Publication: The Early Asimov or, Eleven Years of Trying

Publication: The Early Asimov or, Eleven Years of TryingPublication Record # 235157
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1972-12-00
Catalog ID: 5479
Publisher: Doubleday & Company / SFBC
Price:
$2.98^?$: US dollar
Pages: 568
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: COLLECTION
Cover: The Early Asimov or, Eleven Years of Trying (1972) • by Barry Kiperman
Notes:
- Cover and spine have just The Early Asimov, title page has longer version.
- "Book Club Edition" on front flap, SFBC # on rear flap
- "Jacket photograph by Barry Kiperman" and "Jacket typography by Gina Rosencrantz" on rear flap.
- Each story has details on its history at the end, this ranges from several pages to a paragraph.
- The page numbers in the TOC are off by a lot for later stories, likely from the Doubleday edition and SFBC repaginated without redoing the TOC. This error was fixed for the second printing
- First printing has gutter code "44N" on page 563, indicates a printing in October 1972.
- Known reprint codes: "47N" [verified] November 1972; "52P" (December 1973); "I18" on page 567 (May 1978).
- Second printing has grey boards with blue lettering
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 3470372

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Collection Title: The Early Asimov • (1972) • collection by Isaac Asimov

Contents (view Concise Listing)

1 • Biographical Comments (The Early Asimov) • [Asimov's Essays: Own Work] • (1972) • essay by Isaac Asimov
10 • The Callistan Menace • (1940) • short story by Isaac Asimov
29 • Ring Around the Sun • (1940) • short story by Isaac Asimov
45 • The Magnificent Possession • (1940) • short story by Isaac Asimov
62 • Trends • (1939) • short story by Isaac Asimov
83 • The Weapon Too Dreadful to Use • (1939) • short story by Isaac Asimov
101 • Black Friar of the Flame • (1942) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
146 • Half-Breed • [Half-Breed • 1] • (1940) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
170 • The Secret Sense • (1941) • short story by Isaac Asimov
184 • Homo Sol • [Homo Sol • 1] • (1940) • short story by Isaac Asimov
205 • Half-Breeds on Venus • [Half-Breed • 2] • (1940) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
229 • The Imaginary • [Homo Sol • 2] • (1942) • short story by Isaac Asimov
246 • Heredity • (1941) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
270 • History • (1941) • short story by Isaac Asimov
283 • Christmas on Ganymede • (1942) • short story by Isaac Asimov
298 • The Little Man on the Subway • (1950) • short story by Isaac Asimov and Frederik Pohl [as by Isaac Asimov and James MacCreigh]
311 • The Hazing • [Homo Sol • 3] • (1942) • short story by Isaac Asimov
326 • Super-Neutron • (1941) • short story by Isaac Asimov
340 • Not Final! • [Jovians • 1] • (1941) • short story by Isaac Asimov
358 • Legal Rites • (1950) • novelette by Isaac Asimov and Frederik Pohl [as by Isaac Asimov and James MacCreigh]
388 • Time Pussy • [Probability Zero] • (1942) • short story by Isaac Asimov
398 • Author! Author! • (1964) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
426 • Death Sentence • (1943) • short story by Isaac Asimov
444 • Blind Alley • [Foundation Universe] • (1945) • short story by Isaac Asimov
471 • No Connection • (1948) • short story by Isaac Asimov
490 • The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline • [Thiotimoline • 1] • (1948) • short story by Isaac Asimov
502 • The Red Queen's Race • (1949) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
525 • Mother Earth • [Elijah Baley / R. Daneel Olivaw] • (1949) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
565 • Appendix - The Sixty Stories of the Campbell Years • [Asimov's Essays: Own Work] • (1972) • essay by Isaac Asimov

Primary Verifications

Verifier	Date	Type	Last User Activity Date
Dcarson	2008-03-02 02:10:40	Permanent	2022-02-26
Willem H.	2009-09-14 08:12:32	Permanent	2023-08-26
Bluesman	2013-04-05 20:16:42	Permanent	2018-12-13
Artisan	2019-01-14 17:39:16	Permanent	2019-01-23
Hifrommike65	2019-06-10 20:00:04	Permanent	2023-11-21

Secondary Verifications

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Bleiler Early Years	Not Verified
Bleiler Supernatural	Not Verified
Bleiler1 (Gernsback)	N/A	Bluesman	2009-06-03 16:16:23
Bleiler78	N/A	Bluesman	2013-04-05 20:16:42
Clute/Grant	N/A	Bluesman	2013-04-05 20:16:42
Clute/Nicholls	N/A	Bluesman	2013-04-05 20:16:42
Contento1 (anth/coll)	N/A	Bluesman	2009-06-03 16:16:23
Currey	N/A	Bluesman	2009-06-03 16:16:23
Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2009-06-03 16:16:23
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2009-06-03 16:16:23
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2013-04-05 20:16:42
Reginald1	N/A	Bluesman	2013-04-05 20:16:42
Reginald3	N/A	Bluesman	2013-04-05 20:16:42
Tuck	N/A	Bluesman	2013-04-05 20:16:42

Publication: The Early Asimov or, Eleven Years of Trying

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