''Earth Is Room Enough'' is a collection of fifteen short
science fiction
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and
fantasy
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stories and two pieces of comic verse by American writer
Isaac Asimov, published in 1957. In his autobiography ''
In Joy Still Felt
Isaac Asimov (–1992) wrote three volumes of autobiography. ''In Memory Yet Green'' (1979) and ''In Joy Still Felt'' (1980) were a two-volume work, covering his life up to 1978. The third volume, ''I. Asimov: A Memoir'' (1994), published after his ...
'', Asimov wrote, "I was still thinking of the remarks of reviewers such as
George O. Smith... concerning my penchant for wandering over the Galaxy. I therefore picked stories that took place on
Earth
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and called the book ''Earth Is Room Enough''." The collection includes one story from the
''Robot'' series and four stories that feature or mention the fictional
computer Multivac
Multivac is the name of a fictional supercomputer appearing in over a dozen science fiction stories by American writer Isaac Asimov. Asimov's depiction of Multivac, a mainframe computer accessible by terminal, originally by specialists using mac ...
.
Contents
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The Dead Past
"The Dead Past" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov, first published in the April 1956 issue of '' Astounding Science Fiction''. It was later collected in '' Earth Is Room Enough'' (1957) and '' The Best of Isaac Asim ...
" (1956), novelette, a ''Multivac'' story
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The Foundation of S.F. Success" (1954), poem
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Franchise
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" (1955), a ''Multivac'' story
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Gimmicks Three" (1956)
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Kid Stuff" (1953)
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The Watery Place" (1956)
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Living Space
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" (1956)
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The Message" (1955)
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Satisfaction Guaranteed" (1951), a ''
Susan Calvin
Dr. Susan Calvin is a fictional character appearing in Isaac Asimov's ''Robot'' series of science fiction short stories. According to I, Robot, Susan Calvin was born in the year 1982 and died at the age of 82, either in 2064 or 2065.
She was t ...
'' robot story
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Hell-Fire" (1956)
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The Last Trump" (1955)
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The Fun They Had
"The Fun They Had" is a science fiction story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It first appeared in a children's newspaper in 1951 and was reprinted in the February 1954 issue of ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'', ''Earth Is Room En ...
" (1951)
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Jokester" (1956), a ''Multivac'' story
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The Immortal Bard" (1953)
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Someday" (1956), a ''Robots'' and ''Multivac'' story
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The Author's Ordeal" (1957), poem
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Dreaming Is a Private Thing
"Dreaming Is a Private Thing" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov, first published in the December 1955 issue of ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'' and reprinted in the 1957 collection ''Earth Is Room Enou ...
" (1955)
References
Sources
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External links
''Earth is Room Enough''at the
Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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1957 short story collections
Science fiction short story collections by Isaac Asimov
Doubleday (publisher) books
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