Best Science Fiction Anthologies/Collections

What are your top science fiction anthologies and collections? Forget the novels: which science fiction collections blew you away?

For an anthology-only list (multiple-author collections only) see: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
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3.97 avg rating — 657 ratings
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3.80 avg rating — 342 ratings
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104

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3.86 avg rating — 778 ratings
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105

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3.40 avg rating — 10 ratings
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106

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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings
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3.93 avg rating — 7,391 ratings
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4.20 avg rating — 4,785 ratings
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3.77 avg rating — 26 ratings
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110

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3.67 avg rating — 614 ratings
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112

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3.83 avg rating — 161 ratings
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112

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4.17 avg rating — 138 ratings
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114

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4.03 avg rating — 147 ratings
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114

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3.84 avg rating — 56 ratings
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114

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3.73 avg rating — 198 ratings
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117

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3.70 avg rating — 66 ratings
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118

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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 33 ratings
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119

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4.28 avg rating — 793 ratings
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120

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3.67 avg rating — 21 ratings
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121

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3.80 avg rating — 2,543 ratings
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121

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4.20 avg rating — 71 ratings
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121

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3.55 avg rating — 71 ratings
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124

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4.01 avg rating — 357 ratings
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124

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3.94 avg rating — 240 ratings
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126

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4.04 avg rating — 457 ratings
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127

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4.16 avg rating — 245 ratings
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128

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3.99 avg rating — 487 ratings
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129

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4.22 avg rating — 274 ratings
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129

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4.10 avg rating — 267 ratings
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131

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4.20 avg rating — 181 ratings
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132

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3.98 avg rating — 155 ratings
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132

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4.04 avg rating — 1,623 ratings
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134

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4.18 avg rating — 379 ratings
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134

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4.27 avg rating — 10,066 ratings
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136

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4.04 avg rating — 78 ratings
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137

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3.62 avg rating — 88 ratings
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138

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4.23 avg rating — 7,128 ratings
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138

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4.05 avg rating — 2,649 ratings
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140

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4.40 avg rating — 207 ratings
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140

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3.50 avg rating — 101 ratings
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142

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3.85 avg rating — 558 ratings
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143

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4.39 avg rating — 152 ratings
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143

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3.58 avg rating — 741 ratings
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145

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4.49 avg rating — 111 ratings
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146

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4.29 avg rating — 42 ratings
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147

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4.51 avg rating — 99 ratings
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147

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4.11 avg rating — 480 ratings
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147

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4.15 avg rating — 210 ratings
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150

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4.27 avg rating — 77 ratings
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151

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4.04 avg rating — 5,266 ratings
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152

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4.25 avg rating — 126 ratings
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152

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3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings
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154

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3.92 avg rating — 329 ratings
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155

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3.76 avg rating — 123 ratings
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155

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3.57 avg rating — 98 ratings
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157

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3.80 avg rating — 93 ratings
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157

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3.61 avg rating — 28 ratings
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159

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3.92 avg rating — 944 ratings
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160

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4.04 avg rating — 28 ratings
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161

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4.04 avg rating — 3,364 ratings
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162

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3.82 avg rating — 3,577 ratings
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163

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3.92 avg rating — 122 ratings
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164

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3.77 avg rating — 77 ratings
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165

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3.95 avg rating — 40 ratings
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166

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4.12 avg rating — 6,002 ratings
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167

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4.28 avg rating — 230 ratings
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168

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4.44 avg rating — 33,419 ratings
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169

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3.58 avg rating — 31 ratings
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169

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3.53 avg rating — 2,294 ratings
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169

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3.96 avg rating — 532 ratings
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169

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4.05 avg rating — 39 ratings
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3.49 avg rating — 179 ratings
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4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings
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169

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3.50 avg rating — 68 ratings
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3.97 avg rating — 635 ratings
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3.58 avg rating — 12 ratings
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4.25 avg rating — 110 ratings
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3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
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3.47 avg rating — 72 ratings
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3.86 avg rating — 29 ratings
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3.83 avg rating — 30 ratings
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4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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3.77 avg rating — 64 ratings
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4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
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3.86 avg rating — 203 ratings
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4.06 avg rating — 70 ratings
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3.76 avg rating — 37 ratings
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3.86 avg rating — 56 ratings
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4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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3.88 avg rating — 294 ratings
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4.16 avg rating — 31 ratings
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3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
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3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings
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4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings
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4.12 avg rating — 48 ratings
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4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings
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169

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3.79 avg rating — 1,611 ratings
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3.88 avg rating — 551 ratings
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message 1: by useFOSS (last edited Sep 18, 2010 03:56PM) (new)

useFOSS Can someone please remove Ringworld?


message 2: by Tomislav (new)

Tomislav Single author collections are not anthologies.


message 3: by useFOSS (last edited Sep 18, 2010 03:59PM) (new)

useFOSS Tomhl wrote: "Single author collections are not anthologies."

I totally agree.

I've removed Ringworld because it's a novel!


message 4: by Bryan (new)

Bryan This list needs serious maintenance.

As mentioned above, single author collections should not be included here. But it seems like nearly half of the books on the list are just that. Things like "Wireless" by Charles Stross, "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison, or "The Best of Stanley G. Weinbaum" do not meet the criteria.

An anthology is a group of stories by various authors.

Also, there's at least one book on here that is an omnibus of novels. "The Callahan Chronicals" by Spider Robinson, collects three of his novels in the Callahan series. Not even close to an anthology.

Does the list owner want to remove books that are not true anthologies, or should different instructions be posted at the top of the list?


message 5: by useFOSS (last edited Mar 03, 2011 10:46AM) (new)

useFOSS Apparently, Rob changed the list name and description to include single-author collections as well. However, that would still exclude omnibuses like The Callahan Chronicals which remains here...

I've created a more restrictive list here for science fiction anthologies only.


message 6: by Xenophon (new)

Xenophon Hendrix The first two Callahan books, at least, are collections of short stories.


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