Tomorrow's Children [Hardcover]

Isaac Asimov (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Doubleday; First edition (June 1966)
• ISBN-10: 0385056990
• ISBN-13: 978-0385056991
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,530,359 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's a GOOD day, May 25, 1999

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S. L. Nicholson (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tomorrow's Children (Hardcover)

I read and re-read this book during my teenage years and, although I have read hundreds of books since then, stories like The Father Thing and the Ugly Little Boy remain among my favourites. I also remember a haunting story about a community of people living in a place disconnected from the earth because of the telekinetic Will of a small boy who turns his disgruntled seniors into unspeakable things and buries them in a field and, being a child, has no conception of the consequences of his actions. His parents, in an attempt to influence his temper, keep telling him it's a good day. (I think I've got the gist of this right; it's been fifteen years since I read it. I lent it to my then boyfriend... he broke up with me and kept the book. If I ever get my hands on another copy I'm keeping it under lock and key.) It takes a particular talent to write well about children, and many writers in the science fiction genre steer well clear. This book affords refreshing and occasionally spine-chilling perspectives on the often dark and incomprehensible world of the child. I can't believe it's out of print.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great story collection for children and adults., January 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Tomorrow's Children (Hardcover)

I read this book when I was in elementary school almost 30 years ago. I must have checked it out of the library ten times. I remember imagining that I was the character in the stories. I wanted to be Holly Jones and design spaceships. Today I design communication satellites. About ten years ago, I was fortunate enough to find a copy published in Great Britain. It's still as good a read now as 30 years ago.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Me, too, me too!, June 6, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Tomorrow's Children (Hardcover)

I also checked out this book 10,000 times from my elementary school library (Ridgeview Elementary, Vancouver BC), and to this day am haunted by the stories. I can see that garish purple-and-yellow cover as clearly as if it was yesterday. I am not sure there is a book from my youth that stays with me as clearly as this one. I wish they would re-publish it.