FOUNDATION, DOUBLEDAY, and the portrayal of the letter F are trademarks of Doubleday, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.
All of the characters in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
This volume contains the complete contents of the previously published collections Earth Is Room Enough, Nine Tomorrows, and Nightfall and Other Stories.
This edition copyright (c) 1990 by Nightfall, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
Printed in the United States of America
ISBH 0-385-41606-7
Contents
Introduction vii
The Dead Past 3
The Foundation of S.F. Success 41
Franchise 43
Gimmicks Three 57
Kid Stuff 62
The Watery Place 73
Living Space 77
The Message 89
Satisfaction Guaranteed 91
Hell-Fire 104
The Last Trump 106
The Fun They Had 120
Jokester 123
The Immortal Bard 135
Someday 138
The Author's Ordeal 146
Dreaming Is a Private Thing 149
Profession 162
The Feeling of Power 208
The Dying Night 217
I'm in Marsport Without Hilda 239
The Gentle Vultures 250
All the Troubles of the World 263
Spell My Name with an S 277
The Last Question 290
The Ugly Little Boy 301
Nightfall 334
Green Patches 363
Hostess 376
"Breeds There a Man . . . ?" 408
C-Chute 438
"In a Good Cause-" 468
What If- 489
Sally 500
Flies 515
"Nobody Here but-" 521
It's Such a Beautiful Day 531
Strikebreaker 550
Insert Knob A in Hole B 561
The Up-to-Date Sorcerer 563