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Nine Tomorrows

by Isaac Asimov

Nine Tomorrows is a collection of nine short stories and two pieces of comic verse by American writer Isaac Asimov. The pieces were all originally published in magazines between 1956 and 1958, with the exception of the closing poem, "Rejection Slips", which was original to the collection. The book was first published in the United States in 1959 and in the UK in 1963. It includes two of Asimov's favorite stories, "The Last Question" and "The Ugly Little Boy". Contents "I Just Make Them Up, See!" "Profession" "The Feeling of Power" "The Dying Night" (part of the Wendell Urth series) "I'm in Marsport Without Hilda" "The Gentle Vultures" "All the Troubles of the World" (part of the Multivac series) "Spell My Name with an S" "The Last Question" (loosely part of the Multivac series) "The Ugly Little Boy" "Rejection Slips"

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?