| "Air Raid" |
John Varley
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1977 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1977 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2007 | Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams |
| 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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| "Bears Discover Fire" |
Terry Bisson
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1990 |
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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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 2024 | Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories |
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| "The Blind Geometer" |
Kim Stanley Robinson
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1986 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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| "The Eyeflash Miracles" |
Gene Wolfe
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1976 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #6 edited by Terry Carr |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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| "The Fifth Head of Cerberus" |
Gene Wolfe
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1972 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1973 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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| "Forgiveness Day" |
Ursula K. Le Guin
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1994 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Sturgeon winner |
| 1995 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 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 |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
| 2024 | Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Novellas |
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| "Great Work of Time" |
John Crowley
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1989 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
| 1990 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
| 2024 | Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Novellas |
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| "Hardfought" |
Greg Bear
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1983 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1984 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #13 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1984 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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| "In the Hall of the Martian Kings" |
John Varley
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1977 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 1978 | The 1978 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1978 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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| "Light of Other Days" |
Bob Shaw
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1966 |
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| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1967 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
| 1968 | SF 12 edited by Judith Merril |
| 1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
| 1972 | A Science Fiction Argosy edited by Damon Knight |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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| "Nobody's Home" |
Joanna Russ
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1972 |
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| 1973 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
| 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
| 1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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| "A Rose for Ecclesiastes" |
Roger Zelazny
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1963 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1965 | 10th Annual Edition: The Year's Best SF edited by Judith Merril |
| 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 |
| 1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
| 1992 | The Great SF Stories 25 (1963) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 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 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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| "The Screwfly Solution" |
James Tiptree, Jr.
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1977 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 1978 | The 1978 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
| 1978 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #7 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1978 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
| 1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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| "Seven American Nights" |
Gene Wolfe
|
1978 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| 1979 | The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #1 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1979 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 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 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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| "Slow Music" |
James Tiptree, Jr.
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1980 |
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| 1981 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10 edited by Terry Carr |
| 1981 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Tenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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| "The Star Pit" |
Samuel R. Delany
|
1967 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1968 | SF 12 edited by Judith Merril |
| 1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
| 1994 | Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
| 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
| 2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
| 2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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| "Strangers" |
Gardner Dozois
|
1974 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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| "The Unconquered Country" |
Geoff Ryman
|
1984 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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| "The Very Slow Time Machine" |
Ian Watson
|
1978 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
| 1979 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #8 edited by Terry Carr |
| 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
| 2022 | Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook |
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