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Old	Rank	Title	Author	*	Year
97	101	Green Mars	Kim Stanley Robinson	na	1985
102	102	Scherzo with Tyrannosaur	Michael Swanwick	ss	1999
104	103	Surface Tension	James Blish	nv	1952
121	104	But Who Can Replace a Man?	Brian Aldiss	ss	1958
100	105	Kirinyaga	Mike Resnick	nv	1988
114	106	Arena	Fredric Brown	sa	1968
101	107	Bronte's Egg	Richard Chwedyk	na	2002
109	108	Schrodinger's Kitten	George Effinger	nv	1988
105	109	The 43 Antarean Dynasties	Mike Resnick	ss	1997
106	110	Air Raid	John Varley	ss	1977
111	111	Fire Watch	Connie Willis	nv	1982
108	112	The Hemingway Hoax	Joe Haldeman	na	1990
110	113	The Women Men Don't See	James Tiptree Jr	nv	1973
127	114	The Queen of Air and Darkness	Poul Anderson	na	1971
119	115	The Brave Little Toaster	Thomas M Disch	na	1980
130	116	I, Robot	Cory Doctorow	nv	2005
117	117	The Weapon Shop	A E van Vogt	nv	1942
112	118	Seven Views Of Olduvai Gorge	Mike Resnick	na	1994
126	119	Coventry	Robert A Heinlein	na	1940
118	120	Born With the Dead	Robert Silverberg	na	1974
113	121	Seven American Nights	Gene Wolfe	na	1978
115	122	The Country Of the Kind	Damon Knight	ss	1956
116	123	Passengers	Robert Silverberg	ss	1968
124	124	Sundance	Robert Silverberg	ss	1969
125	125	The Girl Who Was Plugged In	James Tiptree Jr	nv	1973
133	126	Life-Line	Robert A Heinlein	ss	1939
120	127	Barnacle Bill the Spacer	Lucius Shepard	na	1992
128	128	The Liberation of Earth	William Tenn	ss	1953
129	129	24 Views Of Mt. Fuji by Hokusai	Roger Zelazny	na	1985
122	130	Hatrack River	Orson Scott Card	nv	1986
123	131	The Gallery Of His Dreams	Kristine Rusch	na	1991
143	132	The Feeling Of Power	Isaac Asimov	ss	1958
131	133	A Meeting With Medusa	Arthur C Clarke	nv	1971
135	134	Helen O'Loy	Lester Del Rey	ss	1938
141	135	Adrift Just off the Islets of Langerhans	Harlan Ellison	nv	1974
132	136	The Death of Doctor Island	Gene Wolfe	na	1973
138	137	Black Destroyer	A E van Vogt	nv	1939
134	138	Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories	Gene Wolfe	ss	1970
144	139	When It Changed	Joanna Russ	ss	1972
149	140	Zero Hour	Ray Bradbury	ss	1947
136	141	A Planet Named Shayol	Cordwainer Smith	nv	1961
140	142	Cassandra	C J Cherryh	ss	1978
142	143	Nerves	Lester Del Rey	na	1942
137	144	Love Is the Plan, the Plan Is Death	James Tiptree Jr	ss	1973
148	145	Usher II	Ray Bradbury	ss	1950
139	146	Space-Time for Springers	Fritz Leiber	ss	1958
147	147	Oceanic	Greg Egan	na	1998
145	148	Alpha Ralpha Boulevard	Cordwainer Smith	nv	1961
146	149	With Folded Hands	Jack Williamson	nv	1947
152	150	A Descent into the Maelstrom	Edgar Allan Poe	ss	1841
156	151	Nine Lives	Ursula K Le Guin	nv	1969
157	152	The Man Who Could Work Miracles	H G Wells	ss	1898
155	153	Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight	Ursula K Le Guin	nv	1987
150	154	The Flowers of Aulit Prison	Nancy Kress	nv	1996
151	155	The Ultimate Earth	Jack Williamson	na	2000
162	156	Permafrost	Roger Zelazny	nv	1986
153	157	Cascade Point	Timothy Zahn	na	1983
154	158	History Lesson	Arthur C Clarke	ss	1949
165	159	The Long Rain [vt Death-By-Rain]	Ray Bradbury	ss	1950
167	160	All the Troubles Of the World	Isaac Asimov	ss	1958
159	161	I'm In Marsport Without Hilda	Isaac Asimov	ss	1957
160	162	The Pusher	John Varley	ss	1981
170	163	If This Goes On	Robert A Heinlein	na	1940
158	164	Hardfought	Greg Bear	na	1983
163	165	Speech Sounds	Octavia Butler	ss	1983
169	166	Frost and Fire	Ray Bradbury	nv	1946
182	167	Breeds There a Man?	Isaac Asimov	nv	1951
161	168	A Galaxy Called Rome	Barry N Malzberg	nv	1974
173	169	The Proud Robot	Henry Kuttner	nv	1943
178	170	A Relic Of Empire	Larry Niven	nv	1966
164	171	Out of All Them Bright Stars	Nancy Kress	ss	1985
166	172	Narrow Valley	R A Lafferty	ss	1966
168	173	The Hole Man	Larry Niven	ss	1974
175	174	The Walls of the Universe	Paul Melko	na	2006
184	175	The Day Before the Revolution	Ursula K Le Guin	ss	1974
176	176	That Only a Mother	Judith Merril	ss	1948
171	177	The Gold at the Starbow's End	Frederik Pohl	na	1972
172	178	Born Of Man and Woman	Richard Matheson	vi	1950
174	179	Inclination	William Shunn	na	2006
177	180	Corridors	Barry N Malzberg	ss	1982
179	181	The Ugly Chickens	Howard Waldrop	nv	1980
180	182	What's It Like Out There?	Edmond Hamilton	nv	1952
181	183	San Diego Lightfoot Sue	Tom Reamy	nv	1975
185	184	New Rose Hotel	William Gibson	ss	1984
183	185	Bicycle Repairman	Bruce Sterling	nv	1996
186	186	Slow Sculpture	Theodore Sturgeon	nv	1970
190	187	For I Have Touched the Sky	Mike Resnick	nv	1989
187	188	Fast Times At Fairmont High	Vernor Vinge	na	2001
188	189	The Lucky Strike	Kim Stanley Robinson	nv	1984
189	190	Common Time	James Blish	ss	1953
194	191	Kingsmeat	Orson Scott Card	ss	1978
—	192	The Minority Report	Philip K Dick	nv	1956
—	193	The Matter Of Seggri	Ursula K Le Guin	nv	1994
195	194	At the Rialto	Connie Willis	nv	1989
191	195	That Thou Art Mindful Of Him!	Isaac Asimov	nv	1974
196	196	The Streets Of Ashkelon	Harry Harrison	ss	1962
—	197	The Wedding Album	David Marusek	ss	1999
192	198	First Contact	Murray Leinster	nv	1945
193	199	Kaleidoscope	Ray Bradbury	ss	1949
197	200	A Walk In the Sun	Geoffrey Landis	ss	1991

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