Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology

Titles in bold are on the Classics of Science Fiction Short Stories v2 list.

Title↥ Author/Editor Year Citations Reviews
"The Battle" Robert Sheckley 1954
1
1986Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
"The Burning of the Brain" Cordwainer Smith 1958
3
1983The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1986Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1990The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
"Construction Shack" Clifford D. Simak 1973
4
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1974The 1974 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1974Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Third Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey
1986Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
"Down in the Black Gang" Philip José Farmer 1969
1
1986Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
"Driftglass" Samuel R. Delany 1967
8
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1968World's Best Science Fiction: 1968 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1986Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1992Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
"Father of the Stars" Frederik Pohl 1964
1
1986Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
"Fortress Ship" Fred Saberhagen 1963
3
1964The 9th Annual of the Year's Best SF edited by Judith Merril
1986Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1992The Great SF Stories 25 (1963) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
"Game Preserve" Rog Phillips 1957
3
1958SF:'58: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril
1986Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1989The Great SF Stories 19 (1957) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
"The Golden Man" Philip K. Dick 1954
2
1986Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
"The Holmes-Ginsbrook Device" Isaac Asimov 1968
1
1986Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" Harlan Ellison 1967
11
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1968World's Best Science Fiction: 1968 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
19711971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker
1979The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn
1983Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin
1986Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1988Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Kings Who Die" Poul Anderson 1962
3
1963The 8th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril
1986Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1992The Great SF Stories 24 (1962) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
"Last Rites" Charles Beaumont 1955
1
1986Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
"The Man Who Tasted Ashes" Algis Budrys 1959
1
1986Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
"Neutron Star" Larry Niven 1966
8
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1980The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
1986Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1999Locus All Time Poll
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Nightblooming Saurian" James Tiptree, Jr. 1970
1
1986Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
"Nine Hundred Grandmothers" R. A. Lafferty 1966
4
1967World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr
1986Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Occam's Scalpel" Theodore Sturgeon 1971
4
1972The 1972 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1972The Best Science Fiction of the Year edited by Terry Carr
1972Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year edited by Lester del Rey
1986Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
"The Reality Trip" Robert Silverberg 1970
1
1986Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
"This Mortal Mountain" Roger Zelazny 1967
2
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1986Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
"Time Deer" Craig Strete 1974
3
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1975Best SF: 1974 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss
1986Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
"Trick or Treaty" Keith Laumer 1965
1
1986Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl
Stories: 22