Re:Study: Potatoes can grow on Mars
by omgam on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @09:22PM
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Any central public library is fully stocked on Asimov.
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It seems that this short story was originally published in an old science fiction magazine (that my local library doesn't stock). Was wondering if it also made its way into a compilation of some sort. Google hasn't turned up anything for me yet.
Is this the story? http://www.young-adult-books.com/read/buy-jupiter-and-other-... (link says "buy", but looks like the entire story is on that page)
Re:Study: Potatoes can grow on Mars
by logicallee on Thursday March 09, 2017 @07:34AM
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Can you imagine if someone told Asimov that his story "Buy Jupiter" would be mistaken for a "link" to buy a copy of his work, by someone reading on an international network of computers that have access to all of the information in the world - and were so overrun with advertising that his own title was mistaken for one. Given "Buy Jupiter's" plot summary - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buy_Jupiter [1] - this is extremely apropos!! Some things never change :)
[1] WHICH I'M LINKING ON A FREAKING ENCYCLOPEDIA GALACTICA THAT CONTAINS IN EVERY LANGUAGE ALL OF THE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD (WIKIPEDIA).
Re:Study: Potatoes can grow on Mars
by option_greek on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @11:46PM
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Thanks for the link! Apparently 'Buy Jupiter' it self is a story (so all the stories on the page are free)
Contained in "Buy Jupiter and Other Stories"
Available on amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Jupiter-Other-Stories-Isaac-Asimov/dp...)