“Half-Breed”
1940-02-00
novelette
By Isaac Asimov

Alternate Titles:
“Tweenie”

Half-Breed 1

Synopsis

Scanlon is shocked to see that his Tweenie ward Max, half human and half Martian, has solved his atomic power problem overnight.

History

First publication: Astonishing, February 1940

Review

This is another early Asimov story that uses aliens to stand in for humans cultures in the issue of racism, making it clear that we should value all people. Some of those people could see the path to making our world better.


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We have the story in these editions:

The Early Asimov, hardcover, Doubleday / SFBC, 1972-12-00

The Early Asimov, hardcover, Doubleday / SFBC, 1972-12-00



All of the stories in the Half-Breed series:
1 Half-Breed
2 Half-Breeds on Venus