Tomorrow's Children

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Summary: This book launched my love of reading, one in a million
Review: I was shocked to stumble onto this site and find people who like me, read this wonderful collection of short stories and 30 years later, still cannot forget it. I read it in elementary school and it is the first and only book I remember reading as a child. Now I am 41, and have three children and I can't find the darn thing anywhere! Hope I can find it here in cyberspace. It should be required reading, as far as I am concerned. I never looked at reading the same way since. I feel I have a kindred spirit with you. I hope you all find this book again.

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Summary: Definately a Treasure
Review: I would like to reaffirm that this book is definately a treasure for those that own it or find it. I'm looking for it, but as my hopes wan of finding it I have begun hunting books that have one or more of the stories from it in them. In particular, for those that want to find "Star Bright" the story of the two genius children, the story is by Mark Clifton. It can be found in the book "The Science Fiction of Mark Clifton" and can be found here at Amazon.com

If I manage to locate "Tomorrow's Children" anywhere I shall definately let you all know where to find it.

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Summary: Definately a Treasure
Review: I would like to reaffirm that this book is definately a treasure for those that own it or find it. I'm looking for it, but as my hopes wan of finding it I have begun hunting books that have one or more of the stories from it in them. In particular, for those that want to find "Star Bright" the story of the two genius children, the story is by Mark Clifton. It can be found in the book "The Science Fiction of Mark Clifton" and can be found here at Amazon.com

If I manage to locate "Tomorrow's Children" anywhere I shall definately let you all know where to find it.

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Summary: Fond memories
Review: I'm so glad to see that I'm not the only one with fond memories of this book. The wonderful stories in it still lurk around in my mind. I must have worn out the copy at the Wooldridge Elementary (Austin, TX) school library.

If anyone actually has this book, you truly have a treasure. I'm trying to find it for my own children. Sadly, the library at Wooldridge had a fire several years ago, and the book I loved so much may well have perished.

Mrs. Young (the Wooldridge librarian): Thank you so much for recommending this wonderful book of stories!

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Summary: This book has haunted me, too!
Review: I've been looking for this book for years!! I read it over and over while in junior high (Lincoln Sr. Elementary, Stockton, CA). I want to read these stories again so badly - it would be like walking through my childhood home again! The memories...I especially liked the story about the genius little girl who makes a Mobius strip. Interestingly, I found it in our local library system and put a hold on it, and just as I became the next in line to check it out, the ONE copy they had has gone missing! I imagine it stuffed under a young kid's mattress to be read over and over by flashlight under the covers (but I wouldn't put it past myself to wrestle him for it!). I'm not quite ready to fork out $150 for it, but I did see a copy for $120 a few years ago, so maybe...but then, why can't they just republish the darn thing!!! Good luck to the unofficial Tomorrow's Children Fan Club members! May the 18 tales be in your hands once again!

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Summary: One of my favorite childhood books
Review: Like everyone else who's commented on this book, I first read this collection of great sci-fi stories when I was in elementary school and haven't been able to forget it. Stories that particularly stayed with me were "Star Bright," about two genius children who learn to transport themselves; one whose title escapes me about children who live on a perpetually rainy planet that only experiences sun once in a lifetime; and Asimov's own "The Ugly Little Boy," a story about a Neanderthal boy transported from the past who finds a mother, which is still one of the most touching stories of the bond between child and mother I've ever read. Hope Amazon.com can find this one for me, and if not, hope some publisher out there reads all these comments and decides to re-print it!

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Summary: I THINK IT SAVED ME FROM A LIFE OF DRUGS
Review: Looking for this book, I stumbled across these reviews and HAD to jump on the bandwagon!!! This book is the one that ignited a love of science fiction in me years ago. I was in the ninth grade at an "experimental" school, which basically meant we were unsupervised and untaught most of the time. Most of the kids smoked pot and necked; I stayed in the library and read this book over and over and over. As I recall, it had a purple dust jacket. All of my early attempts at writing were in one way or another inspired and influenced by the stories in TOMORROW'S CHILDREN. I have often wished I had a copy, but the title only just came back to me today!

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Summary: I should've stolen it from the library 25 years ago...
Review: This was an extremely significant book for me. It started me on my love of fantasy/sci-fi. I must've checked this one out of the library 10,000 times! (Did anyone else read this as a child and lie in bed at night trying to teleport themselves like Star and Robert did?) This book will always hold a real magic for me. I'm amazed to discover that other people feel the same way. If so many people covet this book, I wonder what it would take to get this one re-released by the publisher...

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Summary: Incredible book!
Review: Tomorrow's Children was lent to me by a friend almost 20 years ago. I was mesmerized by it at the time and have thought about the book from time to time ever since I first read it. Being a good book borrower, I returned the book to my friend and have not seen a copy since. Now I have children and would love to read it to them but can't find a copy anywhere. I hope someday before they grow up that I can share this wonderful book with them. If anyone knows where I can get a copy or borrow one, please let me know. [e-mail]

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Summary: A true cult classic
Review: What a shock to see I'm not the only one who remembers this anthology as one of THE books from childhood days! I first read this book when I was eight years old, and had such fond memories of it that when I recently stumbled across a copy in my local library, I had to look through it again. I was amazed to find that it had lost none of its appeal for me in adulthood.

The reason for its unjustified obscurity, I believe, is that it was originally marketed as a "kids' book" (I found this in the "Children's section" of the library,) thus giving adults the impression that it is not for them. What a mistake. Although all the stories here feature young people, it is hardly juvenile in tone.

I note many of the previous reviewers have stated that this was the book that "turned them on" to science fiction. I differ here, because I am actually not usually much of a fan of the genre, which just emphasizes the value of this collection. These are not just great sci-fi stories, they are great STORIES, period.

I'm also stunned to see from these earlier reviews that this wonderful book is now so obscure. How dumb have publishers gotten these days?