Blind Alley
by Isaac Asimov published in: Astounding Science-Fiction Edited by John W. Campbell
March 1945, Vol.XXXV, No.1
Street & Smith Publications
New York
ISBN: N/A
Paperback/Magazine
Cover illustration by by William Timmins
180 pages
Price: $0.25
Notes
Blind Alley, a Galactic Empire-related short story by Isaac Asimov, can be found on pages 139-157.
The text includes illustrations by Frank Kramer on pages 139, 145 and 154.
Although the story includes a race of intelligent non-humans, it is set in the Foundation universe, during the era of the Galactic Empire.
Reprinted in:
- The Best of Science Fiction (1946)
- The Early Asimov (1972)
- The Asimov Chronicles (1989)
- The Complete Stories, Volume 2 (1992)
Publisher's Blurb
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