The Last Question

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Overview:

Title: The Last Question
Author: Isaac Asimov
Year: 1956
Type: Short Fiction
Series: Multivac

Variant Titles:

Awards:

0000. The Last Question Locus Online, 20th Century Short Story (Nomination)

Editions/Publications:

Unknown. The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Tor, ISBN-10: 031285062X, $35.00, 990+[2] pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. Nine Tomorrows (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Doubleday, $3.50, 236 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
Unknown. Nine Tomorrows (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Fawcett Crest, $0.95, 224 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Great SF Stories # 18 (1956) (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, DAW Books, ISBN-10: 0886772893, $4.50, 366 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Dark Harvest, ISBN-10: 0913165441, $21.95, 678 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
Unknown. Opus 100 (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Houghton Mifflin, ISBN-10: , $5.95, xv+318 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
Unknown. The Best of Isaac Asimov (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Sidgwick & Jackson, ISBN-10: 028397981X, 336 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
Unknown. The Complete Stories, Volume 1 (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Doubleday Foundation / SFBC, $10.98, viii+614 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
Unknown. The Science Fiction Roll of Honor (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Random House, ISBN-10: 0394486773, $8.95, xvii+264 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. Science Fiction Quarterly, November 1956 (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Columbia Publications, Inc.; Holyoke, MA, $0.25, 100 pages, pulp, MAGAZINE)
Unknown. Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers, ISBN-10: 0517336359, $6.98, 786 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. The Future in Question (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Fawcett Crest, ISBN-10: 0449242668, $2.50, 381 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. Space Opera (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, ISBN-10: 0297768115, £, 324 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. Space Opera (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Futura, ISBN-10: 0860070581, £0.50, 324 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. 3000 Years of Fantasy and Science Fiction (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, ISBN-10: 068840006X, $5.95, 256 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. R-A-M Random Access Messages of the Computer Age (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Hayden Book Company, ISBN-10: 0810463334, [10]+193 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. Robot Dreams (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, VGSF, ISBN-10: 0575045655, £3.50, 474 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Space Opera (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Berkley Medallion, ISBN-10: 0425033449, $1.50, xii+243 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. The Edge of Tomorrow (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Tor, ISBN-10: 0312932006, $15.95, xiv+462 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
Unknown. Nine Tomorrows (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Pan Books, 5/-, 251 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Bangs and Whimpers: Stories About the End of the World (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Roxbury Park / Lowell House, ISBN-10: 0737302712, $15.95, ix+219 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. Nine Tomorrows (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Pan Books, ISBN-10: 0330201719, £0.30, 251 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Complete Stories: Volume One (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, HarperCollins (UK), ISBN-10: 0006476473, £5.99, 430 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Edge of Tomorrow (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Tor, ISBN-10: 0812531221, $3.50, xiv+462 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Cosmic Critiques: How & Why Ten Science Fiction Stories Work (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Writer's Digest Books, ISBN-10: 0898793947, $12.95, 197 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. Nine Tomorrows (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Bantam Books, $0.35, 198 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Complete Stories, Volume 1 (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Doubleday Foundation, ISBN-10: 038541627X, $17.95, viii+614 pages, Trade Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Space Opera (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Book Club Associates, 324 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Orbit, ISBN-10: 1857232712, £25.00, 990 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. The Best of Isaac Asimov (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Fawcett Crest, ISBN-10: 044923018X, $1.75, 319 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Robot Dreams (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Berkley Books, ISBN-10: 042509345X, $7.95, 349 pages, Trade Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Best of Isaac Asimov (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Fawcett Crest, $1.50, 319 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Opus 100 (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Dell, $0.95, 285 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Nine Tomorrows (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Fawcett Crest, $0.75, 224 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Nine Tomorrows (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Fawcett Crest, $1.50, 224 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Nine Tomorrows (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Fawcett Crest, ISBN-10: 0449240843, $2.25, 224 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Robot Dreams (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Ace Books, ISBN-10: 0441731546, $4.95, xvi+384 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Nine Tomorrows (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Doubleday / SFBC, $1.20, 236 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
Unknown. Nine Tomorrows (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Dennis Dobson, 15/-, 224 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
Unknown. Nine Tomorrows (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, The Science Fiction Book Club (UK), 6/-, 224 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
Unknown. The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume Two (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Tor, ISBN-10: 0312868790, $25.95, 432 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 2 (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Tor, ISBN-10: 0312868782, $15.95, 432 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. Nine Tomorrows: Tales of the Near Future (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Fawcett Crest, $0.75, 224 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Space Opera (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Doubleday, ISBN-10: 0385078730, $7.95, xiii+322 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov!: Volume Three (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Ace Books, ISBN-10: 0441031080, $3.95, 182 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Doubleday, ISBN-10: 0385197829, $17.95, xiv+320 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
Unknown. The Complete Stories, Volume 1 (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, HarperCollins (UK), ISBN-10: 0002241390, £15.99, 614 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
Unknown. The Science Fiction Roll of Honor (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Random House / BOMC, xvii+264 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Grafton, ISBN-10: 0586074988, £3.50, xiv+320 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Grafton, ISBN-10: 0586074988, £3.50, xiv+320 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Best of Isaac Asimov (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Doubleday, ISBN-10: 038505078X, $6.95, xiv+294 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
Unknown. Top Science Fiction: The Authors' Choice (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, J. M. Dent, ISBN-10: 0460024256, £2.95, viii+340 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. The Best of Isaac Asimov (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Sphere, ISBN-10: 0722112548, £0.40, 336 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Dark Harvest, ISBN-10: 0913165433, $49.00, 678 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
Unknown. Nine Tomorrows (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Pan Books, 5/-, 251 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The World Turned Upside Down (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Baen Books, ISBN-10: 0743498747, $6.00, ebook, Anthology)
Unknown. The World Turned Upside Down (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Baen Books, ISBN-10: 0743498747, $24.00, 743 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. The World Turned Upside Down (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Baen Books / SFBC, $13.99, 743 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Tor / SFBC, $17.98, 990 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. The Best of Isaac Asimov 1954-1972 (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Sphere, ISBN-10: 0722112572, £0.65, 172 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Bangs and Whimpers: Stories About the End of the World (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Roxbury Park / SFBC, ISBN-10: 0739411470, $11.98, xii+219 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. Nine Tomorrows (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Fawcett Crest, ISBN-10: 0449240843, $1.95, 224 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Best of Isaac Asimov (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Fawcett Crest, ISBN-10: 0449236536, $1.95, 319 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Nine Tomorrows (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Fawcett Crest, ISBN-10: 0449236188, $1.75, 224 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Orb, ISBN-10: 0312855095, $27.95, 990 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. The Best of Isaac Asimov (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Sphere, ISBN-10: 0722112548, £0.40, 336 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Top Science Fiction: The Authors' Choice (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, J. M. Dent, ISBN-10: 0460046470, £8.95, viii+340 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Signet / New American Library, ISBN-10: 0451151968, $3.95, 379 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The World Turned Upside Down (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Baen Books, ISBN-10: 0743498747, $6.00, ebook, Anthology)
Unknown. Grand Masters' Choice (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Tor, ISBN-10: 0812506197, $3.99, xxiv+355 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. Grand Masters' Choice (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, NESFA Press, ISBN-10: 0915368420, $10.00, 221 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. The Best of Isaac Asimov (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Fawcett Crest / Ballantine, ISBN-10: 0449202887, $2.75, 319 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Edge of Tomorrow (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Tor, ISBN-10: 0812531221, $3.50, xiv+462 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Nine Tomorrows (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Pan Books, ISBN-10: 0330201719, £0.75, 251 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Robot Dreams (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, VGSF / Gollancz, ISBN-10: 0575042540, £3.95, 349 pages, Trade Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Opus 100 (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Dell, ISBN-10: 0440166950, $2.25, 280 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Complete Stories, Volume 1 (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Broadway Books, ISBN-10: 038541627X, $22.00, viii+614 pages, Trade Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Space Opera (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Futura, ISBN-10: 0860078477, £0.60, 324 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. Space Opera: An Anthology of Way-Back-When Futures (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Doubleday / SFBC, $1.98, xiii+304+[1] pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. The Great SF Stories # 18 (1956) (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, DAW Books, ISBN-10: 0886772893, C$5.50, 366 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. Nine Tomorrows (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Pan Books, ISBN-10: 0330201719, £1.50, 250+[1] pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Complete Stories: Volume One (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, HarperCollins (UK), ISBN-10: 0006476473, £6.99, 429 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Complete Stories, Volume 1 (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Doubleday Foundation, ISBN-10: 0385416067, $22.95, viii+614 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
Unknown. The Complete Stories, Volume 1 (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Doubleday Foundation, ISBN-10: 038541627X, $12.95, viii+615 pages, Trade Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The World Turned Upside Down (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Baen Books, ISBN-10: 9781416520689, $15.00, 741 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. Microworlds: Tales of the Computer Age (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Hamlyn, ISBN-10: 0099392208, £2.50, 175 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. Nine Tomorrows: Tales of the Near Future (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Fawcett Crest, ISBN-10: 0449236188, $1.75, 224 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers, ISBN-10: 0517336359, $6.98, 786 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Gramercy Books, ISBN-10: 0517336359, $11.99, 786 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Tachyon Publications, ISBN-10: 9781616960704, $15.95, 431 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. Nine Tomorrows (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Del Rey / Ballantine, ISBN-10: 0345320727, $2.95, 224 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Future in Question (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Fawcett Crest, ISBN-10: 0449242668, $2.50, 381 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. Robot Dreams (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Ace Books, ISBN-10: 0441011837, $14.00, xvi+335 pages, Trade Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Robot Dreams (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Ace Books, ISBN-10: 0441011837, $14.00, xvi+335 pages, Trade Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Opus 100 (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Dell, C$0.95, 285 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Nine Tomorrows (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Bantam Books, C$0.35, 198 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Nine Tomorrows (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Pan Books, ISBN-10: 0330201719, £0.85, 251 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Best of Isaac Asimov (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Fawcett Crest / Ballantine, ISBN-10: 044920829X, $2.95, 319 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Best of Isaac Asimov 1954-1972 (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Sphere, ISBN-10: 0722112572, £1.75, 172 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. It's Been a Good Life (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Prometheus Books, ISBN-10: 1573929689, , 309 pages, Hardcover, Non-fiction)
Unknown. The Complete Stories: Volume One (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, HarperCollins (UK), ISBN-10: 0006476473, £6.99, 430 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Legend, ISBN-10: 0712646906, £14.99, 836 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
Unknown. Foundation's Friends: Stories in Honor of Isaac Asimov (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Tor, ISBN-10: 0812567706, $9.99, 449 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
Unknown. The Edge of Tomorrow (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Tor, ISBN-10: 0812531221, $3.95, xiv+462 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Signet / New American Library of Canada, ISBN-10: 0451151968, C$4.95, 379 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Gramercy Books, ISBN-10: 0517336359, 786 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. Robot Dreams (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Gollancz, ISBN-10: 0575040211, £10.95, 349 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
Unknown. Robot Dreams (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Berkley Books, ISBN-10: 0425093468, $50.00, 349 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
Unknown. Microworlds: Tales of the Computer Age (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Severn House, ISBN-10: 0727811894, 192 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
Unknown. Nine Tomorrows (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Panther / Grafton, ISBN-10: 0586064192, £2.50, 266 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Nine Tomorrows (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Fawcett Crest, $1.25, 224 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Opus: A Selection from the First 200 Books (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Andre Deutsch, ISBN-10: 0233971890, £8.95, 669 pages, Hardcover, Omnibus)
Unknown. The 1634: The Baltic War Disk (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Baen Books, $0.00, other, Omnibus)
Unknown. The 1634: The Baltic War Disk (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Baen Books, $0.00, other, Omnibus)
Unknown. The Best of Jim Baen's Universe 2006 Disk (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Baen Books, $0.00, other, Omnibus)
Unknown. The David Drake When the Tide Rises Disk (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Baen Books, $0.00, other, Omnibus)
Unknown. The 1635: The Eastern Front Disk (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Baen Books, $0.00, other, Omnibus)
Unknown. Nine Tomorrows (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Pan Books, ISBN-10: 0330201719, £0.40, 251 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Opus 100 (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Houghton Mifflin, ISBN-10: 0395073510, xv+318 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
Unknown. Robot Dreams (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Recorded Books, digital audio download, Collection)
Unknown. Robot Dreams (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Gollancz, ISBN-10: 1857983351, £6.99, 474 pages, Paperback, Collection)
Unknown. Nine Tomorrows (Unknown, Isaac Asimov, Granada, ISBN-10: 0246125330, £8.95, 236 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
1986 . The Edge of Tomorrow (1986, Isaac Asimov, Harrap, ISBN-10: 0245543910, £9.95, xiv+462+[1] pages, Hardcover, Collection)
1987 . Nine Tomorrows (1987, Isaac Asimov, Del Rey / Ballantine, ISBN-10: 0345346041, $3.50, pages, Paperback, Collection)
1991 . The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov: Volume One (1991, Isaac Asimov, Legend, ISBN-10: 0712647708, £8.99, 485 pages, Trade Paperback, Collection)
2006 . Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury (2006, Isaac Asimov, Gramercy Books, ISBN-10: 0517336359, $11.99, 786 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
2011 . The Drabblecast, #200 (2011, Isaac Asimov, The Drabblecast, $0.00, digital audio download, MAGAZINE)
2014 . Robot Dreams (2014, Isaac Asimov, Recorded Books, ISBN-10: 9781490633107, digital audio download, Collection)
2016 . The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection (2016, Isaac Asimov, Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books, ISBN-10: 9781101910092, $25.00, xxxi+1178 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
2016 . The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection (2016, Isaac Asimov, Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books, ISBN-10: 9781101910108, $25.00, ebook, Anthology)
2016 . The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection (2016, Isaac Asimov, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard / SFBC, $19.55, xxxi+1178 pages, Trade Paperback, Anthology)
2023 . The Complete Stories: Volume One (2023, Isaac Asimov, Harper Voyager (UK), ISBN-10: 9780007384815, £4.99, ebook, Collection)

The Last Question

Overview:

Variant Titles:

Awards:

Editions/Publications:

Genres/Themes:

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