"The Word for World Is Forest" |
Ursula K. Le Guin
|
1972 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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"The Women Men Don't See" |
James Tiptree, Jr.
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1973 |
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2
|
1974 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 edited by Terry Carr |
1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
1975 | Best SF: 1974 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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"The Wind Cap" |
Jane Yolen
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1977 |
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2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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"Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers" |
Lawrence Watt-Evans
|
1987 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
"Who Goes There?" |
John W. Campbell, Jr.
|
1938 |
|
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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"Who Can Replace a Man?" |
Brian W. Aldiss
|
1958 |
|
|
1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
1963 | Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin |
1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
"The Whimper of Whipped Dogs" |
Harlan Ellison
|
1973 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
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"When It Changed" |
Joanna Russ
|
1972 |
|
11
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| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr |
1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
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 |
2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
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 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"Weyr Search" |
Anne McCaffrey
|
1967 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
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 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Weapon" |
Fredric Brown
|
1951 |
|
|
1952 | Omnibus of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
1966 | Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science edited by Terry Carr |
1985 | The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" |
Philip K. Dick
|
1966 |
|
1
|
1967 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
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 |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"Waldo" |
Robert A. Heinlein
|
1942 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
1959 | A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Voices of Time" |
J. G. Ballard
|
1960 |
|
1
|
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
1991 | The Great SF Stories 22 (1960) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Veldt" |
Ray Bradbury
|
1950 |
|
|
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"Vaster Than Empires and More Slow" |
Ursula K. Le Guin
|
1971 |
|
2
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
1972 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year edited by Terry Carr |
1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
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 |
|
|
"The Variable Man" |
Philip K. Dick
|
1953 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag" |
Robert A. Heinlein
|
1942 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"Understand" |
Ted Chiang
|
1991 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
2002 | The Hard SF Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"The Underhandler" |
Christopher Anvil
|
1990 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Ugly Little Boy" |
Isaac Asimov
|
1958 |
|
|
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"The Tunnel Under the World" |
Frederik Pohl
|
1955 |
|
|
1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
1992 | The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey |
2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"The Tunnel Ahead" |
Alice Glaser
|
1961 |
|
|
1962 | The 7th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
|
|
"True Names" |
Vernor Vinge
|
1981 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
"The Tower Room" |
Sara Douglass
|
2011 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" |
Samuel R. Delany
|
1968 |
|
1
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1969 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1969 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
1982 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"Thor Meets Captain America" |
David Brin
|
1986 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"There Will Come Soft Rains" |
Ray Bradbury
|
1950 |
|
3
|
1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) 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 |
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 |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"That Only a Mother" |
Judith Merril
|
1948 |
|
2
|
1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
1978 | Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
1983 | The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
|
|
"That Hell-Bound Train" |
Robert Bloch
|
1958 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Tell-Tale Heart" |
Edgar Allan Poe
|
1843 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Telenapota Abishkar" |
Premendra Mitra
|
1984 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Telek" |
Jack Vance
|
1952 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Surface Tension" |
James Blish
|
1952 |
|
2
|
1953 | Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
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 |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
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 |
|
|
"Superiority" |
Arthur C. Clarke
|
1951 |
|
|
1985 | The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Story of Your Life" |
Ted Chiang
|
1998 |
|
4
|
| Sturgeon winner |
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
1999 | Year's Best SF 4 edited by David G. Hartwell |
1999 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
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 | 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 |
2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The State of the Art" |
Iain M. Banks
|
1989 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Star Ducks" |
Bill Brown
|
1950 |
|
|
1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
1966 | Best SF Six edited by Edmund Crispin |
1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Star" |
Arthur C. Clarke
|
1955 |
|
1
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
1963 | Best SF Five edited by Edmund Crispin |
1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
1998 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 5: The British Way edited by James Gunn |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
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 |
2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
"Speech Sounds" |
Octavia E. Butler
|
1983 |
|
4
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1993 | The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery |
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 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"Space, Time, and the Incurable Romantic" |
J. Michael Straczynski
|
2000 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"A Sound of Thunder" |
Ray Bradbury
|
1952 |
|
|
1966 | Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science edited by Terry Carr |
1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"A Song for Lya" |
George R. R. Martin
|
1974 |
|
3
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1975 | The 1975 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"The Ship Who Sang" |
Anne McCaffrey
|
1961 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
"A Shady Plot" |
Elsie Brown
|
1921 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Sentinel" |
Arthur C. Clarke
|
1951 |
|
2
|
1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
1985 | The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
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 | 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 |
|
|
"Second Variety" |
Philip K. Dick
|
1953 |
|
4
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
1954 | Year's Best Science Fiction Novels: 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories edited by Michael Stapleton |
1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
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 |
|
|
"The Screwfly Solution" |
James Tiptree, Jr.
|
1977 |
|
2
|
| 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 |
|
|
"Scanners Live in Vain" |
Cordwainer Smith
|
1950 |
|
3
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
"The Saturn Game" |
Poul Anderson
|
1981 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1982 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #11 edited by Terry Carr |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Sandkings" |
George R. R. Martin
|
1979 |
|
7
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1980 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #9 edited by Terry Carr |
1980 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
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 |
|
|
"Sales Pitch" |
Philip K. Dick
|
1954 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Runaround" |
Isaac Asimov
|
1942 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Roog" |
Philip K. Dick
|
1953 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Robot Dreams" |
Isaac Asimov
|
1986 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
2007 | Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
|
"Robbie" |
Isaac Asimov
|
1940 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1979 | The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
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 |
|
|
"The Roads Must Roll" |
Robert A. Heinlein
|
1940 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
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 |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"The Road Not Taken" |
Harry Turtledove
|
1985 |
|
|
2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" |
Stephen King
|
1982 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Rescue Party" |
Arthur C. Clarke
|
1946 |
|
|
1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
1982 | The Great SF Stories 8 (1946) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"Requiem" |
Robert A. Heinlein
|
1940 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
""Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman" |
Harlan Ellison
|
1965 |
|
4
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1966 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1966 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
1982 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor |
1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
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 |
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 |
|
|
"Reason" |
Isaac Asimov
|
1941 |
|
|
1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
1978 | Science Fiction of the Forties edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Queen of Air and Darkness" |
Poul Anderson
|
1971 |
|
2
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1972 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year edited by Terry Carr |
1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"The Proud Robot" |
Henry Kuttner,
C. L. Moore
|
1943 |
|
1
|
1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
1981 | The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"A Planet Named Shayol" |
Cordwainer Smith
|
1961 |
|
|
1962 | The 7th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
1991 | The Great SF Stories 23 (1961) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"The Pedestrian" |
Ray Bradbury
|
1951 |
|
|
1952 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Passengers" |
Robert Silverberg
|
1968 |
|
1
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
1982 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
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 |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"Pandora's Millions" |
George O. Smith
|
1945 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"A Pail of Air" |
Fritz Leiber
|
1951 |
|
|
1985 | The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"Or All the Seas with Oysters" |
Avram Davidson
|
1958 |
|
2
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1959 | SF:'59: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril |
1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
1990 | The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
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 |
|
|
"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" |
Ursula K. Le Guin
|
1973 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1974 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 edited by Terry Carr |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"Omnilingual" |
H. Beam Piper
|
1957 |
|
|
1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
1989 | The Great SF Stories 19 (1957) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"No Woman Born" |
C. L. Moore
|
1944 |
|
|
1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
1955 | Best SF edited by Edmund Crispin |
1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
1981 | The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"No Truce with Kings" |
Poul Anderson
|
1963 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1992 | The Great SF Stories 25 (1963) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Nine Lives" |
Ursula K. Le Guin
|
1969 |
|
2
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
1970 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1970 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
1970 | Best SF: 1969 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |
1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
"The Nine Billion Names of God" |
Arthur C. Clarke
|
1953 |
|
2
|
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1956 | Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
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 |
1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
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 |
|
|
"Nightwings" |
Robert Silverberg
|
1968 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"Nightfall" |
Isaac Asimov
|
1941 |
|
1
|
1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
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 |
1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
1978 | Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr |
1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 2: From Wells to Heinlein edited by James Gunn |
1980 | The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) 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 |
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 |
|
|
"Neutron Star" |
Larry Niven
|
1966 |
|
1
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
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 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"The Nameless City" |
H. P. Lovecraft
|
1921 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Mr. Goober's Show" |
Howard Waldrop
|
1998 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Mountains of Mourning" |
Lois McMaster Bujold
|
1989 |
|
2
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
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 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
|
"The Moon Moth" |
Jack Vance
|
1961 |
|
2
|
1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova |
1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
1991 | The Great SF Stories 23 (1961) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
1992 | Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
"The Monkey's Paw" |
W. W. Jacobs
|
1902 |
|
|
2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Miracle Merchant" |
Saki
|
1934 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Minority Report" |
Philip K. Dick
|
1956 |
|
1
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Mimsy Were the Borogoves" |
Henry Kuttner,
C. L. Moore
|
1943 |
|
1
|
1948 | A Treasury of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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 |
1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
1981 | The Great SF Stories 5 (1943) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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 |
|
|
"Microcosmic God" |
Theodore Sturgeon
|
1941 |
|
1
|
1943 | The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim |
1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
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 |
1978 | Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr |
1980 | The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) 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 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"The Menace from Earth" |
Robert A. Heinlein
|
1957 |
|
|
2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"A Meeting with Medusa" |
Arthur C. Clarke
|
1971 |
|
3
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
1972 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year edited by Terry Carr |
1972 | Best SF: 1971 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr |
1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"The Matter of Seggri" |
Ursula K. Le Guin
|
1994 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
1995 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Martian Way" |
Isaac Asimov
|
1952 |
|
|
1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova |
1986 | The Great SF Stories 14 (1952) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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 |
|
|
"A Martian Odyssey" |
Stanley G. Weinbaum
|
1934 |
|
5
|
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 |
|
|
"Mars Is Heaven!" |
Ray Bradbury
|
1948 |
|
|
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
1949 | The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
1983 | The Great SF Stories 10 (1948) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Marionettes, Inc." |
Ray Bradbury
|
1949 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Marching Morons" |
C. M. Kornbluth
|
1951 |
|
|
1952 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
1985 | The Great SF Stories 13 (1951) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"The Man Who Sold the Moon" |
Robert A. Heinlein
|
1950 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1959 | A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher |
1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"The Man Who Came Early" |
Poul Anderson
|
1956 |
|
|
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
"Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death" |
James Tiptree, Jr.
|
1973 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"The Longest Voyage" |
Poul Anderson
|
1960 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1994 | Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Locomotive 38, the Ojibway" |
William Saroyan
|
1937 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Little Black Bag" |
C. M. Kornbluth
|
1950 |
|
2
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
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 |
1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) 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 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"Light of Other Days" |
Bob Shaw
|
1966 |
|
2
|
| 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 |
|
|
"Life-Line" |
Robert A. Heinlein
|
1939 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
"The Liberation of Earth" |
William Tenn
|
1953 |
|
6
|
1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties edited by Greenberg and Olander |
1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Liar!" |
Isaac Asimov
|
1941 |
|
|
1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
1980 | The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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 |
|
|
"The Last Question" |
Isaac Asimov
|
1956 |
|
4
|
1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
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 |
|
|
"The Last Castle" |
Jack Vance
|
1966 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1982 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"The Langoliers" |
Stephen King
|
1990 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Lady or the Tiger?" |
Frank R. Stockton
|
1882 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Jeffty Is Five" |
Harlan Ellison
|
1977 |
|
2
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1978 | The 1978 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
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 |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
|
"Inconstant Moon" |
Larry Niven
|
1971 |
|
1
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1972 | Best Science Fiction for 1972 edited by Frederik Pohl |
1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
"Imposter" |
Philip K. Dick
|
1953 |
|
|
1956 | Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
1986 | The Great SF Stories 15 (1953) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister?" |
Theodore Sturgeon
|
1967 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" |
Harlan Ellison
|
1967 |
|
3
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1968 | World's Best Science Fiction: 1968 edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr |
1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"The Human Operators" |
Harlan Ellison,
A. E. van Vogt
|
1971 |
|
|
1972 | Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year edited by Lester del Rey |
1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Human Is" |
Philip K. Dick
|
1955 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" |
James Tiptree, Jr.
|
1976 |
|
2
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1977 | The 1977 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"Herbig-Haro" |
Harry Turtledove
|
1984 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Hell Is the Absence of God" |
Ted Chiang
|
2001 |
|
3
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
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 |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
|
"Helen O'Loy" |
Lester del Rey
|
1938 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
"The Hedge Knight" |
George R. R. Martin
|
1998 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Harrison Bergeron" |
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
|
1961 |
|
1
|
1970 | Best SF Seven: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
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 |
|
|
"The Gun Without a Bang" |
Robert Sheckley
|
1958 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Gulf" |
Robert A. Heinlein
|
1949 |
|
|
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
1964 | A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Damon Knight |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Grotto of the Dancing Deer" |
Clifford D. Simak
|
1980 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1981 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10 edited by Terry Carr |
2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
|
"The Green Hills of Earth" |
Robert A. Heinlein
|
1947 |
|
|
1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
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 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"The Great God Pan" |
Arthur Machen
|
1894 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Golden Man" |
Philip K. Dick
|
1954 |
|
|
1986 | Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Goat Song" |
Poul Anderson
|
1972 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1973 | The 1973 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |
1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr |
1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Girl Who Was Plugged In" |
James Tiptree, Jr.
|
1973 |
|
4
|
| 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 |
|
|
"The Girl in the Golden Atom" |
Ray Cummings
|
1919 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
"Gilgamesh in the Outback" |
Robert Silverberg
|
1986 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The George Business" |
Roger Zelazny
|
1980 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Game of Rat and Dragon" |
Cordwainer Smith
|
1955 |
|
2
|
| 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 |
|
|
"The Fun They Had" |
Isaac Asimov
|
1951 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Fondly Fahrenheit" |
Alfred Bester
|
1954 |
|
2
|
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
1981 | Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories |
1987 | The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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 | 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 |
2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
"The Fog Horn" |
Ray Bradbury
|
1951 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Flowers for Algernon" |
Daniel Keyes
|
1959 |
|
4
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
1960 | The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F edited by Judith Merril |
1961 | Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
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 |
1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
"First Contact" |
Murray Leinster
|
1945 |
|
1
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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 |
1982 | The Great SF Stories 7 (1945) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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 |
|
|
"The Feeling of Power" |
Isaac Asimov
|
1958 |
|
|
1990 | The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Father-Thing" |
Philip K. Dick
|
1954 |
|
|
1959 | A Treasury of Great Science Fiction edited by Anthony Boucher |
1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology edited by Greenberg, Olander, Warrick |
1987 | The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Farewell to the Master" |
Harry Bates
|
1940 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories |
1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
1979 | The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Faith of Our Fathers" |
Philip K. Dick
|
1967 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
"Exploration Team" |
Murray Leinster
|
1956 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1988 | The Great SF Stories 18 (1956) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Etaoin Shrdlu" |
Fredric Brown
|
1942 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Enemy Mine" |
Barry B. Longyear
|
1979 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1980 | The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #2 edited by Terry Carr |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline" |
Isaac Asimov
|
1948 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Ender's Game" |
Orson Scott Card
|
1977 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
"Enchanted Village" |
A. E. van Vogt
|
1950 |
|
|
1965 | Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction edited by Sam Moskowitz |
1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
1997 | The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Electric Ant" |
Philip K. Dick
|
1969 |
|
|
1970 | Best SF: 1969 edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss |
1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Dragon Masters" |
Jack Vance
|
1962 |
|
|
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"Dial "F" for Frankenstein" |
Arthur C. Clarke
|
1965 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Delenda Est" |
Poul Anderson
|
1955 |
|
|
1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Death-Trap" |
Saki
|
1924 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Days of Solomon Gursky" |
Ian McDonald
|
1998 |
|
|
1999 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Day Before the Revolution" |
Ursula K. Le Guin
|
1974 |
|
1
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
1980 | Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction edited by Greenberg, Olander, Pohl |
1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr |
2004 | The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed" |
Ray Bradbury
|
1949 |
|
|
2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"Dacey's Patent Automatic Nanny" |
Ted Chiang
|
2011 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Crystal Spheres" |
David Brin
|
1984 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
"The Crystal Egg" |
H. G. Wells
|
1897 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
"The Conquest of Gola" |
Leslie F. Stone
|
1931 |
|
|
1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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 |
2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek |
|
|
"The Commuter" |
Philip K. Dick
|
1953 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Colour Out of Space" |
H. P. Lovecraft
|
1927 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
"A Colder War" |
Charles Stross
|
2000 |
|
|
2001 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Cold Equations" |
Tom Godwin
|
1954 |
|
2
|
1955 | The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 edited by T. E. Dikty |
1958 | Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
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 |
1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
1987 | The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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 |
|
|
"Cheat!" |
Allan Baillie
|
1995 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Chaser" |
John Collier
|
1940 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Cask of Amontillado" |
Edgar Allan Poe
|
1846 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Canterville Ghost" |
Oscar Wilde
|
1887 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"The Call of Cthulhu" |
H. P. Lovecraft
|
1928 |
|
|
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Call Me Joe" |
Poul Anderson
|
1957 |
|
|
1958 | Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 9th Series edited by T. E. Dikty |
1962 | A Century of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A edited by Ben Bova |
1989 | The Great SF Stories 19 (1957) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"By His Bootstraps" |
Robert A. Heinlein
|
1941 |
|
1
|
1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
1978 | Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr |
1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"Business as Usual, During Alterations" |
Ralph Williams
|
1958 |
|
|
1968 | One Hundred Years of Science Fiction edited by Damon Knight |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight" |
Ursula K. Le Guin
|
1987 |
|
3
|
| Sturgeon finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1988 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
|
"The Boy, the Dog and the Spaceship" |
Nicholas Fisk
|
1974 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Born with the Dead" |
Robert Silverberg
|
1974 |
|
1
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
1975 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4 edited by Terry Carr |
1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
1986 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV edited by Terry Carr |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"Born of Man and Woman" |
Richard Matheson
|
1950 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
1951 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
1970 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One edited by Robert Silverberg |
1982 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 4: From Here to Forever edited by James Gunn |
1984 | The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Blowups Happen" |
Robert A. Heinlein
|
1940 |
|
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
1946 | The Best of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
1956 | Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Bloodchild" |
Octavia E. Butler
|
1984 |
|
1
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1975 | Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes |
1985 | The 1985 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
1985 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |
1985 | Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #14 edited by Terry Carr |
1988 | Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Greenberg, Warrick, Waugh |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
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 |
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 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
|
|
"Blood of the Dragon" |
George R. R. Martin
|
1996 |
|
|
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |
|
|
"Black Destroyer" |
A. E. van Vogt
|
1939 |
|
3
|
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 |
|
|
"The Big Front Yard" |
Clifford D. Simak
|
1958 |
|
2
|
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
1973 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B edited by Ben Bova |
1990 | The Great SF Stories 20 (1958) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"The Bicentennial Man" |
Isaac Asimov
|
1976 |
|
1
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1977 | The 1977 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
1977 | The Best Science Fiction of the Year #6 edited by Terry Carr |
1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"Beyond Lies the Wub" |
Philip K. Dick
|
1952 |
|
|
2016 | The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Bears Discover Fire" |
Terry Bisson
|
1990 |
|
3
|
| 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 |
|
|
"Aye, and Gomorrah …" |
Samuel R. Delany
|
1967 |
|
2
|
| Nebula Award - Story Winner |
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
1982 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III edited by Arthur C. Clarke and George W. Proctor |
1989 | The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
2010 | Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories |
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 |
|
|
"Arena" |
Fredric Brown
|
1944 |
|
2
|
1950 | Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Groff Conklin |
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 |
1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
1981 | The Great SF Stories 6 (1944) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2000 | The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts |
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 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
|
|
"The April Witch" |
Ray Bradbury
|
1952 |
|
|
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"Answer" |
Fredric Brown
|
1954 |
|
|
1958 | Best SF Three: Science Fiction Stories edited by Edmund Crispin |
1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
1987 | The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
2005 | The World Turned Upside Down edited by Drake, Baen, and Flint |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
|
|
"And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side" |
James Tiptree, Jr.
|
1972 |
|
3
|
| Hugo Award - Story Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
1973 | The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007) |
2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al |
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 |
2019 | Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories |
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"… And He Built a Crooked House" |
Robert A. Heinlein
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1941 |
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1943 | The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. Wollheim |
1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
1978 | Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age edited by Terry Carr |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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"Allamagoosa" |
Eric Frank Russell
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1955 |
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| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
1988 | The Great SF Stories 17 (1955) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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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"All You Zombies—" |
Robert A. Heinlein
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1959 |
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| Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories |
1971 | 1971 WSFA-Analog Poll of Best Modern SF Short Stories by Michael T. Shoemaker |
1979 | The Road to Science Fiction v. 3: From Heinlein to Here edited by James Gunn |
1980 | The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg |
1983 | Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin |
1999 | Locus All Time Poll |
2001 | Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card |
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 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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"All Summer in a Day" |
Ray Bradbury
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1954 |
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2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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"Adjustment Team" |
Philip K. Dick
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1954 |
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2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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"Adam and No Eve" |
Alfred Bester
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1941 |
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1946 | Adventures in Time and Space edited by Healy and McComas |
1980 | The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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"Across Three Millennia" |
Emily Smith
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1997 |
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2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
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"24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai" |
Roger Zelazny
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1985 |
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| Nebula Award - Story Finalist |
| Hugo Award - Story Winner |
2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll |
2018 | ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories |
2018 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story |
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