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1. "All the Troubles of the World
   All the Troubles of the World
   "All the Troubles of the World" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in the April 1958 issue of Super-Science Fiction, and was reprinted in the 1959 collection Nine Tomorrows...
   
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2. "A Loint of Paw
   A Loint of Paw
   A Loint of Paw is a vignette by 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 Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov. The title of the story is a play on the words "a...
   
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3. "The Dead Past
   The Dead Past
   "The Dead Past" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov, first published in the April 1956 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. It was later collected in Earth Is Room Enough and The Best of Isaac Asimov , and adapted into an episode of the science-fiction television series Out of the...
   
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4. "Death of a Foy"
5. "Dreaming Is a Private Thing
   Dreaming Is a Private Thing
   "Dreaming Is a Private Thing" is a science fiction short story by 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 Enough...
   
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6. "Dreamworld"
7. "Eyes Do More Than See
   Eyes Do More Than See
   Eyes Do More Than See is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov.In 1964, Playboy magazine approached several science fiction writers to create short-short stories based on a photograph of a clay head without ears. The selected stories--Arthur C. Clarke's "Playback", Frederik Pohl's...
   
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8. "The Feeling of Power
   The Feeling of Power
   The Feeling of Power is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in the February 1958 issue of If: Worlds of Science Fiction, and was reprinted in the 1959 collection Nine Tomorrows, the 1969 retrospective Opus 100, and the 1986 collection Robot Dreams...
   
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9. "Flies"
10. "Found!"
11. "The Foundation of S.F. Success
    The Foundation of S.F. Success
    "The Foundation of S.F. Success" is a pastiche, written in 1954 by Isaac Asimov, of the patter song "If you're anxious for to shine" from the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera Patience, describing the easy way to become a successful writer. Asimov borrows Gilbert's rhythm and rhyme schemes in the...
    
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12. "Franchise
    Franchise (Asimov)
    Franchise is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It first appeared in the August 1955 issue of the magazine If: Worlds of Science Fiction, and was reprinted in the collections Earth Is Room Enough and Robot Dreams . It is one of a loosely connected series of stories concerning a...
    
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13. "The Fun They Had
    The Fun They Had
    "The Fun They Had" is a science fiction story written by 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, as well as the collections Earth Is Room Enough , 50 Short Science Fiction Tales ,...
    
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14. "How It Happened
    How it Happened
    "How it happened" is a 1506-word short story by the author Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle first published during the First World War at the end of what may be considered to be the Edwardian era in 1918 but Conan Doyle began writing in the Victorian era...
    
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15. "I Just Make Them Up, See!
    I Just Make Them Up, See!
    I Just Make Them Up, See! is a comic poem by Isaac Asimov written in 1957. The poem is a monologue from a fan, asking Asimov how he comes up with his ideas. The question is not answered in the poem, but rather the title itself: I Just Make Them Up, See!...
    
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16. "I'm in Marsport Without Hilda
    I'm in Marsport Without Hilda
    "I'm in Marsport Without Hilda" is a short story by Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in the November 1957 issue of Venture Science Fiction Magazine, and was reprinted in the collection Nine Tomorrows in 1959, in a slightly censored form. The complete original version appeared in Asimov's...
    
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17. "The Immortal Bard
    The Immortal Bard
    The Immortal Bard is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the May 1954 issue of Universe Science Fiction, and has since been republished in several collections and anthologies, including Earth Is Room Enough and The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov...
    
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18. "It's Such a Beautiful Day
    It's Such a Beautiful Day
    "It's Such A Beautiful Day" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was first published in 1954 in Star Science Fiction Stories No.3, an anthology of original stories edited by Frederik Pohl, and later reprinted in the 1969 collection Nightfall and Other Stories.-Plot summary:Set in...
    
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19. "Jokester
    Jokester (Asimov)
    Jokester is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in the December 1956 issue of Infinity, and was reprinted in the collections Earth Is Room Enough and Robot Dreams...
    
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20. "The Last Answer
    The Last Answer
    The Last Answer is a science-fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the January 1980 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact, and reprinted in the collections The Winds of Change and Other Stories , The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov and Robot Dreams...
    
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21. "The Last Question
    The Last Question
    "The Last Question" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It first appeared in the November 1956 issue of Science Fiction Quarterly and was reprinted in the collections Nine Tomorrows , The Best of Isaac Asimov , Robot Dreams , the retrospective Opus 100 , and in Isaac Asimov: The...
    
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22. "My Son, the Physicist
    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...
    
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23. "Obituary
    Obituary (Asimov)
    Obituary is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the August 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and reprinted in Asimov's 1968 collection Asimov's Mysteries....
    
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24. "Spell My Name with an S
    Spell My Name with an S
    "Spell My Name with an S" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in the January 1958 issue of Star Science Fiction under the title S as in Zebatinsky, and was reprinted in the 1959 collection Nine Tomorrows under Asimov's original title...
    
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25. "Strikebreaker
    Strikebreaker (Asimov)
    Strikebreaker is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the January 1957 issue of The Original Science Fiction Stories under the title "Male Strikebreaker" and reprinted in the 1969 collection Nightfall and Other Stories under the original title "Strikebreaker"...
    
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26. "Sure Thing"
27. "The Ugly Little Boy
    The Ugly Little Boy
    "The Ugly Little Boy" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in the September 1958 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction under the title "Lastborn", and was reprinted under its current title in the 1959 collection Nine Tomorrows. The story deals with a Homo...
    
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28. "Unto the Fourth Generation
    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 and has been reprinted in the collections Nightfall and Other Stories and The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov...
    
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External links

• The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov – ISBN 0-451-15196-8