Heredity (Asimov)
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Heredity is a short story by science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov. It was first published in Astonishing Stories in April 1941. It was reprinted in the collection The Early Asimov in 1972.
Two twins are separated at birth. One is raised on a highly developed Earth, one in the provincial and 'primitive' society of Ganymede. When they are introduced to each other and given the task of running the family farm on Mars, they have to work together in both day-to-day matters and unusual events. They find that they are forced to co-operate and also utilise 'primitive' technology in order to survive a major dust storm. After their initial mutual dislike, they develop a deep friendship.
| The Early Asimov |
| The Callistan Menace | Ring Around the Sun | The Magnificent Possession | Trends | The Weapon Too Dreadful to Use | Black Friar of the Flame | Half-Breed | The Secret Sense | Homo Sol | Half-Breeds on Venus | The Imaginary | Heredity | History | Christmas on Ganymede | The Little Man on the Subway | The Hazing | Super-Neutron | Not Final | Legal Rites | Time Pussy | Author! Author! | Death Sentence | Blind Alley | No Connection | The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline | The Red Queen's Race | Mother Earth |
