| "About a Secret Crocodile" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                R. A. Lafferty
                              
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                        1970 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Betelgeuse Bridge" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                William Tenn
                              
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                        1951 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Cold Friend" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Harlan Ellison
                              
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                        1973 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Deep Down Dragon" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Judith Merril
                              
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                        1961 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "People Soup" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Alan Arkin
                              
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                        1958 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Place Where Chicago Was" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Jim Harmon
                              
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                        1962 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "All the Myriad Ways" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Larry Niven
                              
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                        1968 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Hugo Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Cost of Living" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Robert Sheckley
                              
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                        1952 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl | 
                                             | 1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Founding Father" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Isaac Asimov
                              
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                        1965 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Gift of Garigolli" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Frederik Pohl, 
                              
                            
                          
                        
                          
                            
                              C. M. Kornbluth
                            
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                        1974 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1975 | The 1975 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha | 
                                             | 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Going Down Smooth" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Robert Silverberg
                              
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                        1968 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1969 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1969 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Great Nebraska Sea" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Allan Danzig
                              
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                        1963 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1964 | The 9th Annual of the Year's Best SF edited by Judith Merril | 
                                             | 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Holes Around Mars" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Jerome Bixby
                              
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                        1954 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) | 
                                             | 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Horrer Howce" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Margaret St. Clair
                              
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                        1956 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl | 
                                             | 1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Lady Who Sailed the Soul" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Cordwainer Smith
                              
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                        1960 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl | 
                                             | 1991 | The Great SF Stories 22 (1960) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Oh, To Be a Blobel!" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Philip K. Dick
                              
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                        1964 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1965 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1965 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr | 
                                             | 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Something Bright" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Zenna Henderson
                              
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                        1960 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1961 | The 6th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril | 
                                             | 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Model of a Judge" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                William Morrison
                              
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                        1953 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1954 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty | 
                                             | 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl | 
                                             | 1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Overdrawn at the Memory Bank" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                John Varley
                              
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                        1976 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1977 | The 1977 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha | 
                                             | 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl | 
                                             | 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Wall of Crystal, Eye of Night" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Algis Budrys
                              
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                        1961 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl | 
                                             | 1991 | The Great SF Stories 23 (1961) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "To Serve Man" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Damon Knight
                              
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                        1950 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | 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 | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Last Flight of Dr. Ain" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                James Tiptree, Jr.
                              
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                        1969 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl | 
                                             | 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn | 
                                             | 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts | 
                                             | 2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek | 
                                             | 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Slow Sculpture" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Theodore Sturgeon
                              
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                        1970 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | 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 | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Day Before the Revolution" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Ursula K. Le Guin
                              
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                        1974 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Nebula Award - Story Winner | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes | 
                                             | 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 | 
                                             | 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Coming Attraction" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Fritz Leiber
                              
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                        1950 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Hugo Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty | 
                                             | 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz | 
                                             | 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg | 
                                             | 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton | 
                                             | 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick | 
                                             | 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn | 
                                             | 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 | 
                                             | 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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