"A Rose for Ecclesiastes" has been anthologized several times, including in "Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories #25" (edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg), "The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, and Other Stories", and "Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology" (edited by Patricia S. Warrick, Charles Waugh, and Martin H. Greenberg). It is regarded as one of Zelazny's best early stories and was included in "The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume One, 1929-1964", an anthology of the greatest science fiction short stories prior to 1965, as judged by the Science Fiction Writers of America. The work has been viewed as an important example of "New Wave" stylistics.