| "The Ship Who Sang" |
Anne McCaffrey
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1961 |
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| 1962 | The 7th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1991 | The Great SF Stories 23 (1961) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Masque of the Red Shift" |
Fred Saberhagen
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1965 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1966 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1966 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
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| "Jamboree" |
Jack Williamson
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1969 |
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| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
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| "The Death of Doctor Island" |
Gene Wolfe
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1973 |
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1
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1974 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV 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 |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "The Girl Who Was Plugged In" |
James Tiptree, Jr.
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1973 |
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4
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| 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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| "Doing Lennon" |
Gregory Benford
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1975 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1976 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #5 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
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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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| "Spider Silk" |
Andre Norton
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1976 |
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| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
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| "Ender's Game" |
Orson Scott Card
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1977 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
| 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 |
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| "Devil You Don't Know" |
Dean Ing
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1978 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1979 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #8 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
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| "True Names" |
Vernor Vinge
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1981 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Burning Chrome" |
William Gibson
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1982 |
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3
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1983 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "Souls" |
Joanna Russ
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1982 |
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1
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| 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 |
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| "Sur" |
Ursula K. Le Guin
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1982 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1983 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
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| "Blood Music" |
Greg Bear
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1983 |
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3
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| 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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| "Forever Yours, Anna" |
Kate Wilhelm
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1987 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1988 | The 1988 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1988 | The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1 edited by David S. Garnett |
| 1988 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
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| "The Sun Spider" |
Lucius Shepard
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1987 |
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| 1988 | The 1988 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1988 | The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1 edited by David S. Garnett |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
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| "Boobs" |
Suzy McKee Charnas
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1989 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
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| "A Tupolev Too Far" |
Brian W. Aldiss
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1989 |
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| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
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| "Bears Discover Fire" |
Terry Bisson
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1990 |
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3
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| 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 | 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 | 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 |
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| "A Braver Thing" |
Charles Sheffield
|
1990 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 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 |
| 2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
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| "Identifying the Object" |
Gwyneth Jones
|
1990 |
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| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
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| "Mr. Boy" |
James Patrick Kelly
|
1990 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1991 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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| "One Down, One to Go" |
Philip José Farmer
|
1990 |
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| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
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| "Getting Real" |
Susan Shwartz
|
1991 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
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| "Paperjack" |
Charles de Lint
|
1991 |
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| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
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| "The Mountain to Mohammed" |
Nancy Kress
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1992 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1993 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
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| "Them Old Hyannis Blues" |
Judith Tarr
|
1992 |
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| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
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| "Wall, Stone, Craft" |
Walter Jon Williams
|
1993 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1994 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
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| "Redemption in the Quantum Realm" |
Frederik Pohl
|
1994 |
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| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
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| "Split Light" |
Lisa Goldstein
|
1994 |
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| 1995 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1996 | Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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