040 - Like Living in New Mexico

Trivially Crucial

Mand and Michael discuss three classic short stories from Isaac Asimov, celebrating the quotation from which the show gets its name.

“Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today — but the core of science fiction, its essence, the concept around which it revolves, has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all.”

— Isaac Asimov

• Isaac Asimov, The Complete Stories, Vol. 1 (Amazon Link)
• Short stories online links
  • "Nightfall" (1941)
  • "The Dead Past" (1956)
  • "The Last Question" (1956)
• Asimov Complete Stories, Vol. 2 (Amazon Link - Out of Print)
• Additional Recommendations
  • I, Robot (Amazon Link)
  • The Caves of Steel (Amazon Link)
  • The Gods Themselves (Amazon Link)

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