Nine tomorrows
Tales of the near future
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Author
Contributions
- Powers, Richard M., bookjacket designer - Contributor
Publication
1959 - Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
59,000 words, Guess
Page Count
236 pages
Identifiers
- OCLC Control Number310431907
- Open LibraryOL49970685M
Description
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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