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who had psycho-probed the Earthman? (3) Why had the person used the psycho-probe?
Asimov's method works best when he offers a mystery to be solved, questions to be answered that clearly must be answered and whose answers justify the concern raised about them
In 1961 The Currents of Space, Pebble in the Sky, and The Stars, Like Dust were reprinted in an omnibus volume under the title Triangle.
The Asimov juveniles originated March 22, 1951, at lunch with Bradbury and Pohl. Asimov considered the suggestion that he write a juvenile science-fiction novel modeled after radio's long-running series, The Lone Ranger. It might lead to a television series featuring a Space Ranger that would make millions for all concerned. No one present science-fiction editor, agent, or writer dreamed that television, then in its early years, would have few series that would run as long as The Lone Ranger. Asimov speculated in his autobiography that the reason for this was that "the addition of the sense of vision enormously hastened a sense of satiation." No one knew, either, that a juvenile television series, Rocky Jones, Space Ranger, already was in the works.
What bothered Asimov, rather, was the uniform awfulness of everything on television (with the single exception of the Sid Caesar-Imogene Coca Your Show of Shows). He did not want his name associated with the medium. (Television people, if they had known Asimov's opinion, might well have smiled at the veteran of pulps with garish covers and untrimmed edges, but Asimov would have defended the intrinsic value of the contents.) Bradbury said, "Use a pseudonym," and Asimov agreed to do it. Following the example of Cornell Woolrich, who chose a nationality for his pseudonym William Irish, Asimov selected the name "Paul French." When it became apparent that the Space Ranger would not end up on television, Asimov dropped the Space Ranger paraphernalia and put the juveniles under his real name as soon as possible.
He wrote David Starr: Space Ranger quickly; it was completed on July 29. (His juveniles are no longer than 50,000 words compared to the 60,000 to 70,000 of his adult novels up to the bestsellers of the 1980s.) Doubleday got it into print in near-record time, and Asimov had an advance copy by January 15, 1952. By the time it was published, Asimov's relationship with Doubleday had changed. He had only to say he would do another and Doubleday produced a contract and advance. The second juvenile, Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids, was

 
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