Jokester

First published	December 1956
Type	Short Fiction
Length	Short Story
Series	Multivac

Synopsis

In the near future when a dozen geniuses are tasked with submitting new questions for the world's greatest computer to answer, one asks the computer to determine the origin and purpose of jokes.

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Publications (64)

Date	Publication	Publisher	Type	Page
December 1956	Infinity Science Fiction, December 1956	Royal Publications, Inc.	MAGAZINE	39
October 1957	Earth Is Room Enough	Doubleday / SFBC	Collection	149
October 1957	Earth Is Room Enough	Doubleday	Collection	149
October 1957	Earth Is Room Enough	Doubleday	Collection	149
April 1959	Earth Is Room Enough	Bantam Books	Collection	126
April 1960	Earth Is Room Enough	Panther	Collection	137
May 1960	Earth Is Room Enough	Doubleday	Collection	149
December 1961	Earth Is Room Enough	Doubleday	Collection	149
1962	Earth Is Room Enough	Panther	Collection	137
1963	More Penguin Science Fiction	Penguin Books	Anthology	188
1964	More Penguin Science Fiction	Penguin Books	Anthology	188
1967	Earth Is Room Enough	Panther	Collection	137
1968	More Penguin Science Fiction	Penguin Books	Anthology	188
1969	Earth Is Room Enough	Panther	Collection	137
April 1970	Earth Is Room Enough	Fawcett Crest	Collection	161
April 1970	Earth Is Room Enough	Fawcett Crest	Collection	161
1971	Earth Is Room Enough	Panther	Collection	137
1972	Earth Is Room Enough	Panther	Collection	137
1972	Earth Is Room Enough	Panther	Collection	137
1973	Earth Is Room Enough	Panther	Collection	137
1973	Earth Is Room Enough	Fawcett Crest	Collection	161
June 1973	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus	Penguin Books	Anthology	377
1974	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus	Penguin Books	Anthology	377
1974	Valence and Vision: A Reader in Psychology	Rinehart Press	Anthology	\|31
1975	Earth Is Room Enough	Panther	Collection	137
1976	Earth Is Room Enough	Fawcett Crest	Collection	161
1976	Earth Is Room Enough	Abelard-Schuman	Collection	149
1976	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus	Penguin Books	Anthology	377
February 1977	Earth Is Room Enough	Panther	Collection	137
1978	Earth Is Room Enough	Panther / Granada	Collection	137
1978	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus	Penguin Books	Anthology	377
1979	The Wall Around the World and Other Science Fiction Stories	Cambridge University Press	Anthology
January 1979	The Far Ends of Time and Earth	Doubleday	Omnibus	311
March 1979	The Far Ends of Time and Earth	Doubleday & Company / SFBC	Omnibus	311
1980	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus	Penguin Books	Anthology	377
1981	Earth Is Room Enough	Granada	Collection	137
1985	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus	Penguin Books	Anthology	377
1986	The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus	Penguin Books	Anthology	377
August 1986	The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov	Doubleday	Collection	188
November 1986	Robot Dreams	Berkley Books	Collection	207
November 1986	Robot Dreams	Berkley Books	Collection	207
April 1987	Robot Dreams	Gollancz	Collection	207
1988	The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov	Grafton	Collection	188
February 1988	The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov	Signet / New American Library	Collection	227
February 1988	The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov	Signet / New American Library of Canada	Collection	227
May 1988	Robot Dreams	VGSF / Gollancz	Collection
1989	Robot Dreams	VGSF	Collection	278
1989	Earth Is Room Enough	Grafton	Collection	137
1990	The Wall Around the World and Other Science Fiction Stories	Cambridge University Press	Anthology	1
June 1990	Robot Dreams	Ace Books	Collection	219
November 1990	The Complete Stories, Volume 1	Doubleday Foundation	Collection	123
November 1990	The Complete Stories, Volume 1	Doubleday Foundation	Collection	123
March 1991	The Complete Stories, Volume 1	Doubleday Foundation / SFBC	Collection	123
March 1993	The Complete Stories, Volume 1	HarperCollins (UK)	Collection
July 1994	The Complete Stories: Volume One	HarperCollins (UK)	Collection	177
1997	The Complete Stories: Volume One	HarperCollins (UK)	Collection	177
1997	The Complete Stories: Volume One	HarperCollins (UK)	Collection	177
April 2001	Robot Dreams	Gollancz	Collection	278
June 2004	Robot Dreams	Ace Books	Collection	191
November 2007	A Science Fiction Omnibus	Penguin Books	Anthology	297
November 2007	A Science Fiction Omnibus	Penguin Books	Anthology	\|20
September 2014	Robot Dreams	Recorded Books	Collection	\|207
November 2023	The Complete Stories: Volume One	Harper Voyager (UK)	Collection	\|177
November 2024	Living Space: And Other Stories	Harper Voyager (UK)	Collection	\|177