The Ugly Little Boy

Overview:

• Title: The Ugly Little Boy
• Author: Isaac Asimov
• Year: 1959
• Variant title of: Lastborn
• Type: Short Fiction

Notes:

The story first appeared in the September 1958 issue of Galaxy Magazine under the title "Lastborn", and was reprinted under its current title in the collection Nine Tomorrows in 1959. (source: wikipedia)

Editions/Publications:

• xxxx. Nine Tomorrows (Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest, Catalog ID: #044901971, $0.95, 224 pages, Paperback, Collection)
• 1959. Nine Tomorrows (1959, Isaac Asimov Doubleday, Hardcover, Collection)
• 1960. Nine Tomorrows (July 1960, Isaac Asimov Bantam, Catalog ID: #A2121, $0.35, 198 pages, Paperback, Collection)
• 1963. The Worlds of Science Fiction (1963, Robert P. Mills Dial Press, 349 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1965. The Worlds of Science Fiction (July 1965, Robert P. Mills Paperback Library, Catalog ID: #54-819, $0.75, 287 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1966. Tomorrow's Children (1966, Isaac Asimov Doubleday, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1967. The Worlds of Science Fiction (1967, Robert P. Mills Paperback Library, Catalog ID: #54-577, $0.75, 287 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1967. Nine Tomorrows (1967, Isaac Asimov Pan, ID: M171, 5/-, 251 pages, Paperback, Collection)
• 1970. Dimension X (1970, Damon Knight Simon & Schuster, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1970. The Worlds of Science Fiction (1970, Robert P. Mills Paperback Library, Catalog ID: #64-374, $0.75, 287 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1974. Elsewhere X 3 (1974, Damon Knight Coronet, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1981. The 7 Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction (1981, Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Fawcett, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1982. The Seven Deadly Sins and Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction (1982, Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Bonanza/Crown, ISBN-10: 0517385953, 317+350 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1983. Creations: The Quest for Origins in Story and Science (1983, Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, George Zebrowski Crown, ISBN-10: 0517548615, $16.95, 351 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1985. The Time Travellers -- A Science Fiction Quartet (1985, Robert Silverberg, Martin H. Greenberg Primus/Donald I. Fine, ISBN-10: 0917657667, $3.95, 284 pages, Anthology)
• 1985. The Edge of Tomorrow (July 1985, Isaac Asimov Tor, ISBN-10: 0312932006, $15.95, xiv+462 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
• 1986. The Edge of Tomorrow (1986, Isaac Asimov Harrap, ISBN-10: 0245543910, £9.95, xiv+462 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
• 1986. The Edge of Tomorrow (1986, Isaac Asimov Tor, ISBN-10: 0812531221, $3.50, xiv+462 pages, Paperback, Collection)
• 1987. Neanderthals: Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction (1987, Robert Silverberg, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Signet, ISBN-10: 0451147162, $3.95, 351 pages, Anthology)
• 1987. Neanderthals (1987, Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh NAL Signet, ISBN-10: 0451147162, $3.95, 351 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1989. The Ugly Little Boy / The [Widget], the [Wadget], and Boff (1989, Isaac Asimov, Theodore Sturgeon Tor Double, ISBN-10: 0812559665, $3.50, 60+123 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1989. Robot Dreams (1989, Isaac Asimov Gollancz, ISBN-10: 0575045655, £3.50, 474 pages, Paperback, Collection)
• 1989. The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov (1989, Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg Dark Harvest, ISBN-10: 0913165441, $21.95, 678 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
• 1990. The Complete Stories, Volume 1 (1990, Isaac Asimov Doubleday Foundation, ISBN-10: 0385416067, $22.95, viii+614 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
• 1990. The Complete Stories, Volume 1 (November 1990, Isaac Asimov Doubleday Foundation, ISBN-10: 038541627X, $17.95, viii+614 pages, Trade, Collection)
• 1991. The Complete Stories, Volume 1 (1991, Isaac Asimov Doubleday Foundation/SFBC, Catalog ID: # 17907, $10.98, viii+614 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
• 1994. The Complete Stories, Volume 1 (1994, Isaac Asimov HarperCollins UK, ISBN-10: 0006476473, £5.99, 630 pages, Paperback, Collection)

Resources:

• Wikipedia article on The Ugly Little Boy