Publication: The Early Asimov: Book One

Publication: The Early Asimov: Book OnePublication Record # 204257
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1974-06-00
Catalog ID: P2087
Publisher: Fawcett Crest
Price:
$1.25^?$: US dollar
Pages: 302
Format:
pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
Type: COLLECTION
Notes:
- First printing.
- "Printed in the United States of America [over] June 1974"
- From the Copyright page, "This book comprises the first half of THE EARLY ASIMOV, and is reprinted by arrangement with Doubleday and Company, Inc."
- LCCN 72-76116
- Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club, December 1972
- Spine shows "449-02087-125"
- The introduction is not listed on the ToC, nor is it titled, not "Introduction" nor anything else. Instead of introducing every piece, Asimov writes a short bit at the end of every piece.
- The untitled introduction and the interspersed text has been cataloged in the single volume edition as "Biographical Commentary".
- A direct comparison between the October 1973 reprint of the trade edition, and the first printing [this record] of the volume 1 paperback from Fawcett indicates that the text at the bottom of 299 and the first 2 lines on page 300 appear on pages 266 and 267 of the trade edition. The bottom 5 paragraphs on page 300 are new material intended to tie the two paperback volumes together.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 932558781
- Reginald-1: 00552A

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Collection Title: The Early Asimov: Book One • collection by Isaac Asimov (variant of The Early Asimov 1972)

Contents (view Concise Listing)

7 • Untitled (Introduction The Early Asimov Book One) • [Asimov's Essays: Own Work] • (unknown) • essay by Isaac Asimov
17 • The Callistan Menace • (1940) • short story by Isaac Asimov
36 • Ring Around the Sun • (1940) • short story by Isaac Asimov
52 • The Magnificent Possession • (1940) • short story by Isaac Asimov
70 • Trends • (1939) • short story by Isaac Asimov
92 • The Weapon Too Dreadful to Use • (1939) • short story by Isaac Asimov
112 • Black Friar of the Flame • (1942) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
159 • Half-Breed • [Half-Breed • 1] • (1940) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
184 • The Secret Sense • (1941) • short story by Isaac Asimov
199 • Homo Sol • [Homo Sol • 1] • (1940) • short story by Isaac Asimov
221 • Half-Breeds on Venus • [Half-Breed • 2] • (1940) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
246 • The Imaginary • [Homo Sol • 2] • (1942) • short story by Isaac Asimov
263 • Heredity • (1941) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
288 • History • (1941) • short story by Isaac Asimov
303 • Appendix: The Early Stories of the Campbell Years (#'s 1-25) • (unknown) • essay by Isaac Asimov

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Clute/Grant	N/A	Bluesman	2017-08-21 12:57:28
Clute/Nicholls	Verified	Rtrace	2021-08-15 13:30:32
Contento1 (anth/coll)	N/A	Bluesman	2017-08-21 12:57:28
Currey	N/A	Bluesman	2017-08-21 12:57:28
Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2017-08-21 12:57:28
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2017-08-21 12:57:28
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2017-08-21 12:57:28
Reginald1	Verified	Chris J	2019-01-18 20:11:56
Reginald3	N/A	Bluesman	2017-08-21 12:57:28
Tuck	N/A	Bluesman	2017-08-21 12:57:28

Publication: The Early Asimov: Book One

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