time" |
Josephine Saxton
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1971 |
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| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "Hobbyist" |
Eric Frank Russell
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1947 |
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| 1961 | Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 9 (1947) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "An Infinite Summer" |
Christopher Priest
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1976 |
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| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #6 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Dreams Are Sacred" |
Peter Phillips
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1948 |
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| 1983 | The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "The Nature of the Catastrophe" |
Michael Moorcock
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1970 |
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| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "Made in U.S.A." |
J. T. McIntosh
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1953 |
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| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "Mouth of Hell" |
David I. Masson
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1966 |
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| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "Written in Water" |
Tanith Lee
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1982 |
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| 1983 | The 1983 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "As Easy as A.B.C." |
Rudyard Kipling
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1912 |
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| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "The Great Fog" |
H. F. Heard
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1944 |
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| 1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "Settling the World" |
M. John Harrison
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1975 |
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| 1976 | Best SF: 75, The Ninth Annual edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "A Corner in Lightning" |
George Griffith
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1898 |
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| 1968 | Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "The Horror of the Heights" |
Arthur Conan Doyle
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1913 |
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| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
| 2017 | Frankenstein Dreams edited by Michael Sims |
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| "It's Smart to Have an English Address" |
D. G. Compton
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1967 |
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| 1968 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1968 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "The Star" |
Arthur C. Clarke
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1955 |
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1
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1963 | Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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| "The Muse" |
Anthony Burgess
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1968 |
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1
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| 1970 | Best SF: 1969 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "The Totally Rich" |
John Brunner
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1963 |
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| 1992 | The Great SF Stories 25 (1963) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "A Negligible Experiment" |
J. D. Beresford
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1921 |
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| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "The Doom of London" |
Robert Barr
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1892 |
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| 1968 | Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "The Voices of Time" |
J. G. Ballard
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1960 |
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1
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| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 1991 | The Great SF Stories 22 (1960) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "The Drowned Giant" |
J. G. Ballard
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1964 |
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| 1966 | 11th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
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| "Mason's Life" |
Kingsley Amis
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1972 |
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| 1974 | Best SF: 1973 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "Working in the Spaceship Yards" |
Brian W. Aldiss
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1969 |
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| 1970 | Best SF: 1969 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "Appearance of Life" |
Brian W. Aldiss
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1976 |
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3
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| 1977 | The 1977 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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