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The Ugly Little Boy

Isaac Asimov

First published February 1959
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

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.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (84)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
February 1959 Nine Tomorrows Doubleday Collection
June 1959 Nine Tomorrows Doubleday / SFBC Collection 191
July 1960 Nine Tomorrows Bantam Books Collection 159
July 1960 Nine Tomorrows Bantam Books Collection 159
1963 Nine Tomorrows Dennis Dobson Collection
June 1963 The Worlds of Science Fiction The Dial Press Anthology 293
1964 The Worlds of Science Fiction Gollancz Anthology 293
December 1964 Nine Tomorrows The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Collection
July 1965 The Worlds of Science Fiction Paperback Library Anthology 241
July 1965 The Worlds of Science Fiction Paperback Library Anthology 241
1966 Tomorrow's Children Doubleday Anthology 389
1966 The Worlds of Science Fiction Panther Anthology 243
1966 Nine Tomorrows Pan Books Collection 204
October 1966 Tomorrow's Children Doubleday Anthology 389
1967 Nine Tomorrows Pan Books Collection 204
October 1967 The Worlds of Science Fiction Paperback Library Anthology 241
November 1969 Nine Tomorrows: Tales of the Near Future Fawcett Crest Collection 184
1970 Dimension X Simon & Schuster Anthology 303
1970 Dimension X Simon & Schuster Anthology 303
July 1970 The Worlds of Science Fiction Paperback Library Anthology 241
July 1970 The Worlds of Science Fiction Paperback Library Anthology 241
March 1971 Dimension X Simon & Schuster / SFBC Anthology 267
November 1971 Nine Tomorrows Fawcett Crest Collection 184
1972 Nine Tomorrows Pan Books Collection 204
March 1972 Dimension X Gollancz Anthology 303
1973 Nine Tomorrows Fawcett Crest Collection 184
1974 Tomorrow's Children Orbit Anthology 389
1974 Nine Tomorrows Fawcett Crest Collection 184
1974 Nine Tomorrows Pan Books Collection 204
June 1974 Elsewhere X 3 Coronet Books Anthology 147
1976 Tomorrow's Children Compton Russell Anthology 389
1976 Tomorrow's Children Orbit Anthology 389
August 1977 Tomorrow's Children Orbit Anthology 389
1978 Nine Tomorrows Pan Books Collection 204
July 1978 Nine Tomorrows Fawcett Crest Collection 184
1979 Nine Tomorrows Pan Books Collection 204
1981 Tomorrow's Children Orbit Anthology 389
July 1981 Nine Tomorrows Fawcett Crest Collection 184
September 1981 The Seven Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction Fawcett Crest Anthology 311
1982 The Seven Deadly Sins and Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers Omnibus 311|2.311
1982 Nine Tomorrows Pan Books Collection 204
October 1983 Creations: The Quest for Origins in Story and Science Crown Publishers Anthology 293
1984 Creations: The Quest for Origins in Story and Science Harrap Anthology 293
1985 Nine Tomorrows Granada Collection 191
February 1985 Nine Tomorrows Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 184
May 1985 The Time Travelers: A Science Fiction Quartet Donald I. Fine Anthology 11
July 1985 The Edge of Tomorrow Tor Collection 383
March 1986 The Edge of Tomorrow Harrap Collection 383
May 1986 The Time Travelers: A Science Fiction Quartet Primus / Donald I. Fine Anthology 11
July 1986 The Edge of Tomorrow Tor Collection 383
August 1986 The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov Doubleday Collection 274
November 1986 Robot Dreams Berkley Books Collection 264
November 1986 Nine Tomorrows Panther / Grafton Collection |10
November 1986 Robot Dreams Berkley Books Collection 264
1987 Other Worlds of Isaac Asimov Avenel Books Omnibus 467
January 1987 Nine Tomorrows Del Rey / Ballantine Collection
February 1987 Neanderthals Signet / New American Library Anthology 39
February 1987 Neanderthals Signet / New American Library of Canada Anthology 39
April 1987 Robot Dreams Gollancz Collection 264
1988 The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov Grafton Collection 274
February 1988 The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov Signet / New American Library Collection 326
February 1988 The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 326
May 1988 Robot Dreams VGSF / Gollancz Collection
1989 Robot Dreams VGSF Collection 354
May 1989 The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov Dark Harvest Collection 337
May 1989 The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov Dark Harvest Collection 337
June 1989 The Ugly Little Boy / The [Widget], the [Wadget], and Boff Tor Anthology 1
June 1990 Robot Dreams Ace Books Collection 285
November 1990 The Complete Stories, Volume 1 Doubleday Foundation Collection 301
November 1990 The Complete Stories, Volume 1 Doubleday Foundation Collection 301
1991 The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov Legend Collection 413
February 1991 The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov!: Volume Four Ace Books Collection 1
March 1991 The Complete Stories, Volume 1 Doubleday Foundation / SFBC Collection 301
October 1991 The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov: Volume One Legend Collection 413
March 1993 The Complete Stories, Volume 1 HarperCollins (UK) Collection
January 1995 The Complete Stories: Volume Two HarperCollins (UK) Collection 7
1997 The Complete Stories: Volume Two Voyager Collection 7
August 1997 Foundation's Friends: Stories in Honor of Isaac Asimov Tor Anthology 338
April 2001 Robot Dreams Gollancz Collection 354
June 2004 Robot Dreams Ace Books Collection 248
December 2012 Foundation's Friends: Stories in Honor of Isaac Asimov Tor Anthology
September 2014 Robot Dreams Recorded Books Collection |264
November 2023 The Complete Stories: Volume Two Harper Voyager (UK) Collection |7
November 2024 Nightfall: And Other Stories Harper Voyager (UK) Collection 1