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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