Earth Is Room Enough

Earth Is Room Enough is a collection of fifteen short science fiction and fantasy stories and two pieces of comic verse by American writer Isaac Asimov, published in 1957. In his autobiography In Joy Still Felt, 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 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.

Earth Is Room Enough

Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author	Isaac Asimov
Cover artist	Tony Palladino[1]
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Doubleday
Publication date	October 3, 1957[2]
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	192
ISBN	0-586-01042-4 (later edition)[3]
Preceded by	The Martian Way and Other Stories
Followed by	Nine Tomorrows

Contents

• "The Dead Past" (1956), novelette, a Multivac story
• "The Foundation of S.F. Success" (1954), poem
• "Franchise" (1955), a Multivac story
• "Gimmicks Three" (1956)
• "Kid Stuff" (1953)
• "The Watery Place" (1956)
• "Living Space" (1956)
• "The Message" (1955)
• "Satisfaction Guaranteed" (1951), a Susan Calvin robot story
• "Hell-Fire" (1956)
• "The Last Trump" (1955)
• "The Fun They Had" (1951)
• "Jokester" (1956), a Multivac story
• "The Immortal Bard" (1953)
• "Someday" (1956), a Robots and Multivac story
• "The Author's Ordeal" (1957), poem
• "Dreaming Is a Private Thing" (1955)

References

1. "Publication: Earth is Room Enough".
2. "Books Published Today". The New York Times: 26. October 3, 1957.
3. The first edition has no ISBN

Sources

• Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 21. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.

External links

• Earth is Room Enough at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database