| "Kings Who Die" |
Poul Anderson
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1962 |
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| 1963 | The 8th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1992 | The Great SF Stories 24 (1962) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Holmes-Ginsbrook Device" |
Isaac Asimov
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1968 |
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| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
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| "Last Rites" |
Charles Beaumont
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1955 |
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| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
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| "The Man Who Tasted Ashes" |
Algis Budrys
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1959 |
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| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
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| "Driftglass" |
Samuel R. Delany
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1967 |
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1
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1968 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1968 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 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 |
| 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 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 |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
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| "The Golden Man" |
Philip K. Dick
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1954 |
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| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" |
Harlan Ellison
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1967 |
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3
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| 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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| "Down in the Black Gang" |
Philip José Farmer
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1969 |
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| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
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| "Nine Hundred Grandmothers" |
R. A. Lafferty
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1966 |
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| 1967 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
| 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
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| "Trick or Treaty" |
Keith Laumer
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1965 |
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| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
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| "Neutron Star" |
Larry Niven
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1966 |
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1
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| 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 |
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| "Game Preserve" |
Rog Phillips
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1957 |
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| 1958 | SF:'58: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1989 | The Great SF Stories 19 (1957) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Father of the Stars" |
Frederik Pohl
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1964 |
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| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
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| "Fortress Ship" |
Fred Saberhagen
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1963 |
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| 1964 | The 9th Annual of the Year's Best SF edited by Judith Merril |
| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1992 | The Great SF Stories 25 (1963) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Battle" |
Robert Sheckley
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1954 |
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| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
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| "The Reality Trip" |
Robert Silverberg
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1970 |
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| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
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| "Construction Shack" |
Clifford D. Simak
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1973 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1974 | The 1974 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1974 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Third Annual Collection edited by Lester del Rey |
| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
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| "The Burning of the Brain" |
Cordwainer Smith
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1958 |
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| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
| 1990 | The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Time Deer" |
Craig Strete
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1974 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1975 | Best SF: 1974 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
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| "Occam's Scalpel" |
Theodore Sturgeon
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1971 |
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| 1972 | The 1972 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1972 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year edited by Terry Carr |
| 1972 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year edited by Lester del Rey |
| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
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| "The Nightblooming Saurian" |
James Tiptree, Jr.
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1970 |
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| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
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| "This Mortal Mountain" |
Roger Zelazny
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1967 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
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