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The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov, Volume Two by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg

octavia_cade's review

4.0

There are six stories collected in this volume, and at least half of them are excellent. Two others are genuinely interesting, and I was indifferent to only one of them. (Even now, just having finished the book, I can't recollect even the tiniest thing about "No Connection", which if nothing else seems adequately named.) Of the excellent stories, two are Susan Calvin tales from Asimov's Robot series. I've a slight preference for "Evidence" over "Little Lost Robot", but I've read these two a number of times over the years and continue to enjoy them both. The standout, though, is "Breeds There A Man?" which has also held my attention over multiple reads, and is a take on the aliens-are-experimenting-on-us trope. Not a trope that I usually warm to, but its exploration here is so clever that the story is one I find hugely memorable.