I do not believe I have ever posted my favorite short fiction list, so here it is.
Ranking / Title / Author
1 / Her Habiline Husband / Michael Bishop
2 / A Rose for Ecclesiastes / Roger Zelazny
3 / The Star Pit / Samuel R. Delany
4 / The Girl Who Was Plugged In / James Tiptree, Jr.
5 / The Last Castle / Jack Vance
6 / The Persistence of Vision / John Varley
7 / Story of Your Life / Ted Chiang
8 / Green Mars / Kim Stanley Robinson
9 / Blue Champagne / John Varley
10 / The White Otters of Childhood / Michael Bishop
11 / April Fool’s Day Forever / Kate Wilhelm
12 / The Visitor at the Zoo / Damon Knight
13 / Hawksbill Station / Robert Silverberg
14 / The Custodians / Richard Cowper
15 / The Dead Lady of Clown Town / Cordwainer Smith
16 / This Moment of the Storm / Roger Zelazny
17 / We, in Some Strange Power’s Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line / Samuel R. Delany
18 / Fire Watch / Connie Willis
19 / The Empire of Ice Cream / Jeffrey Ford
20 / Zima Blue / Alastair Reynolds
Great list of short fiction. You made some good choices.
ReplyDeleteI will have to do some thinking about what would be on my list of favorites. I am thinking that I will have an Asimov story and possibly a Martin one.
My favorite Asimov was "The Ugly Little Boy." I could select several Martins, such as "A Song For Lya" and "Sandkings."
ReplyDeleteThe Dead Lady of Clown Town is one of my absolute favorite short stories, and The Last Castle and Fire Watch are excellent as well. I am definitely interested in reading the rest of your list based solely on the presence of these three stories.
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