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Introduction ('Breeds There a Man ...?')

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: "The dropping of the atomic bomb in 1945 made science fiction respectable." Essay finishes: "The result was 'Breeds There a Man ...?' which, despite all its topicality, is as much science fiction now as it was in 1951 when it was written."

"First appearance – Astounding Science Fiction, June 1951. Copyright, 1951 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc."

[ Copyright, 1951, by ] in Nightfall Two.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1971 Cover Nightfall One Panther Collection 103
1973 Cover Nightfall One Panther / Granada Collection 103
1974 Cover Nightfall One Panther Collection 103
1976 Cover Nightfall One Panther Collection 103
1978 Cover Nightfall One Granada Collection 103
1979 Cover Nightfall One Granada Collection 103
1981 Cover Nightfall One Panther / Granada Collection 103
December 1984 Cover Nightfall and Other Stories Del Rey / Ballantine Collection |99
1986 Cover Nightfall One Grafton Collection 103
July 1991 Cover Nightfall and Other Stories Grafton / HarperCollinsPublishers Collection 127