And because this is the 21st Century, you can read that publication at Internet Archive:
https://archive.org/details/galaxymagazine-1958-09/page/n1/mode/1up?view=theater .
What a country!
Whilst checking out that gem, I happened to notice that the illustrations for the story were done by "Wood." Could it be? I Googled. Yep, dear Wally Wood himself.
But I read the story in my copy of Isaac Asimov Complete Stories Volume 1. 33 pages which comprise what Asimov has said was his 3rd favorite story. He also said that he cried when he wrote it, and cried again when he re-read it years later on.
Well, I didn't cry, but I did find it to be a poignant story, free of the cute shit that Asimov often can't help himself from throwing into the mix.
I also found a short movie which had been made of the story, which you can watch on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=g0-WSx0rnDg
Ok? Ok.
And now I'm ready to have a go at the Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg novel The Ugly Little Boy. I'm guessing that Isaac's input to this was either small or non-existent (other than what he wrote in the original story), but Wikipedia counts it as one of Isaac's science fiction novels, and that's good enough for me.
Besides, it's been a very long time since I read any Robert Silverberg, and I miss him.
News as it happens.
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