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Introduction (Hostess)

Isaac Asimov

First published 1971
Type Essay
Series Asimov's Essays: Own Work


This essay is untitled above the work. Any titled versions should be varianted.

Essay starts: "By late 1950, my wife and I had come to the sad and reluctant conclusion that we were not going to have any children." Essay finishes: "Four months after 'Hostess' appeared, my son, David, was born."

"First appearance – Galaxy Science Fiction, May 1951. Copyright, 1951, by World Editions, Inc."

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1971 Cover Nightfall One Panther Collection 63
1973 Cover Nightfall One Panther / Granada Collection 63
1974 Cover Nightfall One Panther Collection 63
1976 Cover Nightfall One Panther Collection 63
1978 Cover Nightfall One Granada Collection 63
1979 Cover Nightfall One Granada Collection 63
1981 Cover Nightfall One Panther / Granada Collection 63
December 1984 Cover Nightfall and Other Stories Del Rey / Ballantine Collection |60
1986 Cover Nightfall One Grafton Collection 63
July 1991 Cover Nightfall and Other Stories Grafton / HarperCollinsPublishers Collection 76