About “The Dead Past”
"The Dead Past" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov, first published in the April 1956 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. It was later included in the 1957 collection Earth Is Room Enough and the 1973 compilation The Best of Isaac Asimov. The story was also adapted into an episode of the science-fiction television series Out of the Unknown. While categorized as dystopian fiction, the story presents a subtle and nuanced take on the genre. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
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- First published
- 1956
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