Best Story in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929

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Option	Votes
Arthur C. Clarke “The Nine Billion Names of God” 1953	2
Daniel Keyes “Flowers for Algernon” 1959	1
Alfred Bester “Fondly Fahrenheit” 1954	1
Cordwainer Smith “Scanners Live in Vain” 1948	1
A. E. van Vogt "The Weapon Shop" 1942	0
James Blish “Surface Tension” 1952	0
Jerome Bixby “It's a Good Life” 1953	0
Tom Godwin “The Cold Equations” 1954	0
Damon Knight “The Country of the Kind” 1955	0
Anthony Boucher “The Quest for Saint Aquin” 1951	0
Fritz Leiber “Coming Attraction” 1950	0
Richard Matheson “Born of Man and Woman” 1950	0
Cyril M. Kornbluth “The Little Black Bag” 1950	0
Ray Bradbury “Mars is Heaven!” 1948	0
Judith Merril “That Only a Mother” 1948	0
Murray Leinster “First Contact” 1945	0
Fredric Brown “Arena” 1944	0
Clifford D. Simak “Huddling Place” 1944	0
Lewis Padgett “Mimsy Were the Borogoves” 1943	0
Roger Zelazny “A Rose for Ecclesiastes” 1963	0

― ilx chilton (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 4 January 2009 21:22 (sixteen years ago)

"Fondly Fahrenheit" followed by "Mimsy Were The Borogoves".

― Alex in SF, Sunday, 4 January 2009 21:26 (sixteen years ago)

This is really an astoundingly great collection.

― Alex in SF, Sunday, 4 January 2009 21:26 (sixteen years ago)

Fuck the gun-nut propaganda of 'The Weapon Shop'. I really like 'The Country of The Kind' but think I've only read about two others ;_; need to get me some more anthologies.

― ledge, Sunday, 4 January 2009 21:27 (sixteen years ago)

Is there a reason why Sturgeon and Asimov stories (amongst others) got missed?

Author Story Title Year of first publication
Stanley G. Weinbaum "A Martian Odyssey" 1934
John W. Campbell "Twilight" 1934
Lester del Rey "Helen O’Loy" 1938
Robert A. Heinlein "The Roads Must Roll" 1940
Theodore Sturgeon "Microcosmic God" 1941
Isaac Asimov "Nightfall" 1941
A. E. van Vogt "The Weapon Shop" 1942
Lewis Padgett “Mimsy Were the Borogoves” 1943
Clifford D. Simak “Huddling Place” 1944
Fredric Brown “Arena” 1944
Murray Leinster “First Contact” 1945
Judith Merril “That Only a Mother” 1948
Cordwainer Smith “Scanners Live in Vain” 1948
Ray Bradbury “Mars is Heaven!” 1948
Cyril M. Kornbluth “The Little Black Bag” 1950
Richard Matheson “Born of Man and Woman” 1950
Fritz Leiber “Coming Attraction” 1950
Anthony Boucher “The Quest for Saint Aquin” 1951
James Blish “Surface Tension” 1952
Arthur C. Clarke “The Nine Billion Names of God” 1953
Jerome Bixby “It's a Good Life” 1953
Tom Godwin “The Cold Equations” 1954
Alfred Bester “Fondly Fahrenheit” 1954
Damon Knight “The Country of the Kind” 1955
Daniel Keyes “Flowers for Algernon” 1959
Roger Zelazny “A Rose for Ecclesiastes” 1963

― Alex in SF, Sunday, 4 January 2009 21:28 (sixteen years ago)

ledge, you can find this collection for a couple of bucks and it's the best of its kind.

― Alex in SF, Sunday, 4 January 2009 21:29 (sixteen years ago)

I've read this, I'm sure, but I don't have it in the house. “The Nine Billion Names of God” is the one with that instant recognition factor. Some great semi-forgotten writers in there.

― Soukesian, Sunday, 4 January 2009 21:45 (sixteen years ago)

It's ordered and on the way! 2-5 days, plenty of time to read it before the poll ends.

― ledge, Sunday, 4 January 2009 21:50 (sixteen years ago)

Is there a reason why Sturgeon and Asimov stories (amongst others) got missed?
Dang. Some kind of weird cut-and-paste stuff.

― ilx chilton (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 4 January 2009 21:50 (sixteen years ago)

OK, here's new version:
Best Story in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929–1964 (Unabridged Version)

― ilx chilton (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 4 January 2009 22:00 (sixteen years ago)

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