Youth by Isaac Asimov
"Youth" by Isaac Asimov is a science fiction novelette published in 1952. Two boys discover strange creatures they hope to train as circus animals, while nearby, an astronomer discusses a crucial meeting with aliens whose civilization faces collapse after atomic wars. When the alien visitors fail to appear, a search reveals a crashed spaceship with tiny dead occupants. The story builds toward a surprising revelation about the true nature of these mysterious
beings and their home world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992 |
|---|---|
| Title | Youth |
| Series Title | Produced from Space Science Fiction May 1952. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_(Asimov_short_story) |
| Credits |
Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 87.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Subject | Human-alien encounters -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 31547 |
| Release Date | Mar 7, 2010 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 6, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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