I intend no cheap derision, So please answer with decision, And, discarding all your petty cautious fears, Tell the secret of your vision! How on earth Do you give birth To those crazy and impossible ideas? Is it indigestion And a question Of the nightmare that results? Of your eyeballs whirling, Twirling, Fingers curling And unfurling, While your blood beats maddened chimes As it keeps impassioned times With your thick, uneven pulse? Is it that, you think, or liquor That brings on the wildness quicker? For a teeny Weeny Dry martini May be just your private genie Or perhaps those Tom and Jerries You will find the very Berries For inducing And unloosing That weird gimmick or that kicker Or an awfulĬombination Of unlawful Stimulation, Marijuana plus tequila, That will give you just that feel o' Things a-clicking And unsticking As you start your cerebration To the crazy syncopation Of a brain a-tocking-ticking.
Though I'd rather die Than try To pry, The fact, you'll find, Is that my mind Has evolved the jackpot question for today. A.- There is something (don't go 'way) That I'd like to hear you say.
Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club, June 1959 Printed in the United States of AmericaĬONTENTS I Just Make Them Up, See! Rejection Slips 1 Profession 2 The Feeling of Power 3 The Dying Night 4 I'm in Marsport without Hilda 5 The Gentle Vultures 6 All the Troubles in the World 7 Spell My Name with an S 8 The Last Question 9 The Ugly Little Boy All of the characters in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form. A Fawcett Crest Book reprinted by arrangement with Doubleday & Company, Inc. To Betty Shapian, whose kindness and helpfulness have been unfailing THIS BOOK CONTAINS THE COMPLETE TEXT OF THE ORIGINAL HARDCOVER EDITION. Isaac asimov NINE TOMORROWS Tales of the Near Future A FAWCETT CREST BOOK Fawcett Publications, Inc., Greenwich, Conn. Other Fawcett Crest Books by Isaac Asimov: PEBBLE IN THE SKY I, ROBOT THE END OF ETERNITY THE CAVES OF STEEL THE MARTIAN WAY EARTH IS ROOM ENOUGH NIGHTFALL Asimov's probing imagination has created nine fascinating adventures set in the not-too-distant future- adventures that could change from fiction to fact any day now. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Isaac Asimov, noted biochemist and professor at the Boston University School of Medicine, is not only recognized as one of the greatest science fiction writers of our time but has also been praised for the excitement he brings to the writing of scientific fact.
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