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Not to be confused with The Fantasy Hall of Fame (1983), edited by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg. The two anthologies have almost completely different tables of contents.

The authoritative companion and follow-up to the acclaimed Science Fiction Hall of Fame acknowledges the importance of fantasy to modern literature, and enshrines the 30 favorite short stories of all time.

Chosen by popular ballot among the 1000 professionals who make their living creating America's bestselling dreams, these are the undisputed classics: The unforgettable stories that influenced and shaped the imagination at work in the field today.

Here are the stories that shaped the shapers. Here are the stories that will live forever.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction (The Fantasy Hall of Fame) - (1996) - essay by Robert Silverberg
• Trouble with Water - (1939) - shortstory by H. L. Gold
• Nothing in the Rules - (1939) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
• Fruit of Knowledge - (1940) - novelette by C. L. Moore
• Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius - (1961) - shortstory by Jorge Luís Borges (trans. of Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius 1940)
• The Compleat Werewolf - (1942) - novella by Anthony Boucher
• The Small Assassin - (1946) - shortstory by Ray Bradbury
• The Lottery - (1948) - shortstory by Shirley Jackson
• Our Fair City - (1949) - shortstory by Robert A. Heinlein
• There Shall Be No Darkness - (1950) - novelette by James Blish
• The Loom of Darkness - (1950) - shortstory by Jack Vance
• The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles - (1951) - shortstory by Margaret St. Clair
• The Silken-Swift - (1953) - shortstory by Theodore Sturgeon
• The Golem - (1955) - shortstory by Avram Davidson
• Operation Afreet - (1956) - novelette by Poul Anderson
• That Hell-Bound Train - (1958) - shortstory by Robert Bloch
• The Bazaar of the Bizarre - (1963) - novelette by Fritz Leiber (variant of Bazaar of the Bizarre)
• Come Lady Death - (1963) - shortstory by Peter S. Beagle
• The Drowned Giant - (1964) - shortstory by J. G. Ballard
• Narrow Valley - (1966) - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
• Faith of Our Fathers - (1967) - novelette by Philip K. Dick
• The Ghost of a Model T - (1975) - novelette by Clifford D. Simak
• The Demoness - (1976) - shortstory by Tanith Lee
• Jeffty Is Five - (1977) - shortstory by Harlan Ellison
• The Detective of Dreams - (1980) - shortstory by Gene Wolfe
• Unicorn Variations - (1981) - novelette by Roger Zelazny (variant of Unicorn Variation)
• Basileus - (1983) - shortstory by Robert Silverberg
• The Jaguar Hunter - (1985) - novelette by Lucius Shepard
• Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight - (1987) - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Bears Discover Fire - (1990) - shortstory by Terry Bisson
• Tower of Babylon - (1990) - novelette by Ted Chiang

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