The authorative companion and follow-up to the acclaimed Science Fiction Hall of Fame acknowledges the importance of fantasy to modern literature, and enshrine the 30 favorite short stories of all time.Chosen by popular ballot among the 1000 professionals who make their livings creating America's bestselling dreams, these are the undisputed classics: The unforgettable stories that influenced and shaped the imagination at work in the field today.
Here are the stories that shaped the shapers. Here are the stories that will live forever.
Trouble with water / H.L. Gold --
Nothing in the rules / L. Sprague de Camp --
Fruit of knowledge / C.L. Moore --
Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius / Jorge Luis Borges --
Compleat werewolf / Anthony Boucher --
Small assassin / Ray Bradbury --
Lottery / Shirley Jackson --
Our fair city / Robert A. Heinlein --
There shall be no darkness / James Blish --
Loom of darkness / Jack Vance --
Man who sold rope to the gnoles / Margaret St. Clair --
Silken-swift / Theodore Sturgeon --
Golem / Avram Davidson --
Operation afreet / Poul Anderson --
That hell-bound train / Robert Bloch --
Bazaar of the bizarre / Fritz Leiber --
Come lady death / Peter S. Beagle --
Drowned giant / J.G. Ballard --
Narrow valley / R.A. Lafferty --
Faith of our fathers / Philip K. Dick --
Ghost of a Model T / Clifford D. Simak --
Demoness / Tanith Lee --
Jeffty is five / Harlan Ellison --
Detective of dreams / Gene Wolfe --
Unicorn variations / Roger Zelazny --
Basileus / Robert Silverberg --
Jaguar Hunter / Lucius Shepard --
Buffalo gals, won't you come out tonight / Ursula K. Le Guin --
Bears discover fire / Terry Bisson --
Tower of Babylon / Ted Chiang.
