| "Black Destroyer" |
A. E. van Vogt
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1939 |
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3
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "The Blue Giraffe" |
L. Sprague de Camp
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1939 |
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "I, Robot" |
Otto Binder
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1939 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "Life-Line" |
Robert A. Heinlein
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1939 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1979 | The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Marooned Off Vesta" |
Isaac Asimov
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1939 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
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| "The Faithful" |
Lester del Rey
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1938 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
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| "He That Hath Wings" |
Edmond Hamilton
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1938 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
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| "Helen O'Loy" |
Lester del Rey
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1938 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "Robots Return" |
Robert Moore Williams
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1938 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
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| "Seeds of the Dusk" |
Raymond Z. Gallun
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1938 |
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
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| "Who Goes There?" |
John W. Campbell, Jr.
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1938 |
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3
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 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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| "Forgetfulness" |
John W. Campbell, Jr.
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1937 |
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
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| "The Sands of Time" |
P. Schuyler Miller
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1937 |
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
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| "Within the Pyramid" |
R. DeWitt Miller
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1937 |
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
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| "He Who Shrank" |
Henry Hasse
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1936 |
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| 1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
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| "The Shadow Out of Time" |
H. P. Lovecraft
|
1936 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
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| "The Adaptive Ultimate" |
Stanley G. Weinbaum
|
1935 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
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| "Night" |
John W. Campbell, Jr.
|
1935 |
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| 1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
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| "Proxima Centauri" |
Murray Leinster
|
1935 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
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| "A Martian Odyssey" |
Stanley G. Weinbaum
|
1934 |
|
5
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| 1943 | The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
| 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 |
| 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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| "Old Faithful" |
Raymond Z. Gallun
|
1934 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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| "Sidewise in Time" |
Murray Leinster
|
1934 |
|
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1974 | Before the Golden Age edited by Isaac Asimov |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
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| "Twilight" |
John W. Campbell, Jr.
|
1934 |
|
1
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| 1943 | The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim |
| 1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
| 1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
| 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
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| "Shambleau" |
C. L. Moore
|
1933 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
| 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 |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "The Lost Machine" |
John Wyndham
|
1932 |
|
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
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| "Politics" |
Murray Leinster
|
1932 |
|
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
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| "Armageddon—2419 A.D." |
Philip Francis Nowlan
|
1928 |
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
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| "The Colour Out of Space" |
H. P. Lovecraft
|
1927 |
|
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| 1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
| 1967 | Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "The Girl in the Golden Atom" |
Ray Cummings
|
1919 |
|
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| 1970 | Under the Moons of Mars: A History and Anthology of 'The Scientific Romance' in the Munsey Magazines, 1912-1920 edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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| "The Runaway Skyscraper" |
Murray Leinster
|
1919 |
|
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
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| "The Machine Stops" |
E. M. Forster
|
1909 |
|
5
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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| "The Country of the Blind" |
H. G. Wells
|
1904 |
|
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| 1967 | Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
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| "The New Accelerator" |
H. G. Wells
|
1901 |
|
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| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
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| "The Crystal Egg" |
H. G. Wells
|
1897 |
|
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| 1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Pre-1940 SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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