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Locus Online Poll: Best All-Time Collection

A poll held by Locus magazine in 1998, to find the best ever single-author collections of SF short stories
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The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
1
Ray Bradbury
The Past Through Tomorrow
The Past Through Tomorrow
2
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective (Harlan Ellison)
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective
3
Harlan Ellison
I, Robot (Isaac Asimov)
I, Robot
4
Isaac Asimov
The Wind's Twelve Quarters (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Wind's Twelve Quarters
5
Ursula K. Le Guin
Deathbird Stories (Harlan Ellison)
Deathbird Stories
6
Harlan Ellison
The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories (Gene Wolfe)
The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories
7
Gene Wolfe
The Persistence of Vision (John Varley)
The Persistence of Vision
8
John Varley
Driftglass (Samuel R. Delany)
Driftglass
9
Samuel R. Delany
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
10
Impossible Things (Connie Willis)
Impossible Things
11
Connie Willis
The October Country (Ray Bradbury)
The October Country
12
Ray Bradbury
Maps in a Mirror (Orson Scott Card)
Maps in a Mirror
13
Orson Scott Card
Beyond the Safe Zone (Robert Silverberg)
Beyond the Safe Zone
14
Robert Silverberg
The Jaguar Hunter (Lucius Shepard)
The Jaguar Hunter
15
Lucius Shepard
Fire Watch (Connie Willis)
Fire Watch
16
Connie Willis
Shatterday
Shatterday
17
The Avram Davidson Treasury (Avram Davidson)
The Avram Davidson Treasury
18
Avram Davidson
Burning Chrome (William Gibson)
Burning Chrome
19
William Gibson
The Rediscovery of Man (Cordwainer Smith)
The Rediscovery of Man
20
Cordwainer Smith
Four for Tomorrow (Roger Zelazny)
Four for Tomorrow
21
Roger Zelazny
Starlight (Alfred Bester)
Starlight
22
Alfred Bester
Neutron Star (Larry Niven)
Neutron Star
23
Larry Niven
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever (James Tiptree, Jr.)
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever
24
James Tiptree, Jr.
His Share of Glory (C. M. Kornbluth)
His Share of Glory
25
C. M. Kornbluth
Kirinyaga (Mike Resnick)
Kirinyaga
26
Mike Resnick
The Complete Robot (Isaac Asimov)
The Complete Robot
27
Isaac Asimov
The Best of Fredric Brown (Fredric Brown)
The Best of Fredric Brown
28
Fredric Brown
Borders of Infinity (Lois McMaster Bujold)
Borders of Infinity
29
Lois McMaster Bujold
Different Seasons (Stephen King)
Different Seasons
30
Stephen King
The Leiber Chronicles (Fritz Leiber)
The Leiber Chronicles
31
Fritz Leiber
The Complete Stories (13 Volumes) (Theodore Sturgeon)
The Complete Stories (13 Volumes)
32
Theodore Sturgeon
The Illustrated Man (Ray Bradbury)
The Illustrated Man
33
Ray Bradbury
The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth (Roger Zelazny)
The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth
34
Roger Zelazny
Vermillion Sands (J. G. Ballard)
Vermillion Sands
35
J. G. Ballard
Night Shift (Stephen King)
Night Shift
36
Stephen King
N-Space (Larry Niven)
N-Space
37
Larry Niven
Nine Hundred Grandmothers (Lafferty)
Nine Hundred Grandmothers
38
Lafferty
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