Mother Earth (novelette)
"Mother Earth" is a science fiction novelette by Isaac Asimov. It was written from September 1 to October 10, 1948, and published in the May 1949 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. It is considered part of the Robot series, and was republished in Asimov's 1972 short story collection The Early Asimov.
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