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100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories

Isaac Asimov & Martin Harry Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander

First published 1978
Publisher Doubleday
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Cover art Peter Rauch
Pages xvi+271
Price $8.95
ISBN 0385130449

  • First edition stated. Copyright 1978, but no publication date.
  • Gutter code T4 on page 271, thus a printing date of January 1978
  • Month from Locus #211, May 1978
  • Cover artist is credited on the back flap of the dustjacket.
  • Library of Congress Control Number on copyright page.
  • Last page, 271, is numbered only on the contents page.

Year Reviewer Publication
1978 Doug Fratz Thrust, #11, Fall 1978
1981 Algis Budrys The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1981
1981 Bruce Gillespie SF Commentary, #62/63/64/65/66
1982 Ken Methold Omega Science Digest, January-February 1982

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Page Title Author(s) Type
1 A Loint of Paw Isaac Asimov Short Story
2 The Advent on Channel Twelve C. M. Kornbluth Short Story
5 Plaything Larry Niven Short Story
10 The Misfortune Cookie Charles E. Fritch Short Story
13 I Wish I May, I Wish I Might Bill Pronzini Short Story
16 FTA George R. R. Martin Short Story
19 Trace Jerome Bixby Short Story
22 The Ingenious Patriot Ambrose Bierce Short Story
23 Zoo Edward D. Hoch Short Story
25 The Destiny of Milton Gomrath Alexei Panshin Short Story
27 The Devil and the Trombone Martin Gardner Short Story
30 Upstart Steven Utley Short Story
33 How It All Went Gregory Benford Short Story
37 Harry Protagonist, Brain-Drainer Richard Wilson Short Story
39 Peeping Tommy Robert F. Young Short Story
42 Starting from Scratch Robert Sheckley Short Story
46 Corrida Roger Zelazny Short Story
49 Shall the Dust Praise Thee? Damon Knight Short Story
52 Bug-Getter R. Bretnor Short Story
55 The Deadly Mission of Phineas Snodgrass Frederik Pohl Essay
58 Fire Sale Laurence M. Janifer Short Story
62 Safe at Any Speed Larry Niven Short Story
65 The Masks James Blish Short Story
69 Innocence Joanna Russ Short Story
71 Kin Richard Wilson Short Story
73 The Long Night Ray Russell Short Story
75 Sanity Clause Edward Wellen Short Story
79 If at First You Don't Succeed, to Hell with It! Charles E. Fritch Short Story
85 The Question Donald E. Westlake & Laurence M. Janifer Short Story
88 The Perfect Woman Robert Sheckley Short Story
91 The System Ben Bova Short Story
93 Exile to Hell Isaac Asimov Short Story
97 Inaugural Barry N. Malzberg & Bill Pronzini Short Story
99 Martha Fred Saberhagen Short Story
101 Kindergarten Fritz Leiber Short Story
103 Landscape with Sphinxes Karen Anderson Short Story
106 The Happiest Day of Your Life Bob Shaw Short Story
110 The Worlds of Monty Willson William F. Nolan Short Story
112 Punch Frederik Pohl Short Story
116 Doctor Henry Slesar Short Story
117 The Man from When Dannie Plachta Short Story
119 Crying Willow Edward Rager Short Story
123 January 1975 Barry N. Malzberg Short Story
125 Mail Supremacy Hayford Peirce Short Story
128 Mistake Larry Niven Short Story
130 Half-Baked Publisher's Delight Isaac Asimov & Jeffrey S. Hudson Short Story
134 Far from Home Walter Tevis Short Story
138 Swords of Ifthan James E. Sutherland Short Story
140 Argent Blood Joe L. Hensley Short Story
144 Collector's Fever Roger Zelazny Short Story
147 Sign at the End of the Universe Duane Ackerson Short Story
147 Stubborn Stephen Goldin Short Story
149 The Re-Creation Robert E. Toomey, Jr. Short Story
151 The Better Man Ray Russell Short Story
154 Oom Martin Gardner Short Story
155 Merchant Henry Slesar Short Story
157 Don't Fence Me In Richard Wilson Short Story
160 The Die-Hard Alfred Bester Short Story
165 The First Anthony Boucher Short Story
167 Eripmav Damon Knight Short Story
168 Feeding Time Robert Sheckley Short Story
172 The Voice from the Curious Cube Nelson Bond Short Story
175 I'm Going to Get You F. M. Busby Short Story
178 The Room Ray Russell Short Story
180 Dry Spell Bill Pronzini Short Story
182 Bohassian Learns William Rotsler Short Story
186 Star Bride Anthony Boucher Short Story
188 Latest Feature Maggie Nadler Short Story
192 Chief Henry Slesar Short Story
193 After You've Stood on the Log at the Center of the Universe, What Is There Left to Do? Grant Carrington Short Story
197 Maid to Measure Damon Knight Short Story
199 Eyes Do More Than See Isaac Asimov Short Story
202 Thang Martin Gardner Short Story
203 How Now Purple Cow Bill Pronzini Short Story
207 Revival Meeting Dannie Plachta Short Story
208 Prototaph Keith Laumer Short Story
212 The Rocket of 1955 C. M. Kornbluth Short Story
214 Kindergarten James E. Gunn Short Story
214 Science Fiction for Telepaths E. Michael Blake Short Story
216 A Little Knowledge Paul Dellinger Short Story
218 A Cup of Hemlock Lee Killough Short Story
219 Present Perfect Thomas F. Monteleone Short Story
223 A Lot to Learn Robert T. Kurosaka Short Story
224 The Amphibious Cavalry Gap James E. Thompson Short Story
226 Not Counting Bridges Robert L. Fish Short Story
228 The Man Inside Bruce McAllister Short Story
231 The Mars Stone Paul Bond Short Story
233 Source Material Mildred Downey Broxon Short Story
235 The Compleat Consumators Alan E. Nourse Short Story
239 Examination Day Henry Slesar Short Story
243 The Man Who Could Turn Back the Clock Ralph Milne Farley Short Story
245 Patent Rights Daniel A. Darlington Short Story
247 The Sky's an Oyster; the Stars Are Pearls David F. Bischoff Short Story
250 Alien Cornucopia Walt Liebscher Short Story
251 The Last Paradox Edward D. Hoch Short Story
254 Course of Empire Richard Wilson Short Story
257 Synchronicity James E. Thompson Short Story
262 Sweet Dreams, Melissa Stephen Goldin Short Story
266 The Man on Top R. Bretnor Short Story
271 Rejection Slip K. W. MacAnn Short Story
xv The Science Fiction Blowgun Isaac Asimov Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories Cover 1980 Pan Books Paperback Anthology John Harris 302