There's an anthology of science fiction short stories call The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: volume One, 1929-1964. The origin of the anthology, as I understand it, was that members of the Science Fiction Writers of American decided to vote on the best SF stories written before the founding their organization. The results of that poll more or less correspond to the contents of the anthology.
What follows are my impressions of each of the stories in the anthology. These are organized according to the original publication date of the stories, just as they are in the anthology.
"A Martian Odyssey" by Stanley G. Weinbaum (1934) Overt structural allusion to Homer's Odyssey—long journey home after shipwreck, meeting strange creatures along the way. This story has quite the golden glow about it. I can just see the square jaws and spit curls of space explorers. Notable for as one of the earliest depictions of an extra-terrestrial being cognating in a non-human manner.
"Twilight" by John W. Campbell (1934)
"Helen O'Loy" by Lester del Rey (1938)
"The Roads Must Roll" by Robert A. Heinlein