| "Fool's Errand" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Sarah Zettel
                              
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                        1993 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Guest Law" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                John C. Wright
                              
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                        1997 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1998 | Year's Best SF 3 edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Prince of Space" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Jack Williamson
                              
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                        1931 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Movements of Her Eyes" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Scott Westerfeld
                              
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                        2000 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                David Weber
                              
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                        2001 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Bear Trap" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Charles Stross
                              
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                        2000 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Death of Captain Future" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Allen Steele
                              
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                        1995 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Hugo Award - Story Winner | 
                                             | 1996 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Game of Rat and Dragon" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Cordwainer Smith
                              
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                        1955 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Hugo Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 1956 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1956 edited by T. E. Dikty | 
                                             | 1958 | Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin | 
                                             | 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker | 
                                             | 1972 | A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight | 
                                             | 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 | 
                                             | 1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg | 
                                             | 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh | 
                                             | 1999 | Locus All Time Poll | 
                                             | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             | 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al | 
                                             | 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories | 
                                             | 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Orphans of the Helix" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Dan Simmons
                              
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                        1999 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Zim Left Unguarded, the Jenghik Palace in Flames, Jon Westerley Dead" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Robert Sheckley
                              
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                        1972 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Ring Rats" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                R. Garcia y Robertson
                              
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                        2002 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Spirey and the Queen" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Alastair Reynolds
                              
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                        1996 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Remoras" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Robert Reed
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1994 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1995 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             | 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Lost Sorceress of the Silent Citadel" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Michael Moorcock
                              
                             | 
                      
                        2002 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2003 | Year's Best SF 8 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Recording Angel" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Paul J. McAuley
                              
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                        1995 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1996 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 1997 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Shobies' Story" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Ursula K. Le Guin
                              
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                        1990 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 1991 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Space Opera" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Michael Kandel
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1997 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Swordsmen of Varnis" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Clive Jackson
                              
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                        1950 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Escape Route" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Peter F. Hamilton
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1997 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1998 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Star-Stealers" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Edmond Hamilton
                              
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                        1929 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             | 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Well Wishers" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Colin Greenland
                              
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                        1997 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Ranks of Bronze" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                David Drake
                              
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                        1975 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             | 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Empire Star" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Samuel R. Delany
                              
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                        1966 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Grist" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Tony Daniel
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1998 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1999 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Weatherman" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Lois McMaster Bujold
                              
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                        1990 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Temptation" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                David Brin
                              
                             | 
                      
                        1999 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Enchantress of Venus" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Leigh Brackett
                              
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                        1949 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts | 
                                             | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "A Worm in the Well" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Gregory Benford
                              
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                        1995 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 1996 | Year's Best SF edited by David G. Hartwell | 
                                             | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Great Game" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Stephen Baxter
                              
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                        2003 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2004 | Year's Best SF 9 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "A Gift from the Culture" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Iain M. Banks
                              
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                        1987 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             | 2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Aurora in Four Voices" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Catherine Asaro
                              
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                        1998 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Hugo Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Nebula Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 2006 | The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer | 
                                             | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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