Nine tomorrows

tales of the near future.

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Isaac Asimov: Nine tomorrows (1959, Doubleday)

236 pages

English language

Published Nov. 21, 1959 by Doubleday.

OCLC Number:
6242797

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Nine Tomorrows is a collection of nine short stories and two pieces of comic verse by American writer Isaac Asimov. The pieces were all originally published in magazines between 1956 and 1958, with the exception of the closing poem, "Rejection Slips", which was original to the collection. The book was first published in the United States in 1959 and in the UK in 1963. It includes two of Asimov's favorite stories, "The Last Question" and "The Ugly Little Boy".

Contents "I Just Make Them Up, See!" "Profession" "The Feeling of Power" "The Dying Night" (part of the Wendell Urth series) "I'm in Marsport Without Hilda" "The Gentle Vultures" "All the Troubles of the World" (part of the Multivac series) "Spell My Name with an S" "The Last Question" (loosely part of the Multivac series) "The Ugly Little Boy" "Rejection Slips"

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Asimov holds a place in my heart, of course, his robot stories are childhood treasures. I first had this collection read to me by the indefatigable Ian Craig from the UK's RNIB Talking Book Service, and he did a bang-up job.

On that reading, I really enjoyed Profession, I'm in Marsport Without Hilda and The ugly Little Boy. These were all as good as I recall, but I also found enjoyment in All the Troubles of the World. The Feeling of Power is a very solid story, and I also enjoyed The Dying Night, because I haven't really read much of Urth before. I have acquired several further collections of Asimov's short fiction and will sprinkle them through my reading over the coming months.

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