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Introduction (Strikebreaker)

Isaac Asimov

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


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

Essay starts: "Surprises work both ways, I explained in my introduction to 'Nightfall' that its success had been completely unexpected." Essay finishes: "Oh, well – I'll just change it back."

"First appearance – The Original Science Fiction Stories, January 1957, under the title 'Male Strikebreaker'. Copyright, 1956, by Columbia Publications, Inc."

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1971 Cover Nightfall Two Panther / Granada Collection 112
December 1984 Cover Nightfall and Other Stories Del Rey / Ballantine Collection |272
July 1991 Cover Nightfall and Other Stories Grafton / HarperCollinsPublishers Collection 349