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Victorian Science FictionClassic Fantasy

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    Isaac Asimov's Youth is a Victorian science fiction and classic fantasy story collection. Key subjects include human-alien encounters.

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    About Youth

    "Youth" by Isaac Asimov is a science fiction novelette published in 1952. Two boys discover strange creatures they hope to train as circus animals, while nearby, an astronomer discusses a crucial meeting with aliens whose civilization faces collapse after atomic wars. When the alien visitors fail to appear, a search reveals a crashed spaceship with tiny dead occupants. The story builds toward a surprising revelation about the true nature of these mysterious beings and their home world.
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    • Science fiction
    • Human-alien encounters

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    Who wrote Youth?

    Youth was written by Isaac Asimov.

    What genre is Youth?

    It is usually shelved as Victorian Science Fiction and Classic Fantasy.

    Is Youth free to read?

    Yes. It is in the public domain in the United States and can be read free on Project Gutenberg in EPUB, Kindle and HTML formats.

    What books are similar to Youth?

    Readers who like it often enjoy Triplanetary, This star shall be free and Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.

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