''The Martian Way and Other Stories'' is a 1955 collection of four
science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel uni ...
stories (3
novelettes and one
novella by American writer
Isaac Asimov, 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
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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 ...
", novelette
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Youth
Youth is the time of life when one is young. The word, youth, can also mean the time between childhood and adulthood ( maturity), but it can also refer to one's peak, in terms of health or the period of life known as being a young adult. Yo ...
", novelette
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The Deep", novelette
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Sucker Bait", novella
Reception
Groff Conklin
Edward Groff Conklin (September 6, 1904 – July 19, 1968) was an American science fiction anthologist. He edited 40 anthologies of science fiction, one of mystery stories (co-edited with physician Noah Fabricant), wrote books on home improvemen ...
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
''Galaxy Science Fiction'' was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published in Boston from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by a French-Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break into the American market. World Editi ...
'', October 1955, p.112
References
Sources
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External links
''The Martian Way and Other Stories''at the
Internet Speculative Fiction Database
The Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB) is a database of bibliographic information on genres considered speculative fiction, including science fiction and related genres such as fantasy, alternate history, and horror fiction. The ISFDB ...
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Science fiction short story collections by Isaac Asimov
1955 short story collections
Doubleday (publisher) books
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