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Victorian Science Fiction

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    Isaac Asimov's Everest is a Victorian science fiction novel.

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    About Everest

    "Everest" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the December 1953 issue of Universe Science Fiction and reprinted in the 1975 collection Buy Jupiter and Other Stories. Asimov wrote the story in one sitting while visiting the Chicago, Illinois editorial offices of Universe on 7 April 1953. In the summary of Buy Jupiter and Other Stories, Asimov claims he frequently used this story to show how poor he was at predicting the future: Everest was successfully climbed in May 1953, and the story (although written in April 1953) did not appear in print until December of that year, meaning Asimov predicted Everest would never be conquered seven months after it was. (This summary is from Wikipedia.)
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    • Science fiction
    • Everest, Mount, China and Nepal

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    Who wrote Everest?

    Everest was written by Isaac Asimov.

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    It is usually shelved as Victorian Science Fiction.

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    What books are similar to Everest?

    Readers who like it often enjoy Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, The Time Machine and The Invisible Man.

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