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100 (or so) • Novellas • Novelettes • Short Stories

These pages contain lists of 100+ prominent stories in each category published before 1990, based on a combination of awards records and anthology reprint records (from Bill Contento's CD ROM Locus Index and Index to Anthologies and Collections), and including all Hugo, Nebula, and Locus winning stories (sometimes recategorized to the story's actual length). The stories are suggestions only; you may vote for anything.

  • Aldiss, Brian W. • Man in His Time • [1965]
  • Anderson, Poul • Hunter's Moon • [1978]
  • Anderson, Poul • The Longest Voyage • [1960]
  • Anderson, Poul • The Sharing of Flesh • [1968]
  • Anderson, Poul • The Man Who Came Early • [1956]
  • Anderson, Poul • Call Me Joe • [1957]
  • Anderson, Poul • Goat Song • [1972]
  • Asimov, Isaac • Nightfall • [1941]
  • Asimov, Isaac • The Ugly Little Boy • [1958]
  • Asimov, Isaac • The Bicentennial Man • [1976]
  • Ballard, J. G. • The Voices of Time • [1960]
  • Ballard, J. G. • The Terminal Beach • [1964]
  • Bear, Greg • Blood Music • [1983]
  • Bester, Alfred • Fondly Fahrenheit • [1954]
  • Bishop, Michael • Within the Walls of Tyre • [1978]
  • Bishop, Michael • The Quickening • [1981]
  • Blish, James • There Shall Be No Darkness • [1950]
  • Blish, James • Surface Tension • [1952]
  • Blish, James • A Work of Art • [1956]
  • Brin, David • Thor Meets Captain America • [1986]
  • Brown, Fredric • "Arena" • [1944]
  • Brown, Fredric • Come and Go Mad • [1949]
  • Butler, Octavia E. • Bloodchild • [1984]
  • Card, Orson Scott • Dogwalker • [1989]
  • Clarke, Arthur C. • Rescue Party • [1946]
  • Clarke, Arthur C. • The Wind from the Sun ["Sunjammer"] • [1964]
  • Dann, Jack • Camps • [1979]
  • Delany, Samuel R. • Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones • [1968]
  • Dick, Philip K. • We Can Remember It for You Wholesale • [1966]
  • Dick, Philip K. • Faith of Our Fathers • [1967]
  • Dickson, Gordon R. • Call Him Lord • [1966]
  • Dickson, Gordon R. • The Cloak and the Staff • [1980]
  • Effinger, George Alec • Schrödinger's Kitten • [1988]
  • Eklund, Gordon • If the Stars Are Gods (with Gregory Benford) • [1974]
  • Ellison, Harlan • Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes • [1967]
  • Ellison, Harlan • The Deathbird • [1973]
  • Ellison, Harlan • Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W • [1974]
  • Ellison, Harlan • Basilisk • [1972]
  • Ellison, Harlan • Djinn, No Chaser • [1982]
  • Ellison, Harlan • Paladin of the Lost Hour • [1985]
  • Ellison, Harlan • The Function of Dream Sleep • [1988]
  • Farmer, Philip José • Mother • [1953]
  • Forster, E. M. • The Machine Stops • [1909]
  • Gibson, William • Burning Chrome • [1982]
  • Godwin, Parke • The Fire When It Comes • [1981]
  • Godwin, Tom • The Cold Equations • [1954]
  • Grant, Charles L. • A Glow of Candles, A Unicorn's Eye • [1977]
  • Hamilton, Edmond • What's It Like Out There? • [1952]
  • Heinlein, Robert A. • "—And He Built a Crooked House" • [1941]
  • Heinlein, Robert A. • The Roads Must Roll • [1946]
  • Keyes, Daniel • Flowers for Algernon • [1959]
  • Kipling, Rudyard • As Easy as A.B.C. • [1912]
  • Knight, Damon • Stranger Station • [1956]
  • Kornbluth, C. M. • The Little Black Bag • [1950]
  • Kornbluth, C. M. • The Marching Morons • [1951]
  • Kuttner, Henry • The Twonky [as by Lewis Padgett] • [1942]
  • Kuttner, Henry • Mimsy Were the Borogoves [as by Lewis Padgett] • [1943]
  • Kuttner, Henry • The Proud Robot [as by Lewis Padgett] • [1943]
  • Kuttner, Henry • The Piper's Son [as by Lewis Padgett] • [1945]
  • Kuttner, Henry • Private Eye [as by Lewis Padgett] • [1949]
  • Le Guin, Ursula K. • Nine Lives • [1969]
  • Le Guin, Ursula K. • The New Atlantis • [1975]
  • Le Guin, Ursula K. • Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight • [1987]
  • Leiber, Fritz • Four Ghosts in Hamlet • [1965]
  • Leiber, Fritz • Gonna Roll the Bones • [1967]
  • Leinster, Murray • First Contact • [1945]
  • Leinster, Murray • Exploration Team • [1956]
  • Lovecraft, H. P. • The Colour Out of Space • [1927]
  • Malzberg, Barry N. • A Galaxy Called Rome • [1975]
  • Martin, George R. R. • Sandkings • [1979]
  • Martin, George R. R. • Guardians • [1981]
  • Martin, George R. R. • Portraits of His Children • [1985]
  • Martin, George R. R. • The Monkey Treatment • [1983]
  • McCaffrey, Anne • The Ship Who Sang • [1961]
  • McIntyre, Vonda N. • Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand • [1973]
  • Miller, Walter M., Jr. • A Canticle for Leibowitz • [1955]
  • Moore, Ward • Lot • [1953]
  • Murphy, Pat • Rachel in Love • [1987]
  • Niven, Larry • Neutron Star • [1966]
  • Niven, Larry • Inconstant Moon • [1971]
  • Niven, Larry • The Borderland of Sol • [1975]
  • Pangborn, Edgar • Angel's Egg • [1951]
  • Pangborn, Edgar • Longtooth • [1970]
  • Phillips, Peter • Dreams Are Sacred • [1948]
  • Piper, H. Beam • He Walked Around the Horses • [1948]
  • Pohl, Frederik • The Tunnel Under the World • [1955]
  • Reamy, Tom • San Diego Lightfoot Sue • [1975]
  • Resnick, Mike • Kirinyaga • [1988]
  • Robinson, Kim Stanley • Black Air • [1983]
  • Robinson, Kim Stanley • The Lucky Strike • [1984]
  • Russ, Joanna • My Dear Emily • [1962]
  • Russell, Eric Frank • Hobbyist • [1947]
  • Schmitz, James H. • Grandpa • [1955]
  • Shea, Michael • The Autopsy • [1980]
  • Shepard, Lucius • The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule • [1984]
  • Shepard, Lucius • The Jaguar Hunter • [1985]
  • Sherred, T. L. • E for Effort • [1947]
  • Shiras, Wilmar H. • In Hiding • [1948]
  • Silverberg, Robert • Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another • [1989]
  • Smith, Cordwainer • Scanners Live in Vain • [1950]
  • Smith, Cordwainer • Alpha Ralpha Boulevard • [1961]
  • Spinrad, Norman • The Big Flash • [1969]
  • Sterling, Bruce • Swarm • [1982]
  • Sturgeon, Theodore • It • [1940]
  • Sturgeon, Theodore • The Silken-Swift • [1953]
  • Sturgeon, Theodore • Slow Sculpture • [1970]
  • Tenn, William • Child's Play • [1947]
  • Tiptree, James, Jr. • The Women Men Don't See • [1973]
  • Tiptree, James, Jr. • The Girl Who Was Plugged In • [1973]
  • Tiptree, James, Jr. • The Screwfly Solution [as by Raccoona Sheldon] • [1977]
  • Van Vogt, A. E. • Black Destroyer • [1939]
  • Van Vogt, A. E. • Vault of the Beast • [1940]
  • Van Vogt, A. E. • The Weapon Shop • [1942]
  • Varley, John • The Barbie Murders • [1978]
  • Vinge, Joan D. • Eyes of Amber • [1977]
  • Wagner, Karl Edward • Sticks • [1974]
  • Waldrop, Howard • The Ugly Chickens • [1980]
  • Weinbaum, Stanley G. • A Martian Odyssey • [1934]
  • Wells, H. G. • The Land Ironclads • [1903]
  • Wilhelm, Kate • The Girl Who Fell into the Sky • [1986]
  • Williamson, Jack • With Folded Hands... • [1947]
  • Willis, Connie • Fire Watch • [1982]
  • Willis, Connie • At the Rialto • [1989]
  • Wilson, Richard • Mother to the World • [1968]
  • Zelazny, Roger • A Rose for Ecclesiastes • [1963]
  • Zelazny, Roger • The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth • [1965]
  • Zelazny, Roger • For a Breath I Tarry • [1966]
  • Zelazny, Roger • Unicorn Variation • [1981]
  • Zelazny, Roger • Permafrost • [1986]

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