The Hard SF Renaissance

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

Title Author/Editor Year↥ Citations Reviews
"A Niche" Peter Watts 1990
1
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"Gene Wars" Paul J. McAuley 1991
2
1992The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"Griffin's Egg" Michael Swanwick 1991
6
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1993The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
2007The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Gardner Dozois
"Matter's End" Gregory Benford 1991
3
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1992The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"Sexual Chemistry" Brian Stableford 1991
1
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"Understand" Ted Chiang 1991
5
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"A Walk in the Sun" Geoffrey A. Landis 1991
4
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1992The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Hammer of God" Arthur C. Clarke 1992
2
1993The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"Into the Miranda Rift" G. David Nordley 1993
4
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1994The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"For White Hill" Joe Haldeman 1995
3
1996Year's Best SF edited by David G. Hartwell
1996The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"Genesis" Poul Anderson 1995
2
1996The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"The Good Rat" Allen Steele 1995
2
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"Gossamer" Stephen Baxter 1995
2
1996Year's Best SF edited by David G. Hartwell
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"Microbe" Joan Slonczewski 1995
3
1996Year's Best SF edited by David G. Hartwell
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
"Think Like a Dinosaur" James Patrick Kelly 1995
12
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1996Year's Best SF edited by David G. Hartwell
1996The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
2024Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories
"Wang's Carpets" Greg Egan 1995
6
1996The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
2005The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
2024Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories
"Bicycle Repairman" Bruce Sterling 1996
5
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1997Year's Best SF 2 edited by David G. Hartwell
1997The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
"An Ever-Reddening Glow" David Brin 1996
1
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"Halo" Karl Schroeder 1996
1
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"Immersion" Gregory Benford 1996
3
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1997The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"The Lady Vanishes" Charles Sheffield 1996
2
1997The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"Madam Butterfly" James P. Hogan 1997
1
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"Marrow" Robert Reed 1997
3
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1998The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"The Mendelian Lamp Case" Paul Levinson 1997
2
1998Year's Best SF 3 edited by David G. Hartwell
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"Reasons to be Cheerful" Greg Egan 1997
2
1998The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"Taklamakan" Bruce Sterling 1998
4
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1999The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars" Kim Stanley Robinson 1999
1
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"Exchange Rate" Hal Clement 1999
2
2000The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"Hatching the Phoenix" Frederik Pohl 1999
2
2000The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"Kinds of Strangers" Sarah Zettel 1999
3
1987The 1987 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
2000Year's Best SF 5 edited by David G. Hartwell
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"Mount Olympus" Ben Bova 1999
2
2000The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"Sexual Dimorphism" Kim Stanley Robinson 1999
3
1973The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
2000Year's Best SF 5 edited by David G. Hartwell
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"Built Upon the Sands of Time" Michael F. Flynn 2000
2
2001Year's Best SF 6 edited by David G. Hartwell
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"Different Kinds of Darkness" David Langford 2000
3
Hugo Award - Story Winner
2001Year's Best SF 6 edited by David G. Hartwell
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"Great Wall of Mars" Alastair Reynolds 2000
2
2001The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"Reality Check" David Brin 2000
2
2001Year's Best SF 6 edited by David G. Hartwell
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"Reef" Paul J. McAuley 2000
4
Sturgeon finalist
2001Year's Best SF 6 edited by David G. Hartwell
2001The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"The Shoulders of Giants" Robert J. Sawyer 2000
1
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"Fast Times at Fairmont High" Vernor Vinge 2001
5
Hugo Award - Story Winner
2002The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
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