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Old	Rank	Title	Author	*	Year
103	101	Time Considered as a Helix�	Samuel Delany	nv	1968
100	102	Think Like a Dinosaur	James Patrick Kelly	nv	1995
104	103	The Little Black Bag	C M Kornbluth	nv	1950
105	104	Bloodchild	Octavia Butler	nv	1984
94	105	Of Mist, Grass and Sand	Vonda N McIntyre	nv	1973
107	106	The Feeling Of Power	Isaac Asimov	ss	1958
97	107	Rachel In Love	Pat Murphy	nv	1987
89	108	The Cookie Monster	Vernor Vinge	na	2003
106	109	The Moon Moth	Jack Vance	na	1961
108	110	Even the Queen	Connie Willis	ss	1992
116	111	24 Views Of Mt. Fuji by Hokusai	Roger Zelazny	na	1985
120	112	Hatrack River	Orson Scott Card	nv	1986
113	113	Schrodinger's Kitten	George Effinger	nv	1988
114	114	Life-Line	Robert A Heinlein	ss	1939
125	115	I'm In Marsport Without Hilda	Isaac Asimov	ss	1957
124	116	A Descent into the Maelstrom	Edgar Allan Poe	ss	1841
110	117	Sergeant Chip	Bradley Denton	na	2004
123	118	A Meeting With Medusa	Arthur C Clarke	nv	1971
126	119	The Man Who Could Work Miracles	H G Wells	ss	1898
112	120	Taklamakan	Bruce Sterling	nv	1998
142	121	How to Talk to Girls at Parties	Neil Gaiman	ss	2006
115	122	Tideline	Elizabeth Bear	ss	2007
129	123	Passengers	Robert Silverberg	ss	1968
118	124	Air Raid	John Varley	ss	1977
136	125	Permafrost	Roger Zelazny	nv	1986
121	126	Kirinyaga	Mike Resnick	nv	1988
137	127	All the Troubles Of the World	Isaac Asimov	ss	1958
117	128	The Screwfly Solution	James Tiptree Jr	nv	1977
119	129	The Women Men Don't See	James Tiptree Jr	nv	1973
122	130	Scherzo with Tyrannosaur	Michael Swanwick	ss	1999
145	131	Usher II	Ray Bradbury	ss	1950
127	132	Fire Watch	Connie Willis	nv	1982
150	133	Breeds There a Man?	Isaac Asimov	nv	1951
130	134	The Hemingway Hoax	Joe Haldeman	na	1990
135	135	The Girl Who Was Plugged In	James Tiptree Jr	nv	1973
132	136	The 43 Antarean Dynasties	Mike Resnick	ss	1997
168	137	Frost and Fire	Ray Bradbury	nv	1946
133	138	Sundance	Robert Silverberg	ss	1969
134	139	Seven Views Of Olduvai Gorge	Mike Resnick	na	1994
141	140	Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight	Ursula K Le Guin	nv	1987
146	141	The Long Rain [vt Death-By-Rain]	Ray Bradbury	ss	1950
128	142	Bronte's Egg	Richard Chwedyk	na	2002
—	143	The Mist	Stephen King	na	1980
139	144	Born With the Dead	Robert Silverberg	na	1974
144	145	The Death of Doctor Island	Gene Wolfe	na	1973
160	146	History Lesson	Arthur C Clarke	ss	1949
131	147	Seven American Nights	Gene Wolfe	na	1978
140	148	Black Destroyer	A E van Vogt	nv	1939
162	149	If This Goes On	Robert A Heinlein	na	1940
138	150	Adrift Just off the Islets of Langerhans	Harlan Ellison	nv	1974
143	151	Cassandra	C J Cherryh	ss	1978
147	152	The Country Of the Kind	Damon Knight	ss	1956
156	153	A Planet Named Shayol	Cordwainer Smith	nv	1961
158	154	Nerves	Lester Del Rey	na	1942
148	155	Helen O'Loy	Lester Del Rey	ss	1938
152	156	The Liberation of Earth	William Tenn	ss	1953
155	157	Alpha Ralpha Boulevard	Cordwainer Smith	nv	1961
165	158	Love Is the Plan, the Plan Is Death	James Tiptree Jr	ss	1973
154	159	Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories	Gene Wolfe	ss	1970
149	160	With Folded Hands	Jack Williamson	nv	1947
161	161	Nine Lives	Ursula K Le Guin	nv	1969
181	162	Kingsmeat	Orson Scott Card	ss	1978
159	163	Cascade Point	Timothy Zahn	na	1983
164	164	Oceanic	Greg Egan	na	1998
151	165	Barnacle Bill the Spacer	Lucius Shepard	na	1992
153	166	When It Changed	Joanna Russ	ss	1972
166	167	A Relic Of Empire	Larry Niven	nv	1966
157	168	The Gallery Of His Dreams	Kristine Rusch	na	1991
163	169	Space-Time for Springers	Fritz Leiber	ss	1958
176	170	Kaleidoscope	Ray Bradbury	ss	1949
172	171	The Gold at the Starbow's End	Frederik Pohl	na	1972
174	172	Born Of Man and Woman	Richard Matheson	vi	1950
173	173	The Day Before the Revolution	Ursula K Le Guin	ss	1974
175	174	Speech Sounds	Octavia Butler	ss	1983
167	175	The Ultimate Earth	Jack Williamson	na	2000
169	176	The Flowers of Aulit Prison	Nancy Kress	nv	1996
170	177	The Pusher	John Varley	ss	1981
179	178	That Thou Art Mindful Of Him!	Isaac Asimov	nv	1974
180	179	The Ugly Chickens	Howard Waldrop	nv	1980
185	180	New Rose Hotel	William Gibson	ss	1984
171	181	Hardfought	Greg Bear	na	1983
177	182	Narrow Valley	R A Lafferty	ss	1966
186	183	The Streets Of Ashkelon	Harry Harrison	ss	1962
178	184	The Proud Robot	Henry Kuttner	nv	1943
—	185	The Man Who Came Early	Poul Anderson	nv	1956
182	186	A Galaxy Called Rome	Barry N Malzberg	nv	1974
196	187	Bicycle Repairman	Bruce Sterling	nv	1996
183	188	The Hole Man	Larry Niven	ss	1974
193	189	The Matter Of Seggri	Ursula K Le Guin	nv	1994
199	190	Billenium	J G Ballard	ss	1961
184	191	First Contact	Murray Leinster	nv	1945
—	192	The Jigsaw Man	Larry Niven	ss	1967
187	193	The Walls of the Universe	Paul Melko	na	2006
188	194	San Diego Lightfoot Sue	Tom Reamy	nv	1975
191	195	That Only a Mother	Judith Merril	ss	1948
194	196	For I Have Touched the Sky	Mike Resnick	nv	1989
189	197	Common Time	James Blish	ss	1953
192	198	Inclination	William Shunn	na	2006
190	199	Out of All Them Bright Stars	Nancy Kress	ss	1985
195	200	Slow Sculpture	Theodore Sturgeon	nv	1970

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	na: Novella (46-100 pages, 17,500-39,999 words); nv: Novelette (21-45 pages, 7,500-17,499 words); sa: Story adaptation of a play/screenplay; ss: Short story (4-20 pages, 1,000-7,499 words)


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