Earth Is Room Enough

{{Short description|Short story collection by Isaac Asimov}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox book |name = Earth Is Room Enough |image = Earth is room enough.jpg | image_size = 200px |caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition |cover_artist = Tony Palladino<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?11772|title = Publication: Earth is Room Enough}}</ref> |author = Isaac Asimov |country = United States |language = English |series = |genre = Science fiction |publisher = Doubleday |release_date = October 3, 1957<ref>{{cite journal |date=October 3, 1957 |title=Books Published Today |journal=The New York Times |page=26 }}</ref> |media_type = Print (hardback & paperback) |pages = 192 |isbn = 0-586-01042-4 |isbn_note = (later edition)<ref>The first edition has no ISBN</ref> |preceded_by = The Martian Way and Other Stories |followed_by = Nine Tomorrows }} '''''Earth Is Room Enough''''' is a collection of fifteen short science fiction and fantasy stories and two pieces of comic verse by American writer Isaac Asimov, published in 1957. In his autobiography ''In Joy Still Felt'', Asimov wrote, "I was still thinking of the remarks of reviewers such as George O. Smith... concerning my penchant for wandering over the Galaxy. I therefore picked stories that took place on Earth and called the book ''Earth Is Room Enough''." The collection includes one story from the ''Robot'' series and four stories that feature or mention the fictional computer Multivac.

In 2024, it was republished by HarperVoyager as the first half of "Living Space and Other Stories". It also formed the first half of "The Complete Stories, Volume 1" published in 2001.

==Contents==

*"The Dead Past" (1956), novelette, a ''Multivac'' story *"The Foundation of S.F. Success" (1954), poem *"Franchise" (1955), a ''Multivac'' story *"Gimmicks Three" (1956) *"Kid Stuff" (1953) *"The Watery Place" (1956) *"Living Space" (1956) *"The Message" (1955) *"Satisfaction Guaranteed" (1951), a ''Susan Calvin'' robot story *"Hell-Fire" (1956) *"The Last Trump" (1955) *"The Fun They Had" (1951) *"Jokester" (1956), a ''Multivac'' story *"The Immortal Bard" (1953) *"Someday" (1956), a ''Robots'' and ''Multivac'' story *"The Author's Ordeal" (1957), poem *"Dreaming Is a Private Thing" (1955)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Sources== *{{cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=21 | year=1974|isbn=0-911682-20-1}}

==External links== *[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?11772 ''Earth is Room Enough''] at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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