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100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories

  • Laurence M. Janifer,
  • Ray Russell,
  • David Bischoff,
  • Steven Utley,
  • Joe L. Hensley,
  • Robert Sheckley,
  • Larry Niven,
  • Martin Gardner,
  • James E. Gunn,
  • Edward Wellen,
  • Edward D. Hoch,
  • Barry N. Malzberg,
  • Walter S. Tevis,
  • Alan Edward Nourse,
  • Lee Killough,
  • Martin H. Greenberg,
  • Donald E. Westlake,
  • Bob Shaw,
  • Joseph D. Olander,
  • Alfred Bester,
  • Ralph Milne Farley,
  • William F. Nolan,
  • Keith Laumer,
  • Thomas F. Monteleone,
  • F. M. Busby,
  • George R. R. Martin,
  • Joanna Russ,
  • Bill Pronzini,
  • Alexei Panshin,
  • Isaac Asimov,
  • Anthony Boucher,
  • Stephen Goldin,
  • Robert L. Fish,
  • Roger Zelazny,
  • Jerome Bixby,
  • Reginald Bretnor,
  • Ben Bova,
  • Karen Anderson,
  • Damon Knight,
  • James Blish,
  • Henry Slesar,
  • Fred Saberhagen,
  • Gregory Benford,
  • Frederik Pohl,
  • Fritz Leiber,
  • Cyril M. Kornbluth,
  • Ambrose Bierce,
  • Nelson Slade Bond,
  • Hayford Peirce,
  • Bruce McAllister,
  • Richard Wilson,
  • Paul Dellinger,
  • Duane Ackerson,
  • Charles E. Fritch,
  • Mildred Downey Broxon,
  • Grant Carrington,
  • Walt Liebscher,
  • E. Michael Blake,
  • Robert Emmett Toomey Jr.,
  • James Edward Sutherland,
  • Maggie Nadler,
  • Dannie Plachta,
  • Edward Rager,
  • Jeffrey S. Hudson,
  • Robert T. Kurosaka,
  • James E. Thompson,
  • Paul Bond,
  • Daniel A. Darlington,
  • K. W. MacAnn

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A loint of paw / Isaac Asimov -- The advent on Channel Twelve / C.M. Kornbluth -- Plaything / Larry Niven -- The misfortune cookie / Charles E. Fritch -- I wish I may, I wish I might / Bill Pronzini -- FTA / George R.R. Martin -- Trace / Jerome Bixby -- The ingenious patriot / Ambrose Bierce -- Zoo / Edward D. Hoch -- The destiny of Milton Gomrath / Alexei Panshin -- The devil and the trombone / Martin Gardner -- Upstart / Steven Utley -- How it all went / Gregory Benford -- Harry Protagonist, brain-drainer / Richard Wilson -- Peeping Tommy / Robert F. Young -- Starting from scratch / Robert Sheckley -- Corrida / Roger Zelazny -- Shall the dust praise thee? / Damon Knight -- Bug-getter / R. Bretnor -- The deadly mission of Phineas Snodgrass / Frederik Pohl -- Fire sale / Laurence M. Janifer -- Safe at any speed / Larry Niven -- The masks / James Blish -- Innocence / Joanna Russ -- Kin / Richard Wilson -- The long night / Ray Russell -- Sanity clause / Edward Wellen -- If at first you don't succeed, to hell with it! / Charles E. Fritch -- The question / Laurence M. Janifer and Donald E. Westlake -- The perfect woman / Robert Sheckley -- The system / Ben Bova -- Exile to hell / Isaac Asimov -- Inaugural / Barry N. Malzberg and Bill Pronzini -- Martha / Fred Saberhagen -- Kindergarten / Fritz Leiber -- Landscape with sphinxes / Karen Anderson -- The happiest day of your life / Bob Shaw -- The worlds of Monty Willson / William F. Nolan -- Punch / Frederik Pohl -- Doctor / Henry Slesar -- The man from when / Dannie Plachta -- Crying willow / Edward Rager -- January 1975 / Barry N. Malzberg -- Mail supremacy / Hayford Peirce -- Mistake / Larry Niven -- Half-baked publisher's delight / Jeffrey S. Hudson and Issac Asimov -- Far from home / Walter S. Tevis Swords of Ifthan / James Sutherland -- Argent blood / Joe L. Hensley -- Collector's fever / Roger Zelazny -- Sign at the end of the universe / Duane Ackerson -- Stubborn / Stephen Goldin -- The re-creation / Robert E. Toomey, Jr. -- The better man / Ray Russell -- Oom / Martin Gardner -- Merchant / Henry Slesar -- Don't fence me in / Richard Wilson -- The die-hard / Alfred Bester -- The first / Anthony Boucher -- Eripmav / Damon Knight -- Feeding time / Robert Sheckley -- The voice from the curious cube / Nelson Bond -- I'm going to get you / F.M. Busby -- The room / Ray Russell -- Dry spell / Bill Pronzini -- Bohassian learns / William Rotsler -- Star bride / Anthony Boucher -- Latest feature / Maggie Nadler -- Chief / Henry Slesar -- After you've stood on the log at the centre of the universe, what is there left to do? / Grant Carrington -- Maid to measure / Damon Knight -- Eyes do more than see / Isaac Asimov -- Thang / Martin Gardner -- How now purple cow / Bill Pronzini -- Revival meeting / Dannie Plachta -- Prototaph / Keith Laumer -- The rocket of 1955 / C.M. Kornbluth -- Science fiction for telepaths / E. Michael Blake -- Kindergarten / James E. Gunn -- A little knowledge / Paul Dellinger -- A cup of hemlock / Lee Killough -- Present perfect / Thomas F. Monteleone -- A lot to learn / Robert T. Kurosaka -- The amphibious cavalry gap / James E. Thompson -- Not counting bridges / Robert L. Fish -- The man inside / Bruce McAllister -- The Mars stone / Paul Bond -- Source material / Mildred Downey Broxon -- The compleat consummators / Alan E. Nourse -- Examination day / Henry Slesar -- The sky's an oyster; the stars are pearls / Dave Bischoff -- The man who could turn back the clock / Ralph Milne Farley -- Patent rights / Daniel A. Darlington -- Alien cornucopia / Walt Liebscher -- The last paradox / Edward D. Hoch -- Course of empire / Richard Wilson -- Synchronicity / James E. Thompson -- Sweet dreams, Melissa / Stephen Goldin -- The man on top / R. Bretnor -- Rejection slip / K.W. MacAnn.

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  • American Science fiction
  • English Science fiction
  • Science fiction
  • Fiction, short stories (single author)
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About the authors

  • Laurence M. Janifer

    4.00

    1 ratings · 34 works

  • Ray Russell

    4 September 1924 - 15 March 1999

    4.00

    1 ratings · 43 works

  • David Bischoff

    3.17

    6 ratings · 103 works

  • Steven Utley

    2.50

    2 ratings · 21 works

  • Joe L. Hensley

    born 1926

    4.00

    1 ratings · 34 works

  • Robert Sheckley

    1928 - 2005

    3.72

    25 ratings · 268 works

  • Larry Niven

    born April 30, 1938

    3.81

    472 ratings · 240 works

  • Martin Gardner

    1914-10-21 - 2010-05-22

    3.83

    12 ratings · 167 works

  • James E. Gunn

    12 Jul 1923 - 23 Dec 2020

    4.00

    2 ratings · 97 works

  • Edward Wellen

    4.50

    2 ratings · 20 works

  • Edward D. Hoch

    22 Feb 1930 - 17 January 2008

    3.88

    25 ratings · 121 works

  • Barry N. Malzberg

    3.33

    3 ratings · 138 works

  • Walter S. Tevis

    1928 - 1984

    4.11

    47 ratings · 42 works

  • Alan Edward Nourse

    1928 - 1992

    3.75

    8 ratings · 198 works

  • Lee Killough

    4.00

    2 ratings · 30 works

  • Martin H. Greenberg

    1 March 1941 - 25 June 2011

    3.77

    74 ratings · 767 works

  • Donald E. Westlake

    July 12, 1933 - December 31, 2008

    3.83

    40 ratings · 162 works

  • Bob Shaw

    1931 - 1996

    4.00

    4 ratings · 135 works

  • Joseph D. Olander

    4.00

    1 ratings · 39 works

  • Alfred Bester

    18 Dec 1913 - 30 Sep 1987

    3.83

    46 ratings · 84 works

  • Ralph Milne Farley

    3.50

    2 ratings · 40 works

  • William F. Nolan

    6 March 1928 - --

    3.73

    15 ratings · 99 works

  • Keith Laumer

    9 Jun 1925 - 23 Jan 1993

    3.92

    12 ratings · 231 works

  • Thomas F. Monteleone

    born 1946

    3.29

    7 ratings · 43 works

  • F. M. Busby

    11 March 1921 - 17 February 2005

    3.75

    4 ratings · 38 works

  • George R. R. Martin

    born 20 September 1948

    4.20

    1405 ratings · 373 works

  • Joanna Russ

    22 February 1937 - 29 April 2011

    3.90

    10 ratings · 57 works

  • Bill Pronzini

    born 13 April 1943

    3.57

    7 ratings · 445 works

  • Alexei Panshin

    born 1940

    2.67

    3 ratings · 25 works

  • Isaac Asimov

    2 January 1920 - 6 April 1992

    4.12

    1638 ratings · 1358 works

  • Anthony Boucher

    August 21, 1911 - April 29, 1968

    3.50

    4 ratings · 178 works

  • Stephen Goldin

    born 28 February 1947

    3.67

    6 ratings · 56 works

  • Robert L. Fish

    21 August 1912 - 23 February 1981

    4.00

    1 ratings · 63 works

  • Roger Zelazny

    13 May 1937 - 14 June 1995

    3.65

    266 ratings · 189 works

  • Jerome Bixby

    11 January 1923 - 28 April 1998

    3.86

    7 ratings · 36 works

  • Reginald Bretnor

    1911 - 1992

    4.00

    1 ratings · 40 works

  • Ben Bova

    8 November 1932 - 29 November 2020

    3.21

    38 ratings · 435 works

  • Karen Anderson

    September 16, 1932 - 17 March 2018

    4.50

    4 ratings · 64 works

  • Damon Knight

    19 September 1922 - 15 April 2002

    3.17

    6 ratings · 281 works

  • James Blish

    23 May 1921 - 30 July 1975

    3.54

    46 ratings · 125 works

  • Henry Slesar

    1927 - 2002

    4.00

    4 ratings · 56 works

  • Fred Saberhagen

    1930 - 2007

    3.48

    56 ratings · 258 works

  • Gregory Benford

    born January 30, 1941

    3.55

    55 ratings · 149 works

  • Frederik Pohl

    26 November 1919 - 2 September 2013

    3.47

    109 ratings · 365 works

  • Fritz Leiber

    24 Dec 1910 - 5 Sep 1992

    3.56

    63 ratings · 319 works

  • Cyril M. Kornbluth

    2 July 1924 - 21 March 1958

    4.13

    15 ratings · 152 works

  • Ambrose Bierce

    1842 - 1914?

    3.96

    140 ratings · 1058 works

  • Nelson Slade Bond

    November 23, 1908 - November 6, 2006

    4.00

    1 ratings · 18 works

  • Hayford Peirce

    4.00

    1 ratings · 17 works

  • Bruce McAllister

    born 1946

    4.00

    1 ratings · 15 works

  • Richard Wilson

    23 September 1920 - 29 March 1987

    4.00

    1 ratings · 12 works

  • Paul Dellinger

    4.00

    1 ratings · 8 works

  • Duane Ackerson

    born 1942

    4.00

    1 ratings · 8 works

  • Charles E. Fritch

    20 January 1927 - 11 October 2012

    4.00

    1 ratings · 7 works

  • Mildred Downey Broxon

    4.00

    1 ratings · 5 works

  • Grant Carrington

    4.00

    1 ratings · 5 works

  • Walt Liebscher

    4.00

    1 ratings · 3 works

  • E. Michael Blake

    4.00

    1 ratings · 3 works

  • Robert Emmett Toomey Jr.

    born 5 September 1945

    4.00

    1 ratings · 2 works

  • James Edward Sutherland

    born 25 August 1948

    4.00

    1 ratings · 2 works

  • Maggie Nadler

    4.00

    1 ratings · 2 works

  • Dannie Plachta

    4.00

    1 ratings · 1 works

  • Edward Rager

    4.00

    1 ratings · 1 works

  • Jeffrey S. Hudson

    4.00

    1 ratings · 1 works

  • Robert T. Kurosaka

    4.00

    1 ratings · 1 works

  • James E. Thompson

    4.00

    1 ratings · 1 works

  • Paul Bond

    4.00

    1 ratings · 1 works

  • Daniel A. Darlington

    4.00

    1 ratings · 1 works

  • K. W. MacAnn

    4.00

    1 ratings · 1 works

Editions

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    1st ed.

    Doubleday

    1978

  • Edition cover

    Pan Books

    September 1980

  • Edition cover

    Avon

    1980-08

  • Edition cover

    Pavilion Books

    1978

  • Edition cover

    Avon

    October 1985

  • Edition cover

    1st ed.

    Doubleday

    1978

  • Edition cover

    1st ed.

    Doubleday

    1978