The Winds of Change and Other Stories explained

The Winds of Change and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by American writer Isaac Asimov, published in 1983 by Doubleday.

Contents

• "About Nothing" (1975)
• "A Perfect Fit" (1981)
• "Belief" (1953), novelette
• "Death of a Foy" (1980)
• "Fair Exchange?" (1978)
• "For the Birds" (1980)
• "Found!" (1978)
• "Good Taste" (1976), novelette
• "How It Happened" (1979)
• "Ideas Die Hard" (1957),^[1] novelette
• "Ignition Point!" (1981)
• "It Is Coming" (1979), Multivac series
• "The Last Answer" (1980)
• "The Last Shuttle" (1981)
• "Lest We Remember" (1982), novelette
• "Nothing for Nothing" (1979)
• "One Night of Song" (1982), Azazel series
• "The Smile That Loses" (1982), Azazel series
• "Sure Thing" (1977)
• "To Tell at a Glance" (1983; previously published in an edited version in 1977), novelette
• "The Winds of Change" (1982)

Reception

Dave Langford reviewed The Winds of Change for White Dwarf #58, and stated that "Thankfully there are a few good pieces; but it's tragic that the title story, whose subject Asimov considers vitally important (he's right), should be ruined by incredibly ham-handed telling."^[2]

Sources

• Isaac Asimov, The Winds of Change, Granada 1983/ Panther, 1984/Doubleday 1984,

External links

• The Winds of Change at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Notes and References

1. "Ideas Die Hard" en >Galaxy Magazine (October 1957)
2. Langford . Dave . David Langford . Critical Mass . . 58 . 14 . . October 1984 .