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Living Space
A short story
11 pages, Paperback
Published May 1, 1956
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About the author
Isaac Asimov
4,337 books27.8k followersWorks of prolific Russian-American writer Isaac Asimov include popular explanations of scientific principles,
The Foundation Trilogy
(1951-1953), and other volumes of fiction.
Isaac Asimov, a professor of biochemistry, wrote as a highly successful author, best known for his books.
Asimov, professor, generally considered of all time, edited more than five hundred books and ninety thousand letters and postcards. He published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey decimal classification but lacked only an entry in the category of philosophy (100).
People widely considered Asimov, a master of the genre alongside Robert Anson Heinlein and Arthur Charles Clarke as the "big three" during his lifetime. He later tied Galactic Empire and the Robot into the same universe as his most famous series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those that Heinlein pioneered and Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson previously produced. He penned "Nightfall," voted in 1964 as the best short story of all time; many persons still honor this title. He also produced well mysteries, fantasy, and a great quantity of nonfiction. Asimov used Paul French, the pen name, for the Lucky Starr, series of juvenile novels.
Most books of Asimov in a historical way go as far back to a time with possible question or concept at its simplest stage. He often provides and mentions well nationalities, birth, and death dates for persons and etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Guide to Science, the tripartite set Understanding Physics, and Chronology of Science and Discovery exemplify these books.
Asimov, a long-time member, reluctantly served as vice president of Mensa international and described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs." He took more pleasure as president of the humanist association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, an elementary school in Brooklyn in New York, and two different awards honor his name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_As...
Isaac Asimov, a professor of biochemistry, wrote as a highly successful author, best known for his books.
Asimov, professor, generally considered of all time, edited more than five hundred books and ninety thousand letters and postcards. He published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey decimal classification but lacked only an entry in the category of philosophy (100).
People widely considered Asimov, a master of the genre alongside Robert Anson Heinlein and Arthur Charles Clarke as the "big three" during his lifetime. He later tied Galactic Empire and the Robot into the same universe as his most famous series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those that Heinlein pioneered and Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson previously produced. He penned "Nightfall," voted in 1964 as the best short story of all time; many persons still honor this title. He also produced well mysteries, fantasy, and a great quantity of nonfiction. Asimov used Paul French, the pen name, for the Lucky Starr, series of juvenile novels.
Most books of Asimov in a historical way go as far back to a time with possible question or concept at its simplest stage. He often provides and mentions well nationalities, birth, and death dates for persons and etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Guide to Science, the tripartite set Understanding Physics, and Chronology of Science and Discovery exemplify these books.
Asimov, a long-time member, reluctantly served as vice president of Mensa international and described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs." He took more pleasure as president of the humanist association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, an elementary school in Brooklyn in New York, and two different awards honor his name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_As...
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November 4, 2021
Collected in Earth Is Room Enough. The concept is Earth has run out of living space, so we've solved the space problem by giving each family a home on each parallel Earth, expanding ever outward. Clarence Rimbro complains about noise on "his" Earth. Ching, who supports unfettered expansion and Mishnoff the skeptic visit, and come across someone speaking Ancient German, discovering that their Earth is not the only one that is using Parallel Earths as a solution to lack of living space. Mishnoff tries to warn the bureaucrats but they're even more skeptical about issues, after all what could go wrong?
This story is a parable warning of the dangers that might be faced if people fail to consider ALL the consequences of their actions.
This story is a parable warning of the dangers that might be faced if people fail to consider ALL the consequences of their actions.
May 7, 2024
Asimov was an atheistic robot by his own admission and this idiotic story proves it, and not only an atheistic robot, but an evangelical atheistic robot. Life on Earth is just a matter of probability? 🦕💩!
September 25, 2021
A brilliant short story by I.A.
May 30, 2022
A very interesting story. The only problem is that the timing in the end felt a little forced.
September 20, 2025
4.5/5 Stars
I'm really beginning to appreciate the humor in Asimov's shorts.
In statistics and probability, remember Murphy's Law... at the worst possible moment.
I'm really beginning to appreciate the humor in Asimov's shorts.
In statistics and probability, remember Murphy's Law... at the worst possible moment.
January 16, 2026
Likely one of the earliest alternate reality tales. Possibly the first about turning about profit by it.
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