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SF Stories & Novellas: Great Short Science Fiction

Our Maverick English Teacher reflects on science fiction and the short story, and comes up with a list of 60 collections that clearly show how the short forms have given us some of the finest work in the genre.. As always, the list is personal, idiosyncratic, and decidedly Un-canonical. Most of the volumes are single author collections; however, several seminal anthologies that helped define the genre were necessarily included. All are worth a look; each has one or more gems that you might otherwise never experience.
Note: Although marketed as novels, "Fahrenheit 451" and "A Canticle for Leibowitz " are actually novellas. "Fahrenheit " was originally published as "The Fireman", and "Canticle" is a collection of three separate novellas first published separately in The Magazine of F&SF..
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Again Dangerous Visions (Ellison)
Again Dangerous Visions
1
Ellison
The Best of Cordwainer Smith (Cordwainer Smith)
The Best of Cordwainer Smith
2
Cordwainer Smith
The Best of Harry Harrison (Harrison)
The Best of Harry Harrison
3
Harrison
The Best of Henry Kuttner (Henry Kuttner)
The Best of Henry Kuttner
4
Henry Kuttner
The Best of Jack Vance (Jack Vance)
The Best of Jack Vance
5
Jack Vance
The Best of John Brunner (John Brunner)
The Best of John Brunner
6
John Brunner
Buffalo Gals Won't You Come Out Tonight? (Ursula K Leguin)
Buffalo Gals Won't You Come Out Tonight?
7
Ursula K Leguin
Burning Chrome (William Gibson)
Burning Chrome
8
William Gibson
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
9
Miller
The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh (C. J. Cherryh)
The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh
10
C. J. Cherryh
Dangerous Visions (Harlan Ellison)
Dangerous Visions
11
Harlan Ellison
Dark Benediction (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
Dark Benediction
12
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Deathbird Stories (Harlan Ellison)
Deathbird Stories
13
Harlan Ellison
Does Anyone Else Have Something Further to Add? (Lafferty)
Does Anyone Else Have Something Further to Add?
14
Lafferty
The Doors of His Face (Zelazny)
The Doors of His Face
15
Zelazny
Driftglass (Samuel R. Delany)
Driftglass
16
Samuel R. Delany
Duel (Richard Mathison)
Duel
17
Richard Mathison
Earthlight (Arthur C. Clarke)
Earthlight
18
Arthur C. Clarke
The Egg and Other Stories (Andy Weir)
The Egg and Other Stories
19
Andy Weir
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective (Harlan Ellison)
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective
20
Harlan Ellison
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
21
Ray Bradbury
Four for Tomorrow (Roger Zelazny)
Four for Tomorrow
22
Roger Zelazny
From This Day Forward (Brunner)
From This Day Forward
23
Brunner
Futures Imperfect (Connie Willis)
Futures Imperfect
24
Connie Willis
The Golden Apples of the Sun (Ray Bradbury)
The Golden Apples of the Sun
25
Ray Bradbury
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever (Tiptree)
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever
26
Tiptree
The Hugo Winners Vol. 1 (Isaac Asimov)
The Hugo Winners Vol. 1
27
Isaac Asimov
The Hugo Winners Vol. 2 (Edited by Asimov)
The Hugo Winners Vol. 2
28
Edited by Asimov
The Illustrated Man (Bradbury)
The Illustrated Man
29
Bradbury
The Last Defender of Camelot (Zelazny)
The Last Defender of Camelot
30
Zelazny
Last Summer at Mars Hill (Elizabeth Hand)
Last Summer at Mars Hill
31
Elizabeth Hand
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
32
Ray Bradbury
A Medicine for Melancholy (Ray Bradbury)
A Medicine for Melancholy
33
Ray Bradbury
Miniatures (John Scalzi)
Miniatures
34
John Scalzi
The Minority Report and Other Classic Stories (Philip K. Dick)
The Minority Report and Other Classic Stories
35
Philip K. Dick
Nightfall (Isaac Asimov)
Nightfall
36
Isaac Asimov
Nightmare at 20000 Feet
Nightmare at 20000 Feet
37
Nine Hundred Grandmothers (Lafferty)
Nine Hundred Grandmothers
38
Lafferty
No Future in It (John Brunner)
No Future in It
39
John Brunner
None So Blind (Joe Haldeman)
None So Blind
40
Joe Haldeman
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