To get an idea which was his better stories, I’m going to show the stories that had at least 2 citations. (But it was made for a television anthology show.) I’m surprised that “ Jerry Was A Man” was never anthologized by a major retrospective anthology of the genre. But the list above seems to include most of his famous stories. Which is probably one reason why he didn’t feel the need to have his stories anthologized by others. Heinlein had 59 short stories published in his lifetime, reprinted in 16 of his own collections. Here’s our raw data – stories with at least 1 citation. Many Heinlein stories have multiple citations because of fan polls. Under our “citation” system, we include fan polls, awards, and even writer recommendation lists, as well as anthologies as our citation sources. Heinlein was a prolific, well-loved writer, but one who might have hurt himself under our system because he charged so much to reprint his short stories that many anthologists couldn’t afford to include his work. We identify the best short stories by looking at which stories were most anthologized.
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