The Great SF Stories #1-25 (1939-1963)

by James Wallace Harris, Wednesday, February 7, 2018

I’m not the only one having BIG fun reading The Great SF Stories #1-25 (1939-1963), so I’ve created an online discussion group for us. So far seven of us have joined. If you’re interested go here. You’ll have to join Groups.io first, but it’s free and easy to do so.

I’m constantly using Internet Science Fiction Database (ISFDB) to look up these stories to see where they have been anthologized and first appeared in magazines. So I thought I’d copy their table of content links to one page. If you click on a story title it will take you to ISFDB’s page showing it’s publication history. If you click on an author it will take you to the author’s bibliography. ISFDB is a wonderful site!

I’ve annotated this list with some links to other annual best-SF-of-the-year anthologies. The easiest way to compare two Table of Contents is to right-click on the other anthology link and select “Open in New Window.”

This will be our reading list.

• 8 • Introduction (The Great SF Stories 1 (1939)) • (1979) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• 11 • I, Robot • [Adam Link] • (1939) • short story by Otto Binder (variant of “I, Robot”) [as by Eando Binder]
• 25 • The Strange Flight of Richard Clayton • (1939) • short story by Robert Bloch
• 35 • Trouble with Water • (1939) • short story by H. L. Gold
• 56 • Cloak of Aesir • [Sarn] • (1939) • novella by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by Don A. Stuart]
• 103 • The Day Is Done • (1939) • short story by Lester del Rey
• 118 • The Ultimate Catalyst • (1939) • short story by John Taine
• 141 • The Gnarly Man • (1939) • novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
• 163 • Black Destroyer • [Space Beagle] • (1939) • novelette by A. E. van Vogt
• 194 • Greater Than Gods • (1939) • novelette by C. L. Moore
• 229 • Trends • (1939) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 248 • The Blue Giraffe • (1939) • novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
• 272 • The Misguided Halo • (1939) • short story by Henry Kuttner
• 289 • Heavy Planet • (1939) • short story by Milton A. Rothman
• 299 • Life-Line • [Future History] • (1939) • short story by Robert A. Heinlein
• 318 • Ether Breather • [Ether Breather] • (1939) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• 332 • Pilgrimage • [Meg (Nelson S. Bond) • 4] • (1939) • novelette by Nelson S. Bond [as by Nelson Bond]
• 353 • Rust • (1939) • short story by Joseph E. Kelleam
• 363 • The Four-Sided Triangle • (1939) • novelette by William F. Temple (variant of The 4-Sided Triangle)
• 385 • Star Bright • (1939) • novelette by Jack Williamson
• 412 • Misfit • [Future History] • (1939) • novelette by Robert A. Heinlein

• 9 • Introduction (The Great SF Stories 2 (1940)) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• 13 • The Dwindling Sphere • (1940) • short story by Willard Hawkins
• 30 • The Automatic Pistol • (1940) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 46 • Hindsight • (1940) • short story by Jack Williamson
• 65 • Postpaid to Paradise • [Murchison Morks] • (1940) • short story by Robert Arthur
• 80 • Into the Darkness • [Darkness (Rocklynne)] • (1940) • novelette by Ross Rocklynne
• 108 • Dark Mission • (1940) • short story by Lester del Rey
• 125 • It • (1940) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
• 149 • Vault of the Beast • (1940) • novelette by A. E. van Vogt
• 176 • The Impossible Highway • (1940) • short story by Oscar J. Friend
• 191 • Quietus • (1940) • short story by Ross Rocklynne
• 206 • Strange Playfellow • (1940) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 219 • The Warrior Race • (1940) • short story by L. Sprague de Camp
• 237 • Farewell to the Master • (1940) • novelette by Harry Bates
• 276 • Butyl and the Breather • [Ether Breather] • (1940) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
• 297 • The Exalted • [Johnny Black] • (1940) • novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
• 321 • Old Man Mulligan • (1940) • novelette by P. Schuyler Miller

The Retro Hugo Awards 1941 (for 1940 stories)

The voting statistics and nominations for the 1941 Retro Hugo

• 9 • Introduction (The Great SF Stories 3 (1941)) • (1980) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• 13 • Mechanical Mice • (1941) • novelette by Eric Frank Russell and Maurice G. Hugi (variant of The Mechanical Mice) [as by Maurice A. Hugi]
• 38 • Shottle Bop • (1941) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
• 66 • The Rocket of 1955 • (1939) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
• 70 • Evolution’s End • (1941) • short story by Robert Arthur
• 86 • Microcosmic God • (1941) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
• 113 • Jay Score • [Jay Score / Marathon • 1] • (1941) • short story by Eric Frank Russell
• 131 • Liar! • [Susan Calvin] • (1941) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 149 • Time Wants A Skeleton • (1941) • novella by Ross Rocklynne
• 203 • The Words of Guru • (1941) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
• 211 • The Seesaw • [Weapon Shops of Isher] • (1941) • short story by A. E. van Vogt
• 231 • Armageddon • (1941) • short story by Fredric Brown
• 237 • Adam and No Eve • (1941) • short story by Alfred Bester
• 251 • Solar Plexus • (1941) • short story by James Blish
• 263 • Nightfall • (1941) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
• 298 • A Gnome There Was • (1941) • short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
• 324 • Snulbug • (1941) • short story by Anthony Boucher
• 339 • Hereafter, Inc. • (1941) • short story by Lester del Rey

• 7 • Introduction (The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 4, 1942) • (1980) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• 11 • The Star Mouse • [Mitkey • 1] • (1942) • novelette by Fredric Brown
• 32 • The Wings of Night • (1942) • short story by Lester del Rey
• 50 • Cooperate – Or Else! • [Rull] • novelette by A. E. van Vogt (variant of Co-Operate – Or Else! 1942)
• 77 • Foundation • [Foundation (Original Stories) • 1] • (1942) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
• 110 • The Push of a Finger • (1942) • novella by Alfred Bester
• 150 • Asylum • (1942) • novella by A. E. van Vogt
• 205 • Proof • (1942) • short story by Hal Clement
• 222 • Nerves • (1942) • novella by Lester del Rey
• 295 • Barrier • (1942) • novella by Anthony Boucher
• 347 • The Twonky • (1942) • novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett]
• 369 • QRM – Interplanetary • [Venus Equilateral] • (1942) • novelette by George O. Smith
• 403 • The Weapon Shop • [Weapon Shops of Isher] • (1942) • novelette by A. E. van Vogt
• 442 • Mimic • (1942) • short story by Donald A. Wollheim

• 7 • Introduction (The Great SF Stories 5 (1943)) • (1981) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• 11 • The Cave • (1943) • novelette by P. Schuyler Miller
• 30 • The Halfling • [Earth (Brackett)] • (1943) • novelette by Leigh Brackett
• 57 • Mimsy Were the Borogoves • (1943) • novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett]
• 91 • Q. U. R. • (1943) • short story by Anthony Boucher
• 113 • Clash by Night • [Keeps • 1] • (1943) • novella by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lawrence O’Donnell]
• 172 • Exile • (1943) • short story by Edmond Hamilton
• 178 • Daymare • (1943) • novelette by Fredric Brown
• 219 • Doorway Into Time • (1943) • short story by C. L. Moore
• 238 • The Storm • [Mixed Men] • (1943) • novelette by A. E. van Vogt
• 271 • The Proud Robot • [Gallegher (Henry Kuttner)] • (1943) • novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett]
• 306 • Symbiotica • [Jay Score / Marathon • 3] • (1943) • novelette by Eric Frank Russell
• 352 • The Iron Standard • (1943) • short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett]

• 9 • Introduction (The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 7, 1945) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• 13 • The Waveries • (1945) • short story by Fredric Brown
• 37 • The Piper’s Son • [Baldy] • (1945) • novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett]
• 65 • Wanted – An Enemy • (1945) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 80 • Blind Alley • (1945) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 105 • Correspondence Course • (1945) • short story by Raymond F. Jones
• 126 • First Contact • (1945) • novelette by Murray Leinster
• 159 • The Vanishing Venusians • [Venus (Brackett)] • (1945) • novelette by Leigh Brackett
• 189 • Into Thy Hands • (1945) • short story by Lester del Rey
• 211 • Camouflage • (1945) • novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Henry Kuttner]
• 246 • The Power • (1945) • short story by Murray Leinster
• 264 • Giant Killer • (1945) • novella by A. Bertram Chandler
• 313 • What You Need • (1945) • short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Henry Kuttner]
• 329 • De Profundis • (1945) • short story by Murray Leinster
• 342 • Pi in the Sky • (1945) • novelette by Fredric Brown

Retro Hugo Awards 1946 (for 1945 stories)

• 9 • Introduction (The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 7, 1945) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• 13 • The Waveries • (1945) • short story by Fredric Brown
• 37 • The Piper’s Son • [Baldy] • (1945) • novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett]
• 65 • Wanted – An Enemy • (1945) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 80 • Blind Alley • (1945) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 105 • Correspondence Course • (1945) • short story by Raymond F. Jones
• 126 • First Contact • (1945) • novelette by Murray Leinster
• 159 • The Vanishing Venusians • [Venus (Brackett)] • (1945) • novelette by Leigh Brackett
• 189 • Into Thy Hands • (1945) • short story by Lester del Rey
• 211 • Camouflage • (1945) • novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Henry Kuttner]
• 246 • The Power • (1945) • short story by Murray Leinster
• 264 • Giant Killer • (1945) • novella by A. Bertram Chandler
• 313 • What You Need • (1945) • short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Henry Kuttner]
• 329 • De Profundis • (1945) • short story by Murray Leinster
• 342 • Pi in the Sky • (1945) • novelette by Fredric Brown

• 9 • Introduction (The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 8, 1946) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• 13 • A Logic Named Joe • (1946) • short story by Murray Leinster [as by Will F. Jenkins]
• 30 • Memorial • (1946) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• 45 • Loophole • (1946) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 53 • The Nightmare • (1946) • novelette by Chan Davis
• 74 • Rescue Party • (1946) • novelette by Arthur C. Clarke
• 101 • Placet Is a Crazy Place • (1946) • short story by Fredric Brown
• 116 • Conqueror’s Isle • (1946) • short story by Nelson S. Bond (variant of Conquerors’ Isle)
• 131 • Lorelei of the Red Mist • [Venus (Brackett)] • (1946) • novella by Leigh Brackett and Ray Bradbury
• 189 • The Million Year Picnic • [The Martian Chronicles] • (1946) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 199 • The Last Objective • (1946) • novelette by Paul A. Carter
• 228 • Meihem in ce Klasrum • (1946) • essay by Dolton Edwards
• 232 • Vintage Season • (1946) • novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lawrence O’Donnell]
• 276 • Evidence • [Susan Calvin] • (1946) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
• 299 • Absalom • (1946) • short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Henry Kuttner]
• 315 • Mewhu’s Jet • (1946) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
• 351 • Technical Error • (1946) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke

• 11 • Introduction (The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 9, 1947) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• 15 • Little Lost Robot • [Susan Calvin] • (1947) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
• 42 • Tomorrow’s Children • [Tomorrow’s Children • 1] • (1947) • novelette by Poul Anderson and F. N. Waldrop [as by Poul Anderson]
• 71 • Child’s Play • (1947) • novelette by William Tenn
• 100 • Time and Time Again • (1947) • short story by H. Beam Piper
• 119 • Tiny and the Monster • (1947) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
• 155 • E for Effort • (1947) • novelette by T. L. Sherred
• 207 • Letter to Ellen • (1947) • short story by Chan Davis
• 220 • The Figure • (1947) • short story by Edward Grendon
• 226 • With Folded Hands … • [Humanoids] • (1947) • novelette by Jack Williamson
• 272 • The Fires Within • (1947) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 282 • Zero Hour • (1947) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 293 • Hobbyist • (1947) • novelette by Eric Frank Russell
• 327 • Exit the Professor • [Hogben • 2] • (1947) • short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett]
• 343 • Thunder and Roses • (1947) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon

• 9 • Introduction (The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 10, 1948) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• 13 • Don’t Look Now • (1948) • short story by Henry Kuttner
• 27 • He Walked Around the Horses • [Paratime Police] • (1948) • novelette by H. Beam Piper
• 49 • The Strange Case of John Kingman • (1948) • short story by Murray Leinster
• 66 • That Only a Mother • (1948) • short story by Judith Merril
• 77 • The Monster • (1948) • short story by A. E. van Vogt (variant of Resurrection)
• 94 • Dreams Are Sacred • (1948) • novelette by Peter Phillips
• 117 • Mars Is Heaven! • [The Martian Chronicles] • (1948) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 135 • Thang • (1948) • short story by Martin Gardner
• 138 • Brooklyn Project • (1948) • short story by William Tenn
• 149 • Ring Around the Redhead • (1948) • short story by John D. MacDonald
• 169 • Period Piece • (1948) • short story by John R. Pierce [as by J. J. Coupling]
• 178 • Dormant • (1948) • short story by A. E. van Vogt
• 195 • In Hiding • [Children of the Atom] • (1948) • novelette by Wilmar H. Shiras
• 229 • Knock • (1948) • short story by Fredric Brown
• 240 • A Child Is Crying • (1948) • short story by John D. MacDonald
• 253 • Late Night Final • (1948) • novelette by Eric Frank Russell

Compare to: The Best Science Fiction Stories 1949 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty

• 9 • Introduction 1949 (The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 11, 1949) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• 12 • The Red Queen’s Race • (1949) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
• 36 • Flaw • (1949) • short story by John D. MacDonald
• 45 • Private Eye • (1949) • novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett]
• 73 • Manna • (1949) • novelette by Peter Phillips
• 98 • The Prisoner in the Skull • (1949) • novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett]
• 135 • Alien Earth • (1949) • novelette by Edmond Hamilton
• 160 • History Lesson • (1949) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 169 • Eternity Lost • (1949) • novelette by Clifford D. Simak
• 196 • The Only Thing We Learn • (1949) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
• 207 • Private – Keep Out! • (1949) • short story by Philip MacDonald
• 223 • The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast • (1949) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• 232 • Kaleidoscope • (1949) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 242 • Defense Mechanism • (1949) • short story by Katherine MacLean
• 251 • Cold War • [Hogben • 5] • (1949) • novelette by C. L. Moore and Henry Kuttner [as by Henry Kuttner]
• 276 • The Witches of Karres • [Karres] • (1949) • novelette by James H. Schmitz

Compare to: The Best Science Fiction Stories 1950 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty

• 9 • 1950 Introduction (The Great SF Stories 12) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• 13 • Not with a Bang • (1950) • short story by Damon Knight
• 19 • Spectator Sport • (1950) • short story by John D. MacDonald
• 26 • There Will Come Soft Rains • [The Martian Chronicles] • (1950) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 34 • Dear Devil • (1950) • novelette by Eric Frank Russell
• 70 • Scanners Live in Vain • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1950) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• 105 • Born of Man and Woman • (1950) • short story by Richard Matheson
• 109 • The Little Black Bag • (1950) • novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
• 138 • Enchanted Village • (1950) • short story by A. E. van Vogt
• 154 • Oddy and Id • (1950) • short story by Alfred Bester
• 170 • The Sack • (1950) • short story by William Morrison
• 190 • The Silly Season • (1950) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
• 205 • Misbegotten Missionary • (1950) • short story by Isaac Asimov (variant of Green Patches)
• 221 • To Serve Man • (1950) • short story by Damon Knight
• 230 • Coming Attraction • (1950) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 244 • A Subway Named Mobius • (1950) • short story by A. J. Deutsch
• 260 • Process • (1950) • short story by A. E. van Vogt
• 267 • The Mindworm • (1950) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
• 281 • The New Reality • (1950) • novelette by Charles L. Harness

Compare to: The Best Science Fiction Stories 1951 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty

1951 Retro Hugo Award (for 1950 stories)

• ix • Introduction (The Great SF Stories #13 (1951)) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• 1 • Null-P • (1951) • short story by William Tenn
• 15 • The Sentinel • [A Space Odyssey] • (1951) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 27 • The Fire Balloons • [The Martian Chronicles] • (1951) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 48 • The Marching Morons • (1951) • novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
• 83 • The Weapon • (1951) • short story by Fredric Brown
• 88 • Angel’s Egg • (1951) • novelette by Edgar Pangborn
• 130 • “Breeds There a Man—?” • (1951) • novelette by Isaac Asimov (variant of Breeds There a Man … ?)
• 171 • Pictures Don’t Lie • (1951) • short story by Katherine MacLean
• 193 • Superiority • (1951) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 206 • I’m Scared • (1951) • short story by Jack Finney
• 222 • The Quest for Saint Aquin • (1951) • novelette by Anthony Boucher
• 244 • Tiger by the Tail • (1951) • short story by Alan E. Nourse
• 253 • With These Hands • (1951) • novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
• 274 • A Pail of Air • (1951) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 291 • Dune Roller • (1951) • novelette by Julian May

Compare to: The Best Science Fiction Stories 1952 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty

• 9 • 1952 Introduction (Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories #14 (1952)) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• 13 • The Pedestrian • (1951) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 19 • The Moon Is Green • (1952) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 35 • Lost Memory • (1952) • short story by Peter Phillips
• 48 • What Have I Done? • (1952) • short story by Mark Clifton
• 67 • Fast Falls the Eventide • (1952) • short story by Eric Frank Russell
• 85 • The Business, As Usual • (1952) • short story by Mack Reynolds
• 90 • A Sound of Thunder • (1952) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 103 • Hobson’s Choice • (1952) • short story by Alfred Bester
• 119 • Yesterday House • (1952) • novelette by Fritz Leiber
• 146 • The Snowball Effect • (1952) • short story by Katherine MacLean
• 160 • Delay in Transit • (1952) • novelette by F. L. Wallace
• 206 • Game for Blondes • (1952) • short story by John D. MacDonald
• 217 • The Altar at Midnight • (1952) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
• 225 • Command Performance • (1952) • novelette by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
• 243 • The Martian Way • (1952) • novella by Isaac Asimov
• 289 • The Impacted Man • (1952) • novelette by Robert Sheckley
• 308 • What’s It Like Out There? • (1952) • novelette by Edmond Hamilton
• 331 • Sail On! Sail On! • (1952) • short story by Philip José Farmer
• 342 • Cost of Living • (1952) • short story by Robert Sheckley

Compare to: The Best Science Fiction Stories 1953 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty

• 9 • Introduction (The Great SF Stories# 15 (1953)) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• 13 • The Big Holiday • (1953) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 24 • Crucifixus Etiam • (1953) • short story by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
• 48 • Four in One • (1953) • novelette by Damon Knight
• 86 • Saucer of Loneliness • (1953) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon (variant of A Saucer of Loneliness)
• 102 • The Liberation of Earth • (1953) • short story by William Tenn
• 123 • Lot • [David Jimmon] • (1953) • novelette by Ward Moore
• 155 • The Nine Billion Names of God • (1953) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 164 • Warm • (1953) • short story by Robert Sheckley
• 176 • Impostor • (1953) • short story by Philip K. Dick
• 194 • The World Well Lost • (1953) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• 216 • A Bad Day for Sales • (1953) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 224 • Common Time • (1953) • short story by James Blish
• 250 • Time Is the Traitor • (1953) • novelette by Alfred Bester
• 277 • The Wall Around the World • (1953) • novelette by Theodore R. Cogswell
• 308 • The Model of a Judge • (1953) • short story by William Morrison
• 322 • Hall of Mirrors • (1953) • short story by Fredric Brown
• 331 • It’s a Good Life • (1953) • short story by Jerome Bixby

Compare to: The Best Science Fiction Stories 1954 edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty

1954 Retro Hugo Awards (for 1953 stories)

• 9 • 1954 Introduction (The Great SF Stories 16) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• 13 • The Test • (1954) • short story by Richard Matheson
• 34 • Anachron • (1954) • short story by Damon Knight
• 54 • Black Charlie • (1954) • short story by Gordon R. Dickson
• 72 • Down Among the Dead Men • (1954) • novelette by William Tenn
• 100 • The Hunting Lodge • (1954) • novelette by Randall Garrett
• 138 • The Lysenko Maze • (1953) • short story by Donald A. Wollheim [as by David Grinnell]
• 151 • Fondly Fahrenheit • (1954) • novelette by Alfred Bester
• 174 • The Cold Equations • (1954) • novelette by Tom Godwin
• 203 • Letters from Laura • (1954) • short story by Mildred Clingerman
• 211 • Transformer • (1954) • short story by Chad Oliver
• 227 • The Music Master of Babylon • (1954) • novelette by Edgar Pangborn
• 258 • The End of Summer • (1954) • novelette by Algis Budrys
• 289 • The Father-Thing • (1954) • short story by Philip K. Dick
• 304 • The Deep Range • (1954) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 315 • Balaam • (1954) • short story by Anthony Boucher
• 332 • Man of Parts • (1954) • short story by H. L. Gold
• 349 • Answer • (1954) • short story by Fredric Brown

Compare to: The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels edited by T. E. Dikty

• 9 • 1955 Introduction (The Great SF Stories 17) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• 13 • The Tunnel Under the World • (1955) • novelette by Frederik Pohl
• 46 • The Darfsteller • (1955) • novella by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
• 112 • The Cave of Night • [Station in Space Universe] • (1955) • short story by James E. Gunn
• 130 • Grandpa • [The Hub] • (1955) • novelette by James H. Schmitz
• 153 • Who? • (1955) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon (variant of Bulkhead)
• 187 • The Short Ones • (1955) • novelette by Raymond E. Banks
• 209 • Captive Market • (1955) • short story by Philip K. Dick
• 228 • Allamagoosa • (1955) • short story by Eric Frank Russell
• 243 • The Vanishing American • (1955) • short story by Charles Beaumont
• 254 • The Game of Rat and Dragon • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1955) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
• 270 • The Star • (1955) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 277 • Nobody Bothers Gus • [Gus] • (1955) • short story by Algis Budrys
• 292 • Delenda Est • [Time Patrol • 5] • (1955) • novelette by Poul Anderson
• 333 • Dreaming Is a Private Thing • (1955) • short story by Isaac Asimov

Compare to: The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels 1956 edited by T. E. Dikty and S-F: The Year’s Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril

1956 Hugo Awards (for 1955 stories)

• 9 • Introduction (The Great SF Stories 18 (1956)) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• 13 • Brightside Crossing • (1956) • novelette by Alan E. Nourse
• 35 • Clerical Error • (1956) • novelette by Mark Clifton
• 75 • Silent Brother • (1956) • short story by Algis Budrys
• 96 • The Country of the Kind • (1956) • short story by Damon Knight
• 111 • Exploration Team • [Colonial Survey] • (1956) • novelette by Murray Leinster
• 161 • Rite of Passage • (1956) • novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
• 203 • The Man Who Came Early • (1956) • novelette by Poul Anderson
• 230 • A Work of Art • (1956) • novelette by James Blish
• 248 • Horrer Howce • (1956) • short story by Margaret St. Clair
• 261 • Compounded Interest • (1956) • short story by Mack Reynolds
• 276 • The Doorstop • (1956) • short story by Reginald Bretnor
• 286 • The Last Question • [Multivac] • (1956) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 300 • Stranger Station • (1956) • novelette by Damon Knight
• 327 • 2066: Election Day • (1956) • short story by Michael Shaara
• 344 • And Now the News … • (1956) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon

Compare to: SF: The Year’s Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy Second Annual Volume edited by Judith Merril

• 9 • Introduction (The Great SF Stories #19 (1957)) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• 15 • Strikebreaker • (1957) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 33 • Omnilingual • [Federation • 1] • (1957) • novelette by H. Beam Piper
• 89 • The Mile-Long Spaceship • (1957) • short story by Kate Wilhelm
• 103 • Call Me Joe • (1957) • novelette by Poul Anderson
• 149 • You Know Willie • (1957) • short story by Theodore R. Cogswell
• 157 • Hunting Machine • (1957) • short story by Carol Emshwiller
• 167 • World of a Thousand Colors • (1957) • short story by Robert Silverberg
• 187 • Let’s Be Frank • (1957) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• 199 • The Cage • (1957) • short story by A. Bertram Chandler
• 215 • The Education of Tigress McCardle • (1957) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth (variant of The Education of Tigress Macardle)
• 229 • The Tunesmith • (1957) • novelette by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
• 281 • A Loint of Paw • (1957) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 285 • Game Preserve • (1957) • short story by Rog Phillips
• 305 • Soldier • (1957) • novelette by Harlan Ellison
• 335 • The Last Man Left in the Bar • (1957) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth

Compare to: The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels Ninth Series edited by T. E. Dikty and SF:58: The Year’s Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril

• 9 • Introduction (The Great SF Stories #20 (1958)) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• 13 • The Last of the Deliverers • (1958) • short story by Poul Anderson
• 29 • The Feeling of Power • (1958) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 41 • Poor Little Warrior! • (1958) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• 49 • The Iron Chancellor • (1958) • novelette by Robert Silverberg
• 77 • The Prize of Peril • (1958) • short story by Robert Sheckley
• 99 • Or All the Seas with Oysters • (1958) • short story by Avram Davidson
• 111 • Two Dooms • (1958) • novella by C. M. Kornbluth
• 167 • The Big Front Yard • (1958) • novella by Clifford D. Simak
• 229 • The Burning of the Brain • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1958) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
• 243 • The Yellow Pill • (1958) • short story by Rog Phillips
• 259 • Unhuman Sacrifice • (1958) • novelette by Katherine MacLean
• 297 • The Immortals • [Dr. Russell Pearce] • (1958) • novelette by James E. Gunn

Compare to: SF:59: The Year’s Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Judith Merril

1959 Hugo Awards (for 1958 stories)

• 9 • Introduction (The Great SF Stories #21 (1959)) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• 15 • Make a Prison • (1959) • short story by Lawrence Block
• 21 • The Wind People • (1959) • short story by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• 45 • No, No, Not Rogov! • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1959) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
• 69 • What Rough Beast? • (1959) • novelette by Damon Knight
• 101 • The Alley Man • (1959) • novella by Philip José Farmer
• 159 • Day at the Beach • (1959) • short story by Carol Emshwiller
• 173 • The Malted Milk Monster • (1959) • novelette by William Tenn
• 199 • The World of Heart’s Desire • (1959) • short story by Robert Sheckley (variant of The Store of the Worlds)
• 209 • The Man Who Lost the Sea • (1959) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• 225 • A Death in the House • (1959) • short story by Clifford D. Simak
• 251 • The Pi Man • (1959) • short story by Alfred Bester
• 273 • Multum in Parvo • (1959) • short story by Jack Sharkey
• 279 • What Now, Little Man? • (1959) • novelette by Mark Clifton
• 323 • Adrift on the Policy Level • (1959) • short story by Chan Davis [as by Chandler Davis]

Compare to: Fifth Annual of The Year’s Best SF edited by Judith Merril

1960 Hugo Awards (for 1959 stories)

• 9 • Introduction (The Great SF Stories #22 (1960)) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• 15 • Mariana • (1960) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 23 • The Day the Icicle Works Closed • (1960) • novelette by Frederik Pohl
• 70 • The Fellow Who Married the Maxill Girl • (1960) • novelette by Ward Moore
• 108 • Mine Own Ways • (1960) • short story by Richard McKenna
• 132 • Make Mine Homogenized • (1960) • novelette by Rick Raphael
• 196 • The Lady Who Sailed The Soul • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1960) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith and Genevieve Linebarger(variant of The Lady Who Sailed the Soul) [as by Cordwainer Smith]
• 231 • I Remember Babylon • (1960) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 247 • Chief • (1960) • short story by Henry Slesar
• 250 • Mind Partner • (1960) • novelette by Christopher Anvil
• 297 • The Handler • (1960) • short story by Damon Knight
• 304 • The Voices of Time • (1960) • novelette by J. G. Ballard

Compare to: The Sixth Annual of The Year’s Best SF edited by Judith Merril

1961 Hugo Awards (for 1960 stories)

• 9 • Introduction (The Great SF Stories #23 (1961)) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• 13 • The Highest Treason • (1961) • novella by Randall Garrett
• 75 • Hothouse • [Hothouse] • (1961) • novelette by Brian W. Aldiss
• 112 • Hiding Place • [Nicholas Van Rijn] • (1961) • novella by Poul Anderson
• 154 • What Is This Thing Called Love? • (1961) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 168 • A Prize for Edie • (1961) • short story by J. F. Bone
• 174 • The Ship Who Sang • [The Ship Who …] • (1961) • novelette by Anne McCaffrey
• 195 • Death and the Senator • (1961) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 217 • The Quaker Cannon • (1961) • novelette by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth
• 243 • The Moon Moth • (1961) • novelette by Jack Vance
• 281 • A Planet Named Shayol • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1961) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• 320 • Rainbird • (1961) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 333 • Wall of Crystal, Eye of Night • (1961) • novelette by Algis Budrys
• 356 • Remember the Alamo! • (1961) • short story by T. R. Fehrenbach [as by R. R. Fehrenbach]

Compare to: The 7th Annual of The Year’s Best SF edited by Judith Merril

1962 Hugo Awards (for 1961 stories)

• 9 • Introduction (The Great SF Stories #24 (1962)) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• 15 • The Insane Ones • (1962) • short story by J. G. Ballard
• 29 • Christmas Treason • (1962) • novelette by James White
• 59 • Seven-Day Terror • (1962) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 69 • Kings Who Die • (1962) • novelette by Poul Anderson
• 109 • The Man Who Made Friends with Electricity • (1962) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 121 • Hang Head, Vandal! • (1962) • short story by Mark Clifton
• 139 • The Weather Man • (1962) • novella by Theodore L. Thomas
• 185 • Earthlings Go Home! • (1962) • short story by Mack Reynolds
• 195 • The Streets of Ashkelon • (1962) • short story by Harry Harrison
• 215 • When You Care, When You Love • (1962) • novella by Theodore Sturgeon
• 267 • The Ballad of Lost C’mell • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1962) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• 295 • Gadget vs. Trend • (1962) • short story by Christopher Anvil
• 315 • Roofs of Silver • (1962) • novelette by Gordon R. Dickson

Compare to: The 8th Annual of the Year’s Best SF edited by Judith Merril

1963 Hugo Awards (for 1962 stories)

• 9 • Introduction (The Great SF Stories #25 (1963)) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• 13 • Fortress Ship • [Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)] • (1963) • short story by Fred Saberhagen
• 25 • Not in the Literature • (1963) • short story by Christopher Anvil
• 40 • The Totally Rich • (1963) • novelette by John Brunner
• 68 • No Truce With Kings • (1963) • novella by Poul Anderson
• 133 • New Folks’ Home • (1963) • novelette by Clifford D. Simak
• 160 • The Faces Outside • (1963) • short story by Bruce McAllister
• 170 • Hot Planet • (1963) • short story by Hal Clement
• 195 • The Pain Peddlers • (1963) • short story by Robert Silverberg
• 206 • Turn Off the Sky • (1963) • novelette by Ray Nelson
• 254 • They Don’t Make Life Like They Used To • (1963) • novelette by Alfred Bester
• 290 • Bernie the Faust • (1963) • novelette by William Tenn
• 319 • A Rose for Ecclesiastes • (1963) • novelette by Roger Zelazny
• 358 • If There Were No Benny Cemoli • (1963) • novelette by Philip K. Dick

Compare to: The 9th Annual Year’s Best SF edited by Judith Merril

1964 Hugo Awards (for 1963 stories)

• 13 • Foreword (The Great SF Stories: 1964) • essay by Robert Silverberg
• 15 • Introduction (The Great SF Stories: 1964) • essay by Robert Silverberg
• 19 • Outward Bound • (1964) • novelette by Norman Spinrad
• 47 • The Kragen • (1964) • novella by Jack Vance
• 103 • The Master Key • [Nicholas Van Rijn] • (1964) • novelette by Poul Anderson
• 135 • The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1964) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
• 151 • The Graveyard Heart • (1964) • novella by Roger Zelazny
• 201 • Purple Priestess of the Mad Moon • [Mars [2]] • (1964) • short story by Leigh Brackett
• 217 • The Last Lonely Man • (1964) • short story by John Brunner
• 231 • Soldier, Ask Not • [Childe Cycle] • (1964) • novella by Gordon R. Dickson
• 283 • A Man of the Renaissance • (1964) • novelette by Wyman Guin
• 319 • The Dowry of Angyar • [Hainish] • (1964) • short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 335 • When the Change-Winds Blow • (1964) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 343 • The Fiend • (1964) • short story by Frederik Pohl
• 349 • The Life Hater • [Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)] • (1964) • short story by Fred Saberhagen
• 357 • Neighbor • (1964) • short story by Robert Silverberg
• 371 • Four Brands of Impossible • (1964) • novelette by Norman Kagan

Compare to: 10th Annual Edition: The Year’s Best SF edited by Judith Merril

1965 Hugo Awards (for 1964 stories)

Statistics on Popular Stories in Anthologies

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