Nine Tomorrows: Tales of the Near Future

Overview:

  • Title: Nine Tomorrows: Tales of the Near Future
  • Author: Isaac Asimov
  • Year: 1969
  • Publisher: Fawcett Crest
  • Price: $0.75
  • Pages: 224
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: The Ugly Little Boy
  • Notes:
    • "First Fawcett Crest printing, November 1969" stated on the copyright.
    • "A Fawcett Crest Book" (over) "Fawcett Publications, Inc., Greenwich, Conn." stated on the title page.
    • "A Fawcett Crest Book" printed on the front cover and the spine.
    • "Published by Fawcett World Library" stated on the copyright page and "Fawcett World Library" printed on the back cover.
    • Catalog # "449-01344-075" printed on the spine. "T1344" printed on the front cover.
    • Subtitled appears on the title page, under the main title. It appears on the front cover as "Tales of the Near Future by the Master of Science Fiction" above the author's name and title.
    • The cover artist is not credited, nor is there a visible signature. The style of the work is very much that of Paul Lehr. The front cover art is reproduced on the back with a sepia tint.
    • The Publishing History lists Doubleday Edition, Februrary 19, 1959; including 1st printing May 1963, 2nd Printing June 1964, 3rd Printing March 1966, 4th Printing July 1967; SFBC selection June 1959.
    • The two poems are in the Table of Contents but are not numbered, thus the title of the collection refers to the nine stories.
    • The story "All the Troubles of the World" is mistitled in the Table of Contents as "All the Troubles in the World".