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| Title | : | The Ugly Little Boy |
| Author | : | Isaac Asimov |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 387 pages |
| Published | : | August 1st 1993 by Bantam/Spectra (first published 1991) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Time Travel |
Isaac Asimov
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 387 pages Rating: 3.88 | 2924 Users | 137 Reviews
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I love it when a book sneaks up on you and holds you in it's grasp as thoroughly as this one did with me. A simple pairing of stories, really, made fascinating by the 40,000 year time span and the numerous endings that could have been.I loved Asimov's robot short stories and novels for the moral and ethical dilemmas the author tackles. This novel was similar, in that the scienctific underpinnings are secondary to the unforseen consequences of their implementation.
It was refreshing to see, too, that the authors didn't bind themselves by Ray Bradbury's "butterfly effect" of time travel, in which minor changes to the past can have enormous consequences in the present.
The fact that "The Ugly Little Boy" is under-hyped, possibly under-read and certainly overshadowed by Asimov's and Silverberg's more renowned accomplishments very likely makes it all that more enjoyable. It's the literary equivalent of your favorite used book store that everyone else bypasses on their way to Border's or Barne's and Noble.
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| Original Title: | Child of Time |
| ISBN: | 0553561227 (ISBN13: 9780553561227) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Edith Fellowes, Timmie, Gerald Hoskins, Silver Cloud, She Who Knows |
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Ratings: 3.88 From 2924 Users | 137 ReviewsRate Regarding Books The Ugly Little Boy
This was a surprisingly good read. I was expecting it to be pretty dated, based on an Asimov story and expanded by Robert Silverberg, but it delves into a lot of assumptions about what makes us human, and does fairly well in representing male and female characters. The ending is a little abrupt, and I would have preferred another chapter or so to resolve things, but overall very enjoyable.Language: English
I read the short story so many years ago! I found this novel in a used book shop in Hobart, NY, a charming "book town". There are so many theories as to why Neanderthal man was not the line that prospered as they were physically better able to handle the conditions of that era. The authors have their own ideas about their intellectual abilities. Their brains were larger than any other human line, including ours. The ending was lovely, but of course, I do want to know what happens next.
It's even better than the short story from which it was based.
I don't have words for this story.Such a masterpiece. This story revolves around an unmarried nurse who develops motherly feelings for a Neanderthal child TAKEN BACK FROM TIME, who was extraordinarily ugly and had to go one day. A great SCIENCE FICTION !The end is amazing!
Hmmm. Just looked at the currently most popular reviews in English here. Have to say I don't a bit regret the lack of "edginess" in Silverberg's expansion, and that I'm fully convinced by his answer to "What happened after they went back?"But then, I'm one who's content to read on their own terms 50yo works, including Asimov and Edward Eager; 100yo, like Sherlock Holmes, Henry James (sometimes), and P.G. Wodehouse (always); and even 200yo, like Sir Walter Scott.
I don't have words for this story.Such a masterpiece. This story revolves around an unmarried nurse who develops motherly feelings for a Neanderthal child TAKEN BACK FROM TIME, who was extraordinarily ugly and had to go one day. A great SCIENCE FICTION !The end is amazing!
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