{"id":2036,"date":"2013-01-01T21:29:32","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T02:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=2036"},"modified":"2013-03-21T15:34:19","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T19:34:19","slug":"comments-on-locus-all-centuries-poll-shorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/comments-on-locus-all-centuries-poll-shorts\/","title":{"rendered":"Comments on Locus All-Centuries Poll: Shorts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The results of the Locus Online All-Centuries Poll are now out. I told you what my votes were <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/all-time-best-sf-fantasy-novels-stories-v2\/\">a while ago<\/a>. Here are\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.locusmag.com\/2012\/AllCenturyPollsResults.html\">the results of the poll<\/a>, and following are my comments on the short fiction component.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of short fiction, there&#8217;s a lot I haven&#8217;t read &#8212; there&#8217;s also some I read a long time ago and forgot. When I&#8217;m looking for some short fiction to read, I&#8217;ll come back to this list.<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p>20th Century Novella:<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Their ranking<\/td>\n<td>Author : Title (Year)<\/td>\n<td>My comments<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Chiang, Ted : Story of Your Life (1998)<\/td>\n<td>Brilliant, deserves its spot.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Le Guin, Ursula K. : The Word for World Is Forest (1972)<\/td>\n<td>I&#8217;ve read a lot of Le Guin but not this one yet.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Tiptree, James, Jr. : Houston, Houston, Do You Read? (1976)<\/td>\n<td>A good story &#8212; I wouldn&#8217;t put it quite this close to the top.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Campbell, John W. : Who Goes There? (1938)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Varley, John : The Persistence of Vision (1978)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Wolfe, Gene : The Fifth Head of Cerberus (1972)<\/td>\n<td>I read it a long time ago and probably didn&#8217;t understand it.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Leiber, Fritz : Ill Met in Lankhmar (1970)<\/td>\n<td>A great story.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Heinlein, Robert A. : The Man Who Sold the Moon (1950)<\/td>\n<td>I&#8217;ve read a few of his novels but haven&#8217;t yet delved into his short fiction.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Kress, Nancy : Beggars in Spain (1991)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Moore, C. L. (&amp; Henry Kuttner) : Vintage Season (1946)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>Bujold, Lois McMaster : The Mountains of Mourning (1989)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>Martin, George R. R. : A Song for Lya (1974)<\/td>\n<td>I loved <strong>A Game of Thrones<\/strong> but haven&#8217;t read any of his short fiction yet.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>Lovecraft, H. P. : The Shadow Over Innsmouth (1942)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>Heinlein, Robert A. : By His Bootstraps<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>Simak, Clifford D. : The Big Front Yard (1958)<\/td>\n<td>A great story.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>Sturgeon, Theodore : Baby Is Three (1952)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17*<\/td>\n<td>Moorcock, Michael : Behold the Man (1966)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17*<\/td>\n<td>Varley, John : PRESS ENTER[] (1984)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>Willis, Connie : The Last of the Winnebagos (1988)<\/td>\n<td>A great story.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>Vinge, Vernor : True Names (1981)<\/td>\n<td>I loved Vinge&#8217;s novels that I&#8217;ve read but I haven&#8217;t gotten to his short stories yet.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>Vance, Jack : The Last Castle (1966)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22*<\/td>\n<td>Crowley, John : Great Work of Time (1989)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22*<\/td>\n<td>Zelazny, Roger : 24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai (1985)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>24*<\/td>\n<td>Vance, Jack : The Dragon Masters (1962)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>24*<\/td>\n<td>Vance, Jack : The Moon Moth (1961)<\/td>\n<td>A great story.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>Heinlein, Robert A. : The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag (1942)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>27<\/td>\n<td>Longyear, Barry B. : Enemy Mine (1979)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>28<\/td>\n<td>Asimov, Isaac : The Martian Way (1952)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td>Farmer, Philip Jose : Riders of the Purple Wage (1967)<\/td>\n<td>The only story I didn&#8217;t finish reading in <strong>Dangerous Visions<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>Zelazny, Roger : He Who Shapes (1965)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>31<\/td>\n<td>Chiang, Ted : Seventy-two Letters (2000)<\/td>\n<td>A great story.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>32<\/td>\n<td>Shepard, Lucius : R&amp;R (1986)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>33<\/td>\n<td>Wolfe, Gene : The Death of Doctor Island (1973)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>34<\/td>\n<td>Delany, Samuel R. : The Star Pit (1967)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>35<\/td>\n<td>McCaffrey, Anne : Dragonrider (1967)<\/td>\n<td>Part of the first Pern novel, it&#8217;s a good story.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>36<\/td>\n<td>Resnick, Mike : Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge (1994)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>37<\/td>\n<td>Heinlein, Robert A. : Universe (1941)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>McCaffrey, Anne : Weyr Search (1967)<\/td>\n<td>Part of the first Pern novel,\u00a0it&#8217;s a good story.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>39<\/td>\n<td>Silverberg, Robert : Nightwings (1968)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>40<\/td>\n<td>Anderson, Poul : The Queen of Air and Darkness (1971)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>41<\/td>\n<td>Lovecraft, H. P. : The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>42*<\/td>\n<td>Howard, Robert E. : Red Nails (1936)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>42*<\/td>\n<td>Silverberg, Robert : Sailing to Byzantium (1985)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>44<\/td>\n<td>Brin, David : The Postman (1982)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>45<\/td>\n<td>Bear, Greg : Hardfought (1983)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>46<\/td>\n<td>Russell, Eric Frank : &#8230;And Then There Were None<\/td>\n<td>One of my favourites.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>47<\/td>\n<td>Zelazny, Roger : Home Is the Hangman (1975)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>48*<\/td>\n<td>Haldeman, Joe : The Hemingway Hoax (1990)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>48*<\/td>\n<td>Wolfe, Gene : Seven American Nights (1978)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>50<\/td>\n<td>Lovecraft, H. P. : The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath (1943)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>20th Century Novelette:<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Their ranking<\/td>\n<td>Author : Title (Year)<\/td>\n<td>My comments<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Keyes, Daniel : Flowers for Algernon (1959)<\/td>\n<td>An amazing story everyone should read.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Asimov, Isaac : Nightfall (1941)<\/td>\n<td>A brilliant story, one of my favourites.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Zelazny, Roger : A Rose for Ecclesiastes (1963)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Asimov, Isaac : The Bicentennial Man (1976)<\/td>\n<td>A brilliant story, one of my favourites.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Martin, George R. R. : Sandkings (1979)<\/td>\n<td>A great story, also made into an episode of <strong>The Outer Limits<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Bester, Alfred : Fondly Fahrenheit (1954)<\/td>\n<td>A great story.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Ellison, Harlan : A Boy and His Dog (1969)<\/td>\n<td>A fabulous story, also made into a movie that&#8217;s worth watching.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Bear, Greg : Blood Music (1983)<\/td>\n<td>I read and enjoyed the novel version.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Butler, Octavia E. : Bloodchild (1984)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Godwin, Tom : The Cold Equations (1954)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>Tiptree, James, Jr. : The Women Men Don&#8217;t See (1973)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>Tiptree, James, Jr. : The Girl Who Was Plugged In<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>Card, Orson Scott : Ender&#8217;s Game (1977)<\/td>\n<td>I don&#8217;t remember the story version separate from the novel &#8212; the novel is one of my favourites.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>Chiang, Ted : Tower of Babylon (1990)<\/td>\n<td>A great story, one of my favourites.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>Weinbaum, Stanley G. : A Martian Odyssey (1934)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>Delany, Samuel R. : Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones (1968)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>Dick, Philip K. : We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (1966)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>Gibson, William : Burning Chrome (1982)<\/td>\n<td>A great story, which I just read a couple of weeks ago.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>Lovecraft, H. P. : The Call of Cthulhu (1928)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>Brown, Fredric : Arena (1944)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>Blish, James : Surface Tension (1952)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>Willis, Connie : Fire Watch (1982)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td>Ellison, Harlan : The Deathbird<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<td>Miller, Walter M., Jr. : A Canticle for Leibowitz (1955)<\/td>\n<td>Part of the novel of the same name &#8212; brilliant.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>Zelazny, Roger : The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth (1965)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>26*<\/td>\n<td>Smith, Cordwainer : The Ballad of Lost C&#8217;Mell (1962)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>26*<\/td>\n<td>Niven, Larry : Inconstant Moon (1971)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>28<\/td>\n<td>Kuttner, Henry [Lewis Padgett] : Mimsy Were the Borogoves (1943)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td>Niven, Larry : Neutron Star (1966)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>Kelly, James Patrick : Think Like a Dinosaur (1995)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>31<\/td>\n<td>Zelazny, Roger : For a Breath I Tarry (1966)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>32<\/td>\n<td>Sturgeon, Theodore : Microcosmic God<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>33<\/td>\n<td>McCaffrey, Anne : The Ship Who Sang (1961)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>34<\/td>\n<td>Asimov, Isaac : Foundation (1942)<\/td>\n<td>Part of the novel of the same name &#8212; one of my favourites.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>35*<\/td>\n<td>Dick, Philip K. : Second Variety (1953)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>35*<\/td>\n<td>Smith, Cordwainer : Scanners Live in Vain (1950)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>37<\/td>\n<td>Shepard, Lucius : The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule (1984)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>Heinlein, Robert A. : &#8211;And He Built a Crooked House (1941)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>39<\/td>\n<td>Leinster, Murray : First Contact (1945)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>40<\/td>\n<td>Kornbluth, C. M. : The Little Black Bag<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>41*<\/td>\n<td>Aldiss, Brian W. : Hothouse (1961)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>41*<\/td>\n<td>Heinlein, Robert A. : The Roads Must Roll (1940)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>43<\/td>\n<td>Kornbluth, C. M. : The Marching Morons<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>44<\/td>\n<td>Sterling, Bruce : Swarm (1982)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>45<\/td>\n<td>Lovecraft, H. P. : The Dunwich Horror (1929)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>46<\/td>\n<td>Asimov, Isaac : The Ugly Little Boy (1958)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>47<\/td>\n<td>Zelazny, Roger : The Keys to December (1966)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>48<\/td>\n<td>Leiber, Fritz : Gonna Roll the Bones (1967)<\/td>\n<td>A good story.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>49<\/td>\n<td>Chiang, Ted : Understand (1991)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>50*<\/td>\n<td>Waldrop, Howard : The Ugly Chickens<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>50*<\/td>\n<td>Le Guin, Ursula K. : Buffalo Gals, Won&#8217;t You Come out Tonight<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>20th Century Short Story:<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Their ranking<\/td>\n<td>Author : Title (Year)<\/td>\n<td>My comments<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Clarke, Arthur C. : The Nine Billion Names of God (1953)<\/td>\n<td>Brilliant and highly memorable.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Le Guin, Ursula K. : The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas (1973)<\/td>\n<td>An amazing story.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Ellison, Harlan : &#8216;Repent, Harlequin!&#8217; said the Ticktockman (1965)<\/td>\n<td>Great, one of my favourites.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Ellison, Harlan : I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1967)<\/td>\n<td>A great but brutal story.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Clarke, Arthur C. : The Star (1955)<\/td>\n<td>Another great story.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Bradbury, Ray : A Sound of Thunder (1952)<\/td>\n<td>A great story.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Heinlein, Robert A. : All You Zombies&#8211; (1959)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Gibson, William : Johnny Mnemonic (1981)<\/td>\n<td>A good story.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Tiptree, James, Jr. : The Screwfly Solution (1977)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Jackson, Shirley : The Lottery (1948)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>Bradbury, Ray : There Will Come Soft Rains (1950)<\/td>\n<td>Part of <strong>The Martian Chronicles<\/strong>, a great story.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>Asimov, Isaac : The Last Question (1956)<\/td>\n<td>A great story.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>Shaw, Bob : Light of Other Days (1966)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>Vonnegut, Kurt : Harrison Bergeron (1961)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>Heinlein, Robert A. : The Green Hills of Earth (1947)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>Smith, Cordwainer : The Game of Rat and Dragon (1955)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>Pohl, Frederik : Day Million (1966)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>Ellison, Harlan : Jeffty Is Five (1977)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>Clarke, Arthur C. : The Sentinel (1951)<\/td>\n<td>The inspiration for <strong>2001: A Space Odyssey<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>Russ, Joanna : When It Changed<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>Tiptree, James, Jr. : Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death (1973)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>Delany, Samuel R. : Aye, and Gomorrah<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td>Bixby, Jerome : It&#8217;s a Good Life (1953)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<td>Bradbury, Ray : The Veldt (1950)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>Varley, John : Air Raid (1977)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>Le Guin, Ursula K. : The Day Before the Revolution (1974)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>27<\/td>\n<td>Bisson, Terry : Bears Discover Fire (1990)<\/td>\n<td>I didn&#8217;t understand why people thought it was so great.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>28<\/td>\n<td>Butler, Octavia E. : Speech Sounds<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td>Asimov, Isaac : Robbie (1940)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>30*<\/td>\n<td>Bradbury, Ray : The Million Year Picnic (1946)<\/td>\n<td>Another great piece of <strong>The Martian Chronicles<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>30*<\/td>\n<td>Willis, Connie : Even the Queen (1992)<\/td>\n<td>A great story.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>30*<\/td>\n<td>Sturgeon, Theodore : The Man Who Lost the Sea (1959)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>33<\/td>\n<td>Leiber, Fritz : A Pail of Air (1951)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>34<\/td>\n<td>Sturgeon, Theodore : Saucer of Loneliness (1953)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>35*<\/td>\n<td>Davidson, Avram : Or All the Seas with Oysters (1958)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>35*<\/td>\n<td>Russell, Eric Frank : Allamagoosa (1955)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>37<\/td>\n<td>Card, Orson Scott : Unaccompanied Sonata (1979)<\/td>\n<td>An amazing story, one of my favourites.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>Martin, George R. R. : With Morning Comes Mistfall (1973)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>39<\/td>\n<td>Gaiman, Neil : A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream (1990)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>40<\/td>\n<td>Bester, Alfred : The Men Who Murdered Mohammed (1958)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>41<\/td>\n<td>Asimov, Isaac : Liar! (1941)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>42<\/td>\n<td>Egan, Greg : Learning to Be Me (1990)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>43<\/td>\n<td>Gaiman, Neil : Troll Bridge (1993)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>44<\/td>\n<td>Wolfe, Gene : The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>45*<\/td>\n<td>Leiber, Fritz : Coming Attraction<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>45*<\/td>\n<td>Silverberg, Robert : Passengers<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>47<\/td>\n<td>Ballard, J. 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