''The Complete Stories'' is a discontinued series intended to form a definitive collection of Isaac Asimov's short stories and novels. Originally published in 1990 (Volume 1) and 1992 (Volume 2) by Doubleday, it was discontinued after the second book of the planned series. Altogether 88 of Asimov's 383 published short stories are collected in these two volumes.

Volume 1

The first volume consists of the stories previously collected in '' Earth Is Room Enough'', ''

Nine Tomorrows ''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 ...

'', and '' Nightfall and Other Stories'' (but not the commentary from ''Nightfall and Other Stories''). In 2001,

Broadway Books Broadway Books, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a Division of Random House, Inc., released its first list in Fall, 1996. Broadway was founded in 1995 as a unit of Bantam Doubleday Dell a unit of Bertelsmann. Bertelsmann acquired Rand ...

published a new edition of the first volume (hardback: , paperback: ). Volume One contains the following short stories: #

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 ...

# The Foundation of S. F. Success #

Franchise Franchise may refer to: Business and law * Franchising, a business method that involves licensing of trademarks and methods of doing business to franchisees * Franchise, a privilege to operate a type of business such as a cable television p ...

# Gimmicks Three # Kid Stuff # The Watery Place #

Living Space Housing, or more generally, living spaces, refers to the construction and assigned usage of houses or buildings individually or collectively, for the purpose of shelter. Housing ensures that members of society have a place to live, whether ...

# The Message # Satisfaction Guaranteed # Hell-Fire # The Last Trump #

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 ...

# Jokester # The Immortal Bard # Someday # The Author's Ordeal #

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 ...

Profession A profession is a field of work that has been successfully ''professionalized''. It can be defined as a disciplined group of individuals, '' professionals'', who adhere to ethical standards and who hold themselves out as, and are accepted by ...

# The Feeling of Power #

The Dying Night "The Dying Night" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in the July 1956 issue of ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'', and was reprinted in the collections '' Nine Tomorrows'' (1959), ...

I'm in Marsport Without Hilda "I'm in Marsport Without Hilda" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in the November 1957 issue of ''Venture Science Fiction Magazine'', and was reprinted in the collection '' Nine Tomorrows'' ...

# The Gentle Vultures # All the Troubles of the World #

Spell My Name with an S "Spell My Name with an S" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in the January 1958 (and only) issue of ''Star Science Fiction'' under the title "S as in Zebatinsky", and was reprinted in the ...

The Last Question "The Last Question" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It first appeared in the November 1956 issue of Science Fiction Quarterly and was anthologized in the collections Nine Tomorrows (1959), The Best of Isaac A ...

# The Ugly Little Boy # Nightfall # Green Patches # Hostess # Breeds There a Man…? #

C-Chute "C-Chute" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the October 1951 issue of ''Galaxy Magazine'' and later appeared in Asimov's collections ''Nightfall and Other Stories'' (1969) and '' The Best ...

# In a Good Cause— # What If— #

Sally Sally may refer to: People *Sally (name), a list of notable people with the name Military * Sally (military), an attack by the defenders of a town or fortress under siege against a besieging force; see sally port *Sally, the Allied reporting na ...

Flies Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced m ...

# Nobody Here But— #

It's Such a Beautiful Day "It's Such A Beautiful Day" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was first published in 1955 in '' Star Science Fiction Stories No.3'', an anthology of original stories edited by Frederik Pohl, and later reprinted ...

Strikebreaker A strikebreaker (sometimes called a scab, blackleg, or knobstick) is a person who works despite a strike. Strikebreakers are usually individuals who were not employed by the company before the trade union dispute but hired after or during the st ...

# Insert Knob A in Hole B # The Up-to-Date Sorcerer #

Unto the Fourth Generation "Unto the Fourth Generation" is a fantasy short story by Isaac Asimov. It first appeared in the April 1959 issue of ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'' (''F&SF'') and has been reprinted in the collections '' Nightfall and Other Storie ...

What Is This Thing Called Love? "What Is This Thing Called Love?" is a 1929 popular song written by Cole Porter, for the musical '' Wake Up and Dream''. It was first performed by Elsie Carlisle in March 1929. The song has become a popular jazz standard and one of Porter's most ...

# The Machine That Won the War #

My Son, the Physicist "My Son, the Physicist" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was commissioned by Hoffman Electronics Corporation and appeared in February 1962 in ''Scientific American''. It later appeared in Asimov's collection '' ...

# Eyes Do More Than See #

Segregationist Racial segregation is the systematic separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life. Racial segregation can amount to the international crime of apartheid and a crime against humanity under the Statute of the Interna ...

# I Just Make Them Up, See! # Rejection Slips

Volume 2

Volume Two contains short stories previously published in several other anthologies: #

Not Final! "Not Final!" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov, originally published in the October 1941 issue of '' Astounding Science Fiction'', and included in the 1972 collection ''The Early Asimov''. Its sequel, " Victory Unin ...

The Hazing "The Hazing" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the October 1942 issue of ''Thrilling Wonder Stories'' and reprinted in the 1972 collection ''The Early Asimov''. Discussing the story in ''The Early Asimov ...

Death Sentence Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that ...

Blind Alley "Blind Alley" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the March 1945 issue of ''Astounding Science Fiction'', and later included in the collection ''The Early Asimov'' (1972). Although the sto ...

# Evidence # The Red Queen's Race #

Day of the Hunters "Day of the Hunters" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was published in the November 1950 issue of '' Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories'', edited by Robert W. Lowndes, and reprinted in the 1975 colle ...

# The Deep #

The Martian Way ''The Martian Way'' is a science fiction novella by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the November 1952 issue of ''Galaxy Science Fiction'' and reprinted in the collections '' The Martian Way and Other Stories'' (1955), '' T ...

# The Monkey's Finger # The Singing Bell # The Talking Stone # Each an Explorer # Let's Get Together # Pâté de Foie Gras #

Galley Slave A galley slave was a slave rowing in a galley, either a convicted criminal sentenced to work at the oar (''French'': galérien), or a kind of human chattel, often a prisoner of war, assigned to the duty of rowing. In the ancient Mediterranean ...

# Lenny #

A Loint of Paw "A Loint of Paw" is a vignette by American writer Isaac Asimov, first published in ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' in August 1957. It was reprinted in the 1968 collection'' Asimov's Mysteries ''and the 1986 collection '' The Best Sci ...

# A Statue for Father # Anniversary # Obituary # Rain, Rain, Go Away # Star Light #

Founding Father The following list of national founding figures is a record, by country, of people who were credited with establishing a state. National founders are typically those who played an influential role in setting up the systems of governance, (i.e. ...

# The Key #

The Billiard Ball "The Billiard Ball" is a science fiction short story by American author Isaac Asimov, written in September 1966 and first published in the March 1967 issue of '' If''. It appeared in Asimov's 1968 collection ''Asimov's Mysteries'', in his 1973 coll ...

# Exile to Hell # Key Item # Feminine Intuition # The Greatest Asset # Mirror Image # Take a Match #

Light Verse Light poetry or light verse is poetry that attempts to be humorous. Light poems are usually brief, can be on a frivolous or serious subject, and often feature word play including puns, adventurous rhyme, and heavy alliteration. Typically, light ...

# Stranger In Paradise #

. . . That Thou Art Mindful of Him ". . . That Thou Art Mindful of Him" (also signed as "That Thou Art Mindful of Him") is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov, which he intended to be an "ultimate" probe into the subtleties of his Three Laws of Robotics. ...

The Life and Times of Multivac "The Life and Times of Multivac" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in the 5 January 1975 issue of ''The New York Times Magazine'', and was reprinted in the collections ''The Bicentennial M ...

The Bicentennial Man ''The Bicentennial Man'' is a novelette in the ''Robot'' series by American writer Isaac Asimov. According to the foreword in ''Robot Visions'', Asimov was approached to write a story, along with a number of other authors who would do the same ...

# Marching In # Old-fashioned #

The Tercentenary Incident "The Tercentenary Incident" is a science fiction/mystery short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the August 1976 issue of ''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', and reprinted in the collections ''The Bicentennial Man ...

References

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Review of Volume 1 at Asimovreviews.net

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