It's Such a Beautiful Day (Classic Short Stories)

Rating:
Summary: 3 and 1/2 Stars - Great story, but...
Review: ...why buy this when you can get it in other Asimov books, along with many of his other excellent stories? This short story, which can be equally enjoyed by adults and children alike (and is a good way to introduce members of the latter category into the genre), while certainly a classic of the science fiction field, is widely available in several different anthologies. For example, you can read it in Asimov's monumental collection, The Complete Stories, Volume 1. I do highly recommend you read this story; but, if you're going to, you might as well purchase it in an omnibus, where you can read other stories of his as well. That said, if you want to own this particular story by itself - which is a good idea, actually, if you're planning on handing it to children, as it is small and lavishly illustrated - or if you are an Asimov completist (God rest your tortured soul) - then you will want to pick this nifty and hard-to-find item.