Young Mutants

by Isaac Asimov

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060201576
• ISBN13: 9780060201579
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

A great SF compilation

I ran into this book looking for Tomorrow's Children, also compiled by Asimov. In the day and age of X-Men movies and other mutant stories, this book can still offer some of the best short stories in the category.

Not Free SF Reader

Designed to look like a series for kids, it seems, and quite a few kid characters, but just your usual stories, not specially written simplified tales for kids or anything. Young Mutants : Hail and Farewell - Ray Bradbury Young Mutants : Keep Out - Fredric Brown Young Mutants : What Friends Are For - John Brunner Young Mutants : The Wonder Horse - George Byram Young Mutants : He That Hath Wings - Edmond Hamilton Young Mutants : Second Sight - Alan E. Nourse Young Mutants : I Can't Help Saying Goodbye - Ann Mackenzie Young Mutants : The Listening Child - Idris Seabright Young Mutants : The Children's Room - Raymond F. Jones Young Mutants : The Lost Language - David H. Keller Young Mutants : Prone - Mack Reynolds Young Mutants : Come On Wagon! - Zenna Henderson Smart kid has growing up issues. 2.5 out of 5 Super adaptability drug Martians don't want visitors not like them. 3.5 out of 5 Advanced kid needs a mate, even green is ok. 3.5 out of 5 How can everyone make money out of a completely unbeatable mutant thorouighbred? 4 ou tof 5 David, not Jenny, and he picks a bad woman. 3.5 out of 5 Psi-high problems. 3 out of 5 Bikini precog. 3 out of 5 Sacrifice has heart. 3.5 out of 5 Mutant library thing replacement. 3 out of 5 An audio type. 3 out of 5 Space marine jinx one man army. 4 out of 5 Can fix your little red, but tractors? I'm stuffed. 3.5 out of 5

From the fantastic to the subtle, mutations have arrived....

Or that is the premises of this anthology edited by Waugh, Greenberg, and Asimov. This contains 12 stories, including: ** Hail and Farewell by Ray Bradbury A sad little tale about someone who can't progress chronologically past 12 years old, and makes his living by making lonely people happy. ** Keep Out by Fredric Brown Is a very nice story about the first Martians that has a fun, twist ending. ** What Friends are For by John Brunner A timely tale about learning what it is to have a friend, even if that isn't always pleasant. Over all one of the best reads of the entire book ** The Wonder Horse by George Byram When a wonder horse sweeps the racing world no one is prepared for what that could entail, even the horse's owners. ** He That Hath Wings by Edmond Hamilton A young man born with wings must decide where his destiny truly lies. ** Second Sight by Alan E. Nourse A sad story about a girl who has no control over her own life, yet has amazing psychic powers. ** I Can't Help Saying Goodbye by Ann Mackenzie Sadness abounds when a girl who can see that it's time for people to die. ** The Listening Child by Idris Seabright A deaf boy and a crippled man form a close bond that defies logic. ** The Children's Room by Raymond F Jones When a father learns what his son's true destiny is, he must decide whether to help his son, or hold on to his boy at all costs. ** The Lost Language by David H. Keller, M.D. A boy who speaks a language no one else can understand might be a last link to a past civilization. ** Prone by Mack Reynolds A funny story about making due with what you have, and playing to your strengths. ** Come on, Wagon! by Zenna Henderson Children have unlimited potential, which can have interesting results. This is just a quick run down of the stories contained inside. Overall, a good, solid anthology that is well worth the money.

nostalgia

I remember reading this anthology as a child, and I remember wishing that i was different like one of the children in the book... it's a great escape for kids, i suggest it to anyone with a young reader

a collection of stories that will astonish you!

mutants are "freaks of nature" that have special and unique characteristics or powers that "normal" people don't. As you read, you ask yourself if its a gift or some kinda punishment. There is one story about a boy who is born with wings, I would say is one of the best short story I have ever read. Buy this book!