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1844

Rappaccini’s Daughter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne

  • Future Perfect ed. H. Bruce Franklin
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Anthologies ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Waugh
  • Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology ed. Eric S. Rabkin
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri

1897

The Star” by H. G. Wells

  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander
  • Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology ed. Eric S. Rabkin
  • The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Garyn G. Roberts
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • The Big Book of Science Fiction ed. Jeff and Ann VanderMeer

1909

The Machine Stops” by E. M. Forster

  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1927

The Colour Out of Space” by H. P. Lovecraft

  • Anthologies ed. Groff Conklin
  • Anthologies ed. Sam Moskowitz
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Garyn G. Roberts
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1931

The Conquest of Gola” by Leslie F. Stone

  • Anthologies ed. Groff Conklin
  • The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Garyn G. Roberts
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • The Big Book of Science Fiction ed. Jeff and Ann VanderMeer
  • The Future is Female! ed. Lisa Yaszek
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

1933

Shambleau” by C. L. Moore

  • Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories
  • The World Turned Upside Down ed. Drake, Baen, and Flint
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1934

A Martian Odyssey” by Stanley G. Weinbaum

  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander
  • The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories ed. Tom Shippey
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Garyn G. Roberts
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • The Big Book of Science Fiction ed. Jeff and Ann VanderMeer
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Twilight” by John W. Campbell, Jr.

  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander
  • Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology ed. Eric S. Rabkin
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri

1938

Who Goes There?” by John W. Campbell, Jr.

  • Hugo winner
  • Adventures in Time and Space ed. Healy and McComas
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander
  • Anthologies ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Waugh
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • The World Turned Upside Down ed. Drake, Baen, and Flint
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1939

Black Destroyer” by A. E. van Vogt

  • Adventures in Time and Space ed. Healy and McComas
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • The World Turned Upside Down ed. Drake, Baen, and Flint
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1940

Farewell to the Master” by Harry Bates

  • Hugo finalist
  • Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories
  • Adventures in Time and Space ed. Healy and McComas
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

Requiem” by Robert A. Heinlein

  • Hugo finalist
  • Adventures in Time and Space ed. Healy and McComas
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Roads Must Roll” by Robert A. Heinlein

  • Hugo winner
  • Adventures in Time and Space ed. Healy and McComas
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Robbie” by Isaac Asimov

  • Hugo winner
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Garyn G. Roberts
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1941

… And He Built a Crooked House” by Robert A. Heinlein

  • Anthologies ed. Terry Carr
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

By His Bootstraps” by Robert A. Heinlein

  • Adventures in Time and Space ed. Healy and McComas
  • Anthologies ed. Terry Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Liar!” by Isaac Asimov

  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Microcosmic God” by Theodore Sturgeon

  • Anthologies ed. Terry Carr
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Nightfall” by Isaac Asimov

  • Adventures in Time and Space ed. Healy and McComas
  • Anthologies ed. Terry Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • Anthologies ed. Brian Aldiss
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Reason” by Isaac Asimov

  • Anthologies ed. Damon Knight
  • Anthologies ed. Brian Aldiss
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Anthologies ed. Pohl, Greenberg, Olander
  • Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology ed. Eric S. Rabkin
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

Universe” by Robert A. Heinlein

  • Anthologies ed. Groff Conklin
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1942

Nerves” by Lester Del Rey

  • Hugo finalist
  • Adventures in Time and Space ed. Healy and McComas
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Anthologies ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Waugh
  • Locus All Time Poll

The Weapon Shop” by A. E. van Vogt

  • Hugo finalist
  • Adventures in Time and Space ed. Healy and McComas
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Anthologies ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Waugh
  • The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Garyn G. Roberts
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1943

Mimsy Were the Borogoves” by Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore

  • Anthologies ed. Groff Conklin
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Proud Robot” by Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore

  • Adventures in Time and Space ed. Healy and McComas
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

1944

Arena” by Fredric Brown

  • Anthologies ed. Groff Conklin
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • Anthologies ed. Brian Aldiss
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Garyn G. Roberts
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Desertion” by Clifford D. Simak

  • Anthologies ed. Groff Conklin
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology ed. Eric S. Rabkin
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories ed. Tom Shippey
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • The Big Book of Science Fiction ed. Jeff and Ann VanderMeer
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Killdozer!” by Theodore Sturgeon

  • Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
  • Anthologies ed. Groff Conklin
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Anthologies ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Waugh
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

No Woman Born” by C. L. Moore

  • Anthologies ed. Groff Conklin
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • Anthologies ed. Pamela Sargent
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Anthologies ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Waugh
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

1945

First Contact” by Murray Leinster

  • Hugo winner
  • Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories
  • Anthologies ed. Groff Conklin
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1946

The Million-Year Picnic” by Ray Bradbury

  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Anthologies ed. Pohl, Greenberg, Olander
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Rescue Party” by Arthur C. Clarke

  • Anthologies ed. Groff Conklin
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • The World Turned Upside Down ed. Drake, Baen, and Flint
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Vintage Season” by Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore

  • Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories
  • Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
  • Anthologies ed. Groff Conklin
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1947

E for Effort” by T. L. Sherred

  • Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories
  • Anthologies ed. Groff Conklin
  • Anthologies ed. Damon Knight
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Anthologies ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Waugh
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Green Hills of Earth” by Robert A. Heinlein

  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Thunder and Roses” by Theodore Sturgeon

  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Garyn G. Roberts
  • The World Turned Upside Down ed. Drake, Baen, and Flint
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

With Folded Hands …” by Jack Williamson

  • Anthologies ed. Groff Conklin
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Anthologies ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Waugh
  • Locus All Time Poll

1948

In Hiding” by Wilmar H. Shiras

  • The Best Science-Fiction Stories ed. Bleiler and Dikty
  • Anthologies ed. Terry Carr
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • The Future is Female! ed. Lisa Yaszek

Mars Is Heaven!” by Ray Bradbury

  • Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories
  • The Best Science-Fiction Stories ed. Bleiler and Dikty
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

That Only a Mother” by Judith Merril

  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • Anthologies ed. Pamela Sargent
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Anthologies ed. Pohl, Greenberg, Olander
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Garyn G. Roberts
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • The Future is Female! ed. Lisa Yaszek
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

1949

Private Eye” by Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore

  • Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories
  • The Best Science-Fiction Stories ed. Bleiler and Dikty
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg

1950

Born of Man and Woman” by Richard Matheson

  • Hugo finalist
  • The Best Science-Fiction Stories ed. Bleiler and Dikty
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

Coming Attraction” by Fritz Leiber

  • Hugo finalist
  • The Best Science-Fiction Stories ed. Bleiler and Dikty
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Little Black Bag” by C. M. Kornbluth

  • Hugo winner
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Man Who Sold the Moon” by Robert A. Heinlein

  • Hugo winner
  • A Treasury of Great Science Fiction ed. Anthony Boucher
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Scanners Live in Vain” by Cordwainer Smith

  • Hugo finalist
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • Anthologies ed. Brian Aldiss
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury

  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Garyn G. Roberts
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1951

… And Then There Were None” by Eric Frank Russell

  • The Best Science-Fiction Stories ed. Bleiler and Dikty
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • Anthologies ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Waugh
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Marching Morons” by C. M. Kornbluth

  • The Best Science-Fiction Stories ed. Bleiler and Dikty
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

A Pail of Air” by Fritz Leiber

  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • The World Turned Upside Down ed. Drake, Baen, and Flint
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury

  • The Best Science-Fiction Stories ed. Bleiler and Dikty
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • Anthologies ed. Brian Aldiss
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

The Sentinel” by Arthur C. Clarke

  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Garyn G. Roberts
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1952

Baby Is Three” by Theodore Sturgeon

  • Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories
  • Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • Anthologies ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Waugh
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Martian Way” by Isaac Asimov

  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Anthologies ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Waugh
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

A Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury

  • Anthologies ed. Terry Carr
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Surface Tension” by James Blish

  • The Best Science-Fiction Stories ed. Bleiler and Dikty
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • The Big Book of Science Fiction ed. Jeff and Ann VanderMeer
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

What’s It Like Out There?” by Edmond Hamilton

  • Anthologies ed. Damon Knight
  • Anthologies ed. Terry Carr
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Locus All Time Poll

1953

A Bad Day for Sales” by Fritz Leiber

  • The Best Science-Fiction Stories ed. Bleiler and Dikty
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • Anthologies ed. Pohl, Greenberg, Olander
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman

It’s a Good Life” by Jerome Bixby

  • Hugo finalist
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Liberation of Earth” by William Tenn

  • Anthologies ed. Brian Aldiss
  • Anthologies ed. Pohl, Greenberg, Olander
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • The Big Book of Science Fiction ed. Jeff and Ann VanderMeer
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

The Nine Billion Names of God” by Arthur C. Clarke

  • Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
  • Hugo winner
  • Anthologies ed. Damon Knight
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Masterpieces ed. Orson Scott Card
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

A Saucer of Loneliness” by Theodore Sturgeon

  • Hugo finalist
  • Anthologies ed. Pohl, Greenberg, Olander
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Masterpieces ed. Orson Scott Card
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Second Variety” by Philip K. Dick

  • Hugo finalist
  • The Best Science-Fiction Stories ed. Bleiler and Dikty
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1954

The Cold Equations” by Tom Godwin

  • The Best Science-Fiction Stories ed. Bleiler and Dikty
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • The World Turned Upside Down ed. Drake, Baen, and Flint
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Father-Thing” by Philip K. Dick

  • A Treasury of Great Science Fiction ed. Anthony Boucher
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

Fondly Fahrenheit” by Alfred Bester

  • Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories
  • Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Garyn G. Roberts
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1955

Allamagoosa” by Eric Frank Russell

  • Hugo winner
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Game of Rat and Dragon” by Cordwainer Smith

  • Hugo finalist
  • Anthologies ed. Damon Knight
  • The Best Science-Fiction Stories ed. Bleiler and Dikty
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • The Big Book of Science Fiction ed. Jeff and Ann VanderMeer
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Nobody Bothers Gus” by Algis Budrys

  • Hugo finalist
  • Anthologies ed. Damon Knight
  • Year’s Best SF ed. Judith Merril
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Anthologies ed. Pohl, Greenberg, Olander
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf

The Star” by Arthur C. Clarke

  • Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
  • Hugo winner
  • Anthologies ed. Damon Knight
  • Anthologies ed. Terry Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Brian Aldiss
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology ed. Eric S. Rabkin
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • The Big Book of Science Fiction ed. Jeff and Ann VanderMeer
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Tunnel Under the World” by Frederik Pohl

  • Anthologies ed. Brian Aldiss
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories ed. Tom Shippey
  • Masterpieces ed. Orson Scott Card
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1956

The Country of the Kind” by Damon Knight

  • Year’s Best SF ed. Judith Merril
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • Anthologies ed. Brian Aldiss
  • Anthologies ed. Pohl, Greenberg, Olander
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Last Question” by Isaac Asimov

  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • The World Turned Upside Down ed. Drake, Baen, and Flint
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • The Big Book of Science Fiction ed. Jeff and Ann VanderMeer
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Man Who Came Early” by Poul Anderson

  • Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories
  • Anthologies ed. Damon Knight
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

Stranger Station” by Damon Knight

  • Year’s Best SF ed. Judith Merril
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • The Big Book of Science Fiction ed. Jeff and Ann VanderMeer

1957

Call Me Joe” by Poul Anderson

  • Anthologies ed. Damon Knight
  • The Best Science-Fiction Stories ed. Bleiler and Dikty
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Masterpieces ed. Orson Scott Card
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

1958

The Big Front Yard” by Clifford D. Simak

  • Hugo winner
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Men Who Murdered Mohammed” by Alfred Bester

  • Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories
  • Hugo finalist
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Or All the Seas with Oysters” by Avram Davidson

  • Hugo winner
  • Year’s Best SF ed. Judith Merril
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Garyn G. Roberts
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Ugly Little Boy” by Isaac Asimov

  • Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Who Can Replace a Man?” by Brian W. Aldiss

  • Anthologies ed. Damon Knight
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories ed. Tom Shippey
  • Masterpieces ed. Orson Scott Card
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

1959

All You Zombies—” by Robert A. Heinlein

  • Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology ed. Eric S. Rabkin
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Masterpieces ed. Orson Scott Card
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes

  • Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
  • Hugo winner
  • Year’s Best SF ed. Judith Merril
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander
  • Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology ed. Eric S. Rabkin
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Man Who Lost the Sea” by Theodore Sturgeon

  • Hugo finalist
  • Year’s Best SF ed. Judith Merril
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • The Big Book of Science Fiction ed. Jeff and Ann VanderMeer

The Pi Man” by Alfred Bester

  • Hugo finalist
  • Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf

1960

The Voices of Time” by J. G. Ballard

  • Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
  • Anthologies ed. Damon Knight
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • The Big Book of Science Fiction ed. Jeff and Ann VanderMeer
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

1961

Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

  • Anthologies ed. Brian Aldiss
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Garyn G. Roberts
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Moon Moth” by Jack Vance

  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

A Planet Named Shayol” by Cordwainer Smith

  • Year’s Best SF ed. Judith Merril
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Ship Who Sang” by Anne McCaffrey

  • Year’s Best SF ed. Judith Merril
  • Anthologies ed. Pamela Sargent
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1962

The Ballad of Lost C’Mell” by Cordwainer Smith

  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories ed. Tom Shippey
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Dragon Masters” by Jack Vance

  • Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
  • Hugo winner
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1963

A Rose for Ecclesiastes” by Roger Zelazny

  • Hugo finalist
  • Year’s Best SF ed. Judith Merril
  • Science Fiction Hall of Fame ed. Silverberg and Bova
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1964

Soldier, Ask Not” by Gordon R. Dickson

  • Hugo winner
  • The Great SF Stories 1939-1964 ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Silverberg
  • Anthologies ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Waugh
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Terminal Beach” by J. G. Ballard

  • Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories
  • Year’s Best SF ed. Judith Merril
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1965

The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth” by Roger Zelazny

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula winner
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

He Who Shapes” by Roger Zelazny

  • Nebula winner
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

“Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman” by Harlan Ellison

  • Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • The World’s Best Science Fiction ed. Wollheim and Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Masterpieces ed. Orson Scott Card
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • The Big Book of Science Fiction ed. Jeff and Ann VanderMeer
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1966

Behold the Man” by Michael Moorcock

  • Nebula winner
  • The World’s Best Science Fiction ed. Wollheim and Carr
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Day Million” by Frederik Pohl

  • Anthologies ed. Damon Knight
  • The World’s Best Science Fiction ed. Wollheim and Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • Anthologies ed. Brian Aldiss
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • The Norton Book of Science Fiction ed. Le Guin and Attebery
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • The Big Book of Science Fiction ed. Jeff and Ann VanderMeer
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

For a Breath I Tarry” by Roger Zelazny

  • Hugo finalist
  • The World’s Best Science Fiction ed. Wollheim and Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology ed. Eric S. Rabkin
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Keys to December” by Roger Zelazny

  • Nebula finalist
  • The World’s Best Science Fiction ed. Wollheim and Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Last Castle” by Jack Vance

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Light of Other Days” by Bob Shaw

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories
  • Anthologies ed. Damon Knight
  • Year’s Best SF ed. Judith Merril
  • The World’s Best Science Fiction ed. Wollheim and Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Neutron Star” by Larry Niven

  • Hugo winner
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

We Can Remember It for You Wholesale” by Philip K. Dick

  • The World’s Best Science Fiction ed. Wollheim and Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Garyn G. Roberts
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

When I Was Miss Dow” by Sonya Dorman

  • Year’s Best SF ed. Judith Merril
  • Anthologies ed. Pamela Sargent
  • The Norton Book of Science Fiction ed. Le Guin and Attebery
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri
  • The Future is Female! ed. Lisa Yaszek

1967

Aye, and Gomorrah …” by Samuel R. Delany

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula winner
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • The Big Book of Science Fiction ed. Jeff and Ann VanderMeer
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Baby, You Were Great” by Kate Wilhelm

  • Nebula finalist
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • Anthologies ed. Pamela Sargent
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri
  • The Future is Female! ed. Lisa Yaszek

Driftglass” by Samuel R. Delany

  • Nebula finalist
  • The World’s Best Science Fiction ed. Wollheim and Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander
  • Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Garyn G. Roberts
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman

Faith of Our Fathers” by Philip K. Dick

  • Hugo finalist
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Gonna Roll the Bones” by Fritz Leiber

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Hawksbill Station” by Robert Silverberg

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • The World’s Best Science Fiction ed. Wollheim and Carr
  • Best SF ed. Harrison and Aldiss
  • Anthologies ed. Brian Aldiss
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Heat Death of the Universe” by Pamela Zoline

  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • Anthologies ed. Brian Aldiss
  • Anthologies ed. Pamela Sargent
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” by Harlan Ellison

  • Hugo winner
  • The World’s Best Science Fiction ed. Wollheim and Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander
  • Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology ed. Eric S. Rabkin
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Star Pit” by Samuel R. Delany

  • Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
  • Hugo finalist
  • Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories
  • Year’s Best SF ed. Judith Merril
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Weyr Search” by Anne McCaffrey

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula finalist
  • Anthologies ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Waugh
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

1968

The Dance of the Changer and the Three” by Terry Carr

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • The World’s Best Science Fiction ed. Wollheim and Carr
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander

Kyrie” by Poul Anderson

  • Nebula finalist
  • The World’s Best Science Fiction ed. Wollheim and Carr
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • The Norton Book of Science Fiction ed. Le Guin and Attebery

Masks” by Damon Knight

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • The World’s Best Science Fiction ed. Wollheim and Carr
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander

Nightwings” by Robert Silverberg

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula finalist
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Passengers” by Robert Silverberg

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula winner
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Masterpieces ed. Orson Scott Card
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones” by Samuel R. Delany

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • The World’s Best Science Fiction ed. Wollheim and Carr
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Total Environment” by Brian W. Aldiss

  • Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • The World’s Best Science Fiction ed. Wollheim and Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois

1969

A Boy and His Dog” by Harlan Ellison

  • Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula winner
  • The World’s Best Science Fiction ed. Wollheim and Carr
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Nine Lives” by Ursula K. Le Guin

  • Nebula finalist
  • The World’s Best Science Fiction ed. Wollheim and Carr
  • Best SF ed. Harrison and Aldiss
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • The Future is Female! ed. Lisa Yaszek
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Sundance” by Robert Silverberg

  • Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories
  • Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Locus All Time Poll

1970

The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories” by Gene Wolfe

  • Nebula finalist
  • Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1971

Inconstant Moon” by Larry Niven

  • Hugo winner
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Masterpieces ed. Orson Scott Card
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

A Meeting with Medusa” by Arthur C. Clarke

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula winner
  • Best SF ed. Harrison and Aldiss
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Queen of Air and Darkness” by Poul Anderson

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Waugh
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Vaster Than Empires and More Slow” by Ursula K. Le Guin

  • Hugo finalist
  • Richard Lupoff Recommended Short Stories
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Pamela Sargent
  • Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology ed. Eric S. Rabkin
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri
  • The Big Book of Science Fiction ed. Jeff and Ann VanderMeer
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1972

And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill’s Side” by James Tiptree, Jr.

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • Anthologies ed. Brian Aldiss
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • The Big Book of Science Fiction ed. Jeff and Ann VanderMeer
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Fifth Head of Cerberus” by Gene Wolfe

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Goat Song” by Poul Anderson

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

The Gold at the Starbow’s End” by Frederik Pohl

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Hero” by Joe Haldeman

  • Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
  • Hugo finalist
  • Best SF ed. Harrison and Aldiss
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman

Nobody’s Home” by Joanna Russ

  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Pamela Sargent
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois

When It Changed” by Joanna Russ

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula winner
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • Anthologies ed. Pamela Sargent
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Garyn G. Roberts
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • The Big Book of Science Fiction ed. Jeff and Ann VanderMeer
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

When We Went to See the End of the World” by Robert Silverberg

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year ed. Del Rey
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri

The Word for World Is Forest” by Ursula K. Le Guin

  • Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula finalist
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1973

The Death of Doctor Island” by Gene Wolfe

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula winner
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Deathbird” by Harlan Ellison

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula finalist
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Girl Who Was Plugged In” by James Tiptree, Jr.

  • Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula finalist
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death” by James Tiptree, Jr.

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula winner
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand” by Vonda N. McIntyre

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula winner
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Pamela Sargent
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander
  • Locus All Time Poll

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin

  • Hugo winner
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Masterpieces ed. Orson Scott Card
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

With Morning Comes Mistfall” by George R. R. Martin

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year ed. Del Rey
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Women Men Don’t See” by James Tiptree, Jr.

  • Best SF ed. Harrison and Aldiss
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Pamela Sargent
  • The Norton Book of Science Fiction ed. Le Guin and Attebery
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1974

Born with the Dead” by Robert Silverberg

  • Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula winner
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Waugh
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Day Before the Revolution” by Ursula K. Le Guin

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula winner
  • Anthologies ed. Pamela Sargent
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Hole Man” by Larry Niven

  • Hugo winner
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Locus All Time Poll

A Song for Lya” by George R. R. Martin

  • Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula finalist
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1975

Child of All Ages” by P. J. Plauger

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year ed. Del Rey

Doing Lennon” by Gregory Benford

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf

Home Is the Hangman” by Roger Zelazny

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1976

The Bicentennial Man” by Isaac Asimov

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Houston, Houston, Do You Read?” by James Tiptree, Jr.

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • Anthologies ed. Silverberg and Greenberg
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1977

Air Raid” by John Varley

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Ender’s Game” by Orson Scott Card

  • Hugo finalist
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Garyn G. Roberts
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Jeffty Is Five” by Harlan Ellison

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Particle Theory” by Edward Bryant

  • Barry Malzberg Recommended Short Stories
  • Nebula finalist
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn
  • Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois

The Screwfly Solution” by James Tiptree, Jr.

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula winner
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories ed. Tom Shippey
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Stardance” by Spider Robinson & Jeanne Robinson

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1978

Cassandra” by C. J. Cherryh

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula finalist
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • Anthologies ed. Pamela Sargent
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri

The Persistence of Vision” by John Varley

  • Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Anthologies ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Waugh
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Seven American Nights” by Gene Wolfe

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

View from a Height” by Joan D. Vinge

  • Hugo finalist
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Pamela Sargent
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • The Road to Science Fiction ed. James Gunn

1979

Enemy Mine” by Barry B. Longyear

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Options” by John Varley

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander

Sandkings” by George R. R. Martin

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Masterpieces ed. Orson Scott Card
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • The Big Book of Science Fiction ed. Jeff and Ann VanderMeer
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Unaccompanied Sonata” by Orson Scott Card

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Way of Cross and Dragon” by George R. R. Martin

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula finalist
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories ed. Tom Shippey
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1980

The Brave Little Toaster” by Thomas M. Disch

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Grotto of the Dancing Deer” by Clifford D. Simak

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

Nightflyers” by George R. R. Martin

  • Hugo finalist
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Ugly Chickens” by Howard Waldrop

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula winner
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1981

The Pusher” by John Varley

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula finalist
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories

The Saturn Game” by Poul Anderson

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Waugh
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

True Names” by Vernor Vinge

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1982

Burning Chrome” by William Gibson

  • Nebula finalist
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories ed. Tom Shippey
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Garyn G. Roberts
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Fire Watch” by Connie Willis

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Souls” by Joanna Russ

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula finalist
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Swarm” by Bruce Sterling

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Brian Aldiss
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories ed. Tom Shippey
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • The Big Book of Science Fiction ed. Jeff and Ann VanderMeer
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1983

Blood Music” by Greg Bear

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • Anthologies ed. Brian Aldiss
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Garyn G. Roberts
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • The Big Book of Science Fiction ed. Jeff and Ann VanderMeer
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Hardfought” by Greg Bear

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula winner
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Anthologies ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Waugh
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Speech Sounds” by Octavia E. Butler

  • Hugo winner
  • The Norton Book of Science Fiction ed. Le Guin and Attebery
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1984

Bloodchild” by Octavia E. Butler

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Anthologies ed. Pamela Sargent
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Anthologies ed. Warrick, Greenberg, and Olander
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Garyn G. Roberts
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • The Big Book of Science Fiction ed. Jeff and Ann VanderMeer
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Lucky Strike” by Kim Stanley Robinson

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • The Norton Book of Science Fiction ed. Le Guin and Attebery
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman

Press ENTER ■” by John Varley

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Salvador” by Lucius Shepard

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois

Trinity” by Nancy Kress

  • Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
  • Nebula finalist
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Anthologies ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Waugh

1985

24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai” by Roger Zelazny

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula finalist
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Only Neat Thing to Do” by James Tiptree, Jr.

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories

Out of All Them Bright Stars” by Nancy Kress

  • Nebula winner
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • The Norton Book of Science Fiction ed. Le Guin and Attebery
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al

Sailing to Byzantium” by Robert Silverberg

  • Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula winner
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Anthologies ed. Asimov, Greenberg, and Waugh
  • Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Snow” by John Crowley

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • The Norton Book of Science Fiction ed. Le Guin and Attebery
  • Masterpieces ed. Orson Scott Card
  • The Big Book of Science Fiction ed. Jeff and Ann VanderMeer

The Winter Market” by William Gibson

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories

1986

Hatrack River” by Orson Scott Card

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Terry Carr
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories

Pretty Boy Crossover” by Pat Cadigan

  • Nebula finalist
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman

R & R” by Lucius Shepard

  • Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula winner
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Robot Dreams” by Isaac Asimov

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • Masterpieces ed. Orson Scott Card
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories

Tangents” by Greg Bear

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories

1987

Angel” by Pat Cadigan

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • Anthologies ed. Pamela Sargent
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories

Buffalo Gals, Won’t You Come Out Tonight” by Ursula K. Le Guin

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula finalist
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Forever Yours, Anna” by Kate Wilhelm

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula winner
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • The Orbit SF Yearbook ed. David S. Garnett
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al

Rachel in Love” by Pat Murphy

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula winner
  • Sturgeon winner
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • Anthologies ed. Pamela Sargent
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • The Orbit SF Yearbook ed. David S. Garnett
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • The Big Book of Science Fiction ed. Jeff and Ann VanderMeer
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1988

Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance?” by Howard Waldrop

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories

Kirinyaga” by Mike Resnick

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • The Norton Book of Science Fiction ed. Le Guin and Attebery
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri

The Last of the Winnebagos” by Connie Willis

  • Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Peaches for Mad Molly” by Steven Gould

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • The Orbit SF Yearbook ed. David S. Garnett

Schrödinger’s Kitten” by George Alec Effinger

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • Sturgeon winner
  • The Annual World’s Best SF ed. Wollheim and Saha
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories

1989

At the Rialto” by Connie Willis

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula winner
  • Anthologies ed. Pamela Sargent
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • The Orbit SF Yearbook ed. David S. Garnett
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri

Dori Bangs” by Bruce Sterling

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • The Orbit SF Yearbook ed. David S. Garnett
  • Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois

The Edge of the World” by Michael Swanwick

  • Hugo finalist
  • Sturgeon winner
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman

Great Work of Time” by John Crowley

  • Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
  • Nebula finalist
  • Anthologies ed. Brian Aldiss
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Mountains of Mourning” by Lois McMaster Bujold

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • Locus All Time Poll
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Tiny Tango” by Judith Moffett

  • Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • Anthologies ed. Pamela Sargent
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois

1990

Bears Discover Fire” by Terry Bisson

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • Sturgeon winner
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Masterpieces ed. Orson Scott Card
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Hemingway Hoax” by Joe Haldeman

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Mr. Boy” by James Patrick Kelly

  • Nebula finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Tower of Babylon” by Ted Chiang

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula winner
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1991

Beggars in Spain” by Nancy Kress

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1992

Even the Queen” by Connie Willis

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1993

Wall, Stone, Craft” by Walter Jon Williams

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Anthologies ed. Hartwell, Cramer, and Wolf
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories

1994

Forgiveness Day” by Ursula K. Le Guin

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • Sturgeon winner
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge” by Mike Resnick

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1995

The Lincoln Train” by Maureen F. McHugh

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories

Think Like a Dinosaur” by James Patrick Kelly

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Year’s Best SF ed. Hartwell and Cramer
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1997

Itsy Bitsy Spider” by James Patrick Kelly

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Year’s Best SF ed. Hartwell and Cramer

1998

Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula winner
  • Sturgeon winner
  • Anthologies ed. Brian Aldiss
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Year’s Best SF ed. Hartwell and Cramer
  • Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts ed. Heather Masri
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • The Big Book of Science Fiction ed. Jeff and Ann VanderMeer
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

1999

macs” by Terry Bisson

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula winner
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Year’s Best SF ed. Hartwell and Cramer
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories

2000

Radiant Green Star” by Lucius Shepard

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories

Seventy-Two Letters” by Ted Chiang

  • Hugo finalist
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Year’s Best SF ed. Hartwell and Cramer
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

2001

The Dog Said Bow-Wow” by Michael Swanwick

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula finalist
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Year’s Best SF ed. Hartwell and Cramer
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • Locus All Centuries Poll

Hell Is the Absence of God” by Ted Chiang

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories
  • ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Lobsters” by Charles Stross

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Undone” by James Patrick Kelly

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Year’s Best SF ed. Hartwell and Cramer
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories

2002

Breathmoss” by Ian R. MacLeod

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber

2003

The Cookie Monster” by Vernor Vinge

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories

The Empire of Ice Cream” by Jeffrey Ford

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula winner
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • Locus All Centuries Poll

The Empress of Mars” by Kage Baker

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • Sturgeon winner
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories

2004

The People of Sand and Slag” by Paolo Bacigalupi

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Singing My Sister Down” by Margo Lanagan

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories

The Voluntary State” by Christopher Rowe

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber

2005

The Calorie Man” by Paolo Bacigalupi

  • Hugo finalist
  • Sturgeon winner
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Little Faces” by Vonda N. McIntyre

  • Nebula finalist
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman

The Little Goddess” by Ian McDonald

  • Hugo finalist
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • Locus All Centuries Poll

Magic for Beginners” by Kelly Link

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula winner
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories

2006

The House Beyond Your Sky” by Benjamin Rosenbaum

  • Hugo finalist
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Rich Horton

Yellow Card Man” by Paolo Bacigalupi

  • Hugo finalist
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • Locus All Centuries Poll

2007

The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” by Ted Chiang

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

2008

26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss” by Kij Johnson

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Rich Horton
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories

Exhalation” by Ted Chiang

  • Hugo winner
  • Year’s Best SF ed. Hartwell and Cramer
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Evans et al
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

The Gambler” by Paolo Bacigalupi

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber

The Ray-Gun: A Love Story” by James Alan Gardner

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • Sturgeon winner
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Rich Horton
  • Locus All Centuries Poll

2009

Eros, Philia, Agape” by Rachel Swirsky

  • Hugo finalist
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Rich Horton
  • Locus All Centuries Poll

The Island” by Peter Watts

  • Hugo winner
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Year’s Best SF ed. Hartwell and Cramer
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Rich Horton
  • Locus All Centuries Poll

Spar” by Kij Johnson

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula winner
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • Locus All Centuries Poll

2010

The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window” by Rachel Swirsky

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula winner
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Rich Horton
  • Locus All Centuries Poll

The Sultan of the Clouds” by Geoffrey A. Landis

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • Sturgeon winner
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Rich Horton

The Things” by Peter Watts

  • Hugo finalist
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Rich Horton
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • Sci-Fi Lists Top 200

Under the Moons of Venus” by Damien Broderick

  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Year’s Best SF ed. Hartwell and Cramer
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Rich Horton

2011

The Man Who Bridged the Mist” by Kij Johnson

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Rich Horton
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories

The Paper Menagerie” by Ken Liu

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • Locus All Centuries Poll
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories

2012

Close Encounters” by Andy Duncan

  • Nebula winner
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Year’s Best SF ed. Hartwell and Cramer
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber

2015

Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathangan” by Ian McDonald

  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Rich Horton
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Neil Clarke

The Game of Smash and Recovery” by Kelly Link

  • Sturgeon winner
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Rich Horton
  • The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Adams et al

2016

Seasons of Glass and Iron” by Amal El-Mohtar

  • Hugo winner
  • Nebula winner
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • ISFDB All Time Short Stories

Things with Beards” by Sam J. Miller

  • Nebula finalist
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Rich Horton
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Neil Clarke

Touring with the Alien” by Carolyn Ives Gilman

  • Hugo finalist
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Neil Clarke

The Visitor from Taured” by Ian R. MacLeod

  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Rich Horton
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Neil Clarke

2017

The Martian Obelisk” by Linda Nagata

  • Hugo finalist
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Rich Horton
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Neil Clarke

The Secret Life of Bots” by Suzanne Palmer

  • Hugo finalist
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Rich Horton
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Neil Clarke

A Series of Steaks” by Vina Jie-Min Prasad

  • Hugo finalist
  • Nebula finalist
  • Sturgeon finalist
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Gardner Dozois
  • Annual Anthologies ed. Strahan, Silverberg, Haber
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year ed. Neil Clarke
Total stories: 275