Top 100 - Contos em Inglês

O site Sci-Fi Lists publicou um Top 100 com os melhores 100 contos de ficção científica de todos os tempos, em inglês. Confira a lista abaixo:

The Top 100 sci-fi short stories, novelettes, and novellas

Old Rank Title Author * Year 1 1 Ender's Game Orson Scott Card nv 1977 2 2 Nightfall Isaac Asimov nv 1941 4 3 The Nine Billion Names Of God Arthur C Clarke ss 1953 3 4 The Bicentennial Man Isaac Asimov nv 1976 5 5 Flowers For Algernon Daniel Keyes nv 1959 6 6 The Last Question Isaac Asimov ss 1956 7 7 The Man Who Sold the Moon Robert A Heinlein na 1950 8 8 I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Harlan Ellison ss 1967 10 9 A Boy and His Dog Harlan Ellison nv 1969 9 10 The Green Hills Of Earth Robert A Heinlein ss 1947 11 11 A Sound Of Thunder Ray Bradbury ss 1952 12 12 We Can Remember It For You Wholesale Philip K Dick nv 1966 15 13 Harrison Bergeron Kurt Vonnegut ss 1961 20 14 The Sentinel Arthur C Clarke ss 1951 14 15 There Will Come Soft Rains Ray Bradbury ss 1950 13 16 Robbie Isaac Asimov ss 1940 16 17 'Repent Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman Harlan Ellison ss 1965 18 18 The Roads Must Roll Robert A Heinlein nv 1940 19 19 Johnny Mnemonic William Gibson ss 1981 17 20 A Rose For Ecclesiastes Roger Zelazny nv 1963 21 21 The Star Arthur C Clarke ss 1955 23 22 Neutron Star Larry Niven nv 1966 25 23 All You Zombies Robert A Heinlein ss 1959 22 24 A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M Miller na 1955 24 25 The Veldt Ray Bradbury ss 1950 28 26 Sandkings George R R Martin nv 1979 27 27 Burning Chrome William Gibson nv 1982 26 28 Blood Music Greg Bear nv 1983 29 29 The Martian Way Isaac Asimov na 1952 34 30 The Lottery Shirley Jackson ss 1948 30 31 The Ugly Little Boy Isaac Asimov nv 1958 35 32 And He Built a Crooked House Robert A Heinlein nv 1941 32 33 By His Bootstraps Robert A Heinlein na 1941 31 34 Who Goes There? John W Campbell na 1938 36 35 Microcosmic God Theodore Sturgeon nv 1941 38 36 The Word for World is Forest Ursula K Le Guin na 1972 43 37 The Cold Equations Tom Godwin nv 1954 39 38 The Dead Past Isaac Asimov nv 1956 33 39 ...Where Angels Fear to Tread Allen Steele na 1997 41 40 Unaccompanied Sonata Orson Scott Card ss 1979 40 41 Enemy Mine Barry Longyear na 1979 59 42 The Minority Report Philip K Dick nv 1956 37 43 Jeffty Is Five Harlan Ellison ss 1977 45 44 Requiem Robert A Heinlein ss 1940 48 45 Mars Is Heaven! (The Third Expediton) Ray Bradbury ss 1948 44 46 The Persistence of Vision John Varley na 1978 42 47 Hell Is the Absence of God Ted Chiang nv 2001 47 48 Fondly Fahrenheit Alfred Bester nv 1954 49 49 The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Ursula K Le Guin ss 1973 46 50 PRESS ENTER [ ] John Varley na 1985 51 51 It's a Good Life Jerome Bixby ss 1953 61 52 I, Robot Cory Doctorow nv 2005 53 53 Second Variety Philip K Dick nv 1953 67 54 The Doors Of His Face, the Lamps Of His Mouth Roger Zelazny nv 1965 69 55 The Billiard Ball Isaac Asimov nv 1967 56 56 The Long Watch Robert A Heinlein ss 1949 68 57 Beggars In Spain Nancy Kress na 1991 50 58 The Empress of Mars Kage Baker ss 2003 65 59 Houston, Houston, Do You Read? James Tiptree Jr na 1976 54 60 The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate Ted Chiang nv 2007 52 61 The Dog Said Bow-Wow Michael Swanwick ss 2001 55 62 Bears Discover Fire Terry Bisson ss 1990 66 63 Home Is the Hangman Roger Zelazny na 1975 57 64 The Deathbird Harlan Ellison nv 1973 58 65 Story of Your Life Ted Chiang na 1998 70 66 Inconstant Moon Larry Niven nv 1971 64 67 For a Breath I Tarry Roger Zelazny nv 1966 62 68 The Mountains Of Mourning Lois M Bujold na 1989 72 69 Mimsy Were the Borogoves Kuttner & Moore nv 1943 84 70 The Weapon Shop A E van Vogt nv 1942 60 71 A Martian Odyssey Stanley Weinbaum nv 1934 78 72 The Big Front Yard Clifford D Simak na 1958 75 73 Behold the Man Michael Moorcock na 1966 87 74 Surface Tension James Blish nv 1952 76 75 The Fifth Head Of Cerberus Gene Wolfe nv 1972 71 76 The Star H G Wells ss 1897 80 77 Light of Other Days Bob Shaw ss 1966 82 78 Arena Fredric Brown sa 1968 63 79 The Chief Designer Andy Duncan ss 2001 74 80 Faith of Our Fathers Philip K Dick nv 1967 79 81 He Who Shapes Roger Zelazny na 1965 92 82 Eye for Eye Orson Scott Card na 1987 77 83 Vintage Season Kuttner & Moore na 1976 96 84 Green Mars Kim Stanley Robinson na 1985 73 85 Forgiveness Day Ursula K Le Guin na 1994 83 86 Scanners Live In Vain Cordwainer Smith nv 1950 85 87 Nightwings Robert Silverberg na 1968 95 88 That Hell-Bound Train Robert Bloch ss 1958 88 89 But Who Can Replace a Man? Brian Aldiss ss 1958 81 90 Paladin Of the Lost Hour Harlan Ellison nv 1985 102 91 The Queen of Air and Darkness Poul Anderson na 1971 111 92 Coventry Robert A Heinlein na 1940 86 93 Zero Hour Ray Bradbury ss 1947 99 94 The Last Of the Winnebagos Connie Willis na 1988 93 95 The Game Of Rat and Dragon Cordwainer Smith ss 1955 109 96 The Brave Little Toaster Thomas M Disch na 1980 98 97 Aye, and Gomorrah� Samuel Delany ss 1967 101 98 None So Blind Joe Haldeman ss 1994 90 99 Death On the Nile Connie Willis nv 1993 91 100 Day Million Frederik Pohl ss 1966