The Author's Ordeal

The Author's Ordeal

The Author's Ordeal are lyrics to a song written by science fiction author Isaac Asimov. They were first published in "Science Fiction Quarterly", May 1957, pp. 34-36. They are included in three collections of Asimov's short stories "Earth Is Room Enough", "The Far Ends of Time and Earth" (omnibus edition) and "The Complete Stories, Volume 1".

The lyrics imitate a Gilbert and Sullivan patter song (perhaps the Lord Chancellor's Nightmare Song from "Iolanthe"), and depict the agonies he goes through in thinking up a new science fiction story.

ee also

*"The Foundation of S.F. Success"

References

* [http://www.asimovonline.com/oldsite/misc_story_list.html Seiler, Edward. "Isaac Asimov's Short Fiction: Larry Stories, Miscellaneous Mysteries, Poems and Lyrics" (1995) AsimovOnline.com]

External links

* [http://authors.wizards.pro/books/titles/61783/the-authors-ordeal Publication history of the poem]


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