Isaac Asimov
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| Title | : | Earth is Room Enough: Science Fiction Tales of Our Own Planet |
| Author | : | Isaac Asimov |
| Book Format | : | Hardback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 192 pages |
| Published | : | 1957 by Doubleday |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Short Stories |
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Contents:· The Dead Past · nv Astounding Apr ’56
· The Foundation of Science Fiction Success · pm F&SF Oct ’54
· Franchise · ss If Aug ’55
· Gimmicks Three [“The Brazen Locked Room”] · ss F&SF Nov ’56
· Kid Stuff · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction Sep ’53
· The Watery Place · ss Satellite Oct ’56
· Living Space · ss Science Fiction Stories May ’56
· The Message · vi F&SF Feb ’56
· Satisfaction Guaranteed [Susan Calvin (Robot)] · ss Amazing Apr ’51
· Hell-Fire · vi Fantastic Universe May ’56
· The Last Trump · ss Fantastic Universe Jun ’55
· The Fun They Had · ss The Boys and Girls Page Dec 1 ’51; F&SF Feb ’54
· Jokester · ss Infinity Science Fiction Dec ’56
· The Immortal Bard · vi Universe May ’54
· Someday · ss Infinity Science Fiction Aug ’56
· The Author’s Ordeal · pm Science Fiction Quarterly May ’57
· Dreaming Is a Private Thing · ss F&SF Dec ’55
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I have very fond memories of Isaac Asimov and especially a number of his more famous works. The reason why is that going back to my early tentative steps in to reading, I stumbled across a small table top sale and there tucked away in one corner a stack of books. The covers instantly caught my eye - and as much as the saying goes "don't judge a book by its cover" I could not help myself. Now I must point something out - The UK editions of science fiction books of this era had a habit of havingA decent collection of Asimov with its usual mix of repressed titillation and shaggy dog stories (e.g an alien delegation is rebuffed by a rube who thought they said they were from "Venice," rather than "Venus." ugh). The unifying gimmicks that all the stories take place on Earth, but this was probably more of a novelty in the 50's than in today's more dystopian genre. Multivac, a grendel among giant computers, is a recurring character, dispensing an omniscience we now know as "Google." Two
This book, like many other Asimov books, is classic. It can be considered as early science fiction. Except for a few anomalies like punch cards, Asimovs imagination and stories fit in well still today. The technological advances humanity has achieved over time do not affect the impact of these stories. When I was reading it, I forgot the fact that these stories were written in 1950s. I think one can still see the possibilities of some of Asimovs imagined futures even today. Like many other
I meant to pick this up a while ago for a readathon, but the small print put me off. It was a pretty good read though, and I especially liked the final story. Dreaming is a Private Thing. Thats because its the story that inspired Bill Holt and his album, Dreamies.But honestly, all of the stories in here are pretty good, and its got me excited about reading more Asimov on the weeks and months to come. I have a few of them sitting around on my TBR shelves just waiting for me to get to them, and
Now, this is the problem with story collections. All the good and bad ones are rolled up together. This book is no exception. "The Dead Past" is a marvellous dystopia example,"The Watery Place"'s wit is almost genius, "Satisfaction Guaranteed" is an old-school artifical intelligence tale. However, the rest is either average or below average. Asimov was a very productive writer but productivity is not always equal with quality.
The standout in this quite good collection is definitely "Satisfaction Guaranteed", even if it's so 50s that it feels like you need subtitles to understand it. US Robots have developed a housework robot, which they are going to field test in the home of one of their employees. The action focusses on the uneasy relationship that develops between the robot and the bored housewife, who's plagued with general feelings of helplessness and inadequacy; the robot, programmed with the Three Laws and
A very good collection of short stories by Asimov. One drawback is it was written so long ago that computers are the size of buildings. neat concepts though.
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