The Ugly Little Boy
by Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg
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Read in June, 1999
With apologies to the initiated, Isaac Asimov never did better and Robert Silverberg is to be applauded for expanding the original work, a short story by Asimov, into this hard sci-fi novel par excellence. Credited with writing over 500 books, Asimov only hit two bottom-of-the-ninth walk-off grand slams in his fantastically prolific career: A 5-page short story called "The Last Question" and this perfect 10 right here.
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Asimov wrote this novel as an expansion of his short story of the same name. A little prehistoric boy is transported through time to earth, some time in the near future, where he is nurtured by the novel's protagonist even while being studied by scientists.
The conflict comes when they are done studying him--what is to become of him then? I fell in love with the ugly little boy.
The conflict comes when they are done studying him--what is to become of him then? I fell in love with the ugly little boy.
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at 12 or 13 my best friend and i pooled our money and bought this book. i remember feeling very grownup and pleased with our choice. one more reading before i hand it over to someone else.
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Read in January, 1992
recommends it for:
sci fi fans, anthropologists
Read this book pursuing good Asimov reads and loved it, as an anthropologists the themes were intriguing and as a geologist it satisfied my scientific curiosities. Try to squeeze it in.
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Yet another short story -> novel conversion. The short story was quite good on its own. I confess to not really caring for the lengthier version.
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One of my favorite Asimov books; the short story it was based on was one of Asimov's personal favorites of all the stories he wrote.
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