In Reruns: Came across this list of the most widely anthologized Sci-Fi short stories.


1 Bradbury, Ray - The Sound of Thunder

2 Asimov, Isaac - Nightfall
Wells, H. G. - The Star

3 Ellison, Harlan - "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman
Aldiss, Brian W. - But Who Can Replace a Man?

4 Clarke, Arthur C. - The Nine Billion Names of God
Clarke, Arthur C. - The Sentinel of Eternity
Simak, Clifford D. - Desertion

5 Bradbury, Ray - There Will Come Soft Rains
Godwin, Tom - The Cold Equations

6 Clarke, Arthur C. - The Star

7 Ballard, J. G. - Billenium
Keyes, Daniel - Flowers for Algernon
Leinster, Murray - First Contact

8 Wells, H. G. - The Man Who Could Work Miracles


9 Bixby, Jerome - It's a Good Life
del Rey, Lester - Helen O'Loy
Ellison, Harlan - I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

10 Blish, James - Common Time
Brown, Fredric - "Arena"
Clarke, Arthur C. - History Lesson
Merril, Judith - That Only a Mother
van Vogt, A. E. - The Monster

I do get to feel that warm, fuzzy feeling that I've read nearly every story on the list, and all but a couple of them are on a bookshelf not three feet from me as I sit typing this.

It's also interesting that despite the belief that "Nightfall" is the most widely anthologized short story, "The Sound of Thunder" beat it, and an old HG Wells story ties it. One with the same title as the better known Arthur C Clarke story that's in the number 6 position.

But I think if textbooks were included in this list, "The Sound of Thunder" would beat everything, hands down.