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This volume includes the earliest versions of the novels "Pebble in the Sky" and "The End of Eternity," in novella and novelette form respectively, as well as a never-before-published version of "Belief," with notes by Asimov on his revisions
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From Publishers Weekly:
Asimov likes to boast that he seldom if ever revises his work, and as testimony to such heedless efficiency there is his mountain of some 300 booksfilled with reams of slapdash writing. It wasn't always so, as this volume of rejected first drafts shows. The story "Belief" is negligible with either of its different endings, but the two other entries are striking for the changes and added characterization that led to the published texts. While one became his weak first novel, Pebble in the Sky (1950), the other novelette was expanded into The End of Eternity (1955), which is arguably the best of his fiction works. Here, the original version is a bare gimmick and outline while the revision dramatizes an idea in a fully developed story. This otherwise inexcusable collection leaves the reader wondering how much better might much of Asimov's other work have been if he'd submitted them to the same process. January 3
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0586071628
- ISBN 13 9780586071625
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Book Description Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condition: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Chris Foss (illustrator). 1987 Edition. © 1986: The original unpublished versions of 'Pebble In The Sky', 'The End Of Eternity' and 'Belief'. 1st printing of 1987 edition:- Contents: 'Grow Old Along With Me' (the original version of the novel 'Pebble In The Sky') / 'The End Of Eternity' (original version) / 'Belief' (first version) / 'Belief' (published version):- Synopsis: The stories that were too astounding for Astounding. 'Pebble In The Sky' and 'The End Of Eternity' are among the best known of Isaac Asimov's early novels. But what most readers won't know is that both were originally written for - and rejected by - the famous pulp SF magazines of the 1940s and 1950s. Along with Dr Asimov's fascinating commentary on the revisions and on his working relationships with legendary SF editors John Campbell and Horace Gold, 'The Alternate Asimovs' offers the rare and delightful treat of watching a master of imagination in his workshop:- (original cost £3.50). Seller Inventory # 12.011.00276
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