''The Martian Way and Other Stories'' is a 1955 collection of four
science fiction stories (3
novelette
Novelette may also refer to:
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* Novelette (music), a short piece of lyrical music
* Novelette (literature), a work of narrative prose fiction that is longer than a ...
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novella
A novella is a narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than most novels, but longer than most short stories. The English word ''novella'' derives from the Italian ''novella'' meaning a short story related to true (or apparently so) facts ...
by American writer
Isaac Asimov
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, previously published in 1952 and 1954. Although single-author story collections generally sell poorly, ''The Martian Way and Other Stories'' did well enough that Doubleday science fiction editor Walter I. Bradbury was willing to publish a second collection, ''
Earth Is Room Enough'', in 1957.
Contents
* "
The Martian Way", novelette
* "
Youth", novelette
* "
The Deep", novelette
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Sucker Bait
''Sucker Bait'' is a science fiction novella by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was first serialized in the February and March 1954 issues of ''Astounding Science Fiction'', and reprinted in the 1955 collection ''The Martian Way and Other Stori ...
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Reception
Groff Conklin praised the collection as "an excellent introduction to the style and to the imagination of one of science fiction's most important writers."
["Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf", '' Galaxy Science Fiction'', October 1955, p.112]
References
Sources
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External links
''The Martian Way and Other Stories''at the
Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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Science fiction short story collections by Isaac Asimov
1955 short story collections
Doubleday (publisher) books
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