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{{Infobox book
|name          = Nine Tomorrows
|title_orig    = 
|translator    = 
|image         = Nine tomorrows.jpg
|caption       = Dust-jacket from the first edition
|author        = [[Isaac Asimov]]
|illustrator   = 
|cover_artist  = [[Richard M. Powers]]<ref>[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?24322 ISFDB: "Nine Tomorrows"]</ref>
|country       = United States
|language      = English
|series        = 
|genre         = [[Science fiction]] 
|publisher     = [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]]
|release_date  = 1959
|english_release_date = 
|media_type    = Print (hardback)
|pages         = 236 
|isbn          = 
|preceded_by   = 
|followed_by   = 
}}

'''''Nine Tomorrows''''' is a collection of nine [[short story|short stories]] and two pieces of comic verse by American writer [[Isaac Asimov]]. The pieces were all originally published in magazines between 1956 and 1958, with the exception of the closing poem, "Rejection Slips", which was original to the collection. The book was first published in the United States in 1959 and in the UK in 1963. It includes two of Asimov's favorite stories, "The Last Question" and "The Ugly Little Boy".

''Nine Tomorrows'' has been reprinted several times. The most recent publication appears to be a 1987 Del Rey reissue; {{ISBN|0-345-34604-1}}.

==Contents==
*"[[I Just Make Them Up, See!]]", poem 
*"[[Profession (short story)|Profession]]", novella
*"[[The Feeling of Power]]"
*"[[The Dying Night]]", novelette, part of the ''[[Wendell Urth]]'' series
*"[[I'm in Marsport Without Hilda]]"
*"[[The Gentle Vultures]]"
*"[[All the Troubles of the World]]", part of the ''[[Multivac]]'' series
*"[[Spell My Name with an S]]"
*"[[The Last Question]]", loosely part of the ''Multivac'' series
*"[[The Ugly Little Boy]]", novelette
*"[[Rejection Slips]]", poem

==Reception==
[[Floyd C. Gale]] rated the collection four+ stars out of five, writing that "few other authors can claim [Asimov's] consistently high level of excellence" and mentioning "Profession" and "The Ugly Little Boy" as especially good.<ref name="gale195910">{{cite news |url = https://archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1959-10/Galaxy_1959_10#page/n145/mode/2up|title = Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf|work = Galaxy|date = October 1959|accessdate = 14 June 2014|author = Gale, Floyd C.|pages = 146–150}}</ref>

==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=22 | year=1974|isbn=0-911682-20-1}}

==External links==
*[http://www.abelard.org/asimov.htm abelard.org - includes the text of "Profession"].

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[[Category:Science fiction short story collections by Isaac Asimov]]
[[Category:1959 short story collections]]
[[Category:Doubleday (publisher) books]]


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