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The Fun They Had
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First published in Saturday newspapers under the Boys And Girls Page (1 December 1951) by the Newspaper Enterprise Association and written by Isaac Asimov, this Short Story is about two children playing with an ancient artifact; a book. Archived newspaper from 1951 December 1.In the year 2157, two children, Margie and Tommy, take a moment to read an old book. Unlike modern books, this one was printed on yellow paper. The words stayed still, and didn't even change when you flipped the pages! Unlike their telebooks, which contain more than a million stories, books from their grandparent's time only contain one story.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })But the really interesting thing was that this book had a story about school back before they had mechanical teachers. Modern teachers are computers installed at home, with different subprograms for each subject. The school in this book is a special building, and all the kids go there while a human teacher teaches a whole group at once.Margie thinks this idea sounds much better than the boring old mechanical teacher, and daydreams about being there while doing her schoolwork.This story has been reprinted over two dozen times, and Isaac Asimov would include it in several of his collections/anthologies; Earth is Room Enough (1957), 50 Short Science Fiction Tales (1963), The Best Of Isaac Asimov (1973), The Far Ends Of Time And Earth (1979), Meine Freunde Die Roboter (1982), Raintree Reading Series 2 (1982), Fantastic Reading: Stories and Activities For Grades 5–8 (1984), The Best Science Fiction Of Isaac Asimov (1986), The Asimov Chronicles Fifty Years Of Isaac Asimov (1990), and The Complete Stories, Volume 1 (1990).Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); }) | |
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Audio Adaptation: Spoken Realms made an audiobook adaptation in 2014, with John W Michaels as narrator. | |
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Dramatic Irony: Margie and Tommy demonstrate many contrasts between how The Future works and how the present (of the audience) works, as well as between our present and their expectations of our present. The largest bit of irony is the way Margie daydreams about the way children used to go to school together, and the fun they had. Ironic because (present-day) kids hated going to school as much as Margie does, even though her school is in her own house. | |
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20 Minutes into the Future: The story takes place in 2157, but it was first published in December of 1951. Students all have specialized computers that teach them in their homes, rather than going to a specialized education building. | |
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