Neil Gaiman wrote a short story called 'The Wedding Present' as introduction for the collection ' Smoke and Mirrors'.

If's.Ī similar idea has also occurred in ' Turn Left', a Series Four episode of the television series Doctor Who. Professor Farnsworth demonstrates a 'What If-' machine similar to Mr. The story's theme and idea has been used in two episodes of the animated television series Futurama: ' Anthology of Interest' and ' Anthology of Interest II'. The theme of major events being altered by relatively minor changes would recur in Asimov's 1955 novel The End of Eternity and his 1958 short story ' Spell My Name with an S'. If shows the couple scenes from their earlier lives and what might have happened if certain minor but pivotal events had not occurred.Įventually they learned that even if the pivotal event wouldn't occur, the result would eventually be the same. If's first name is implied to be What, but whether this is true or not is left to the reader.) They meet a mysterious silent man known only as Mister If, who shows them a small portable television-like device about 6 by 9 inches (15 cm × 23 cm) in size. Plot summary Ī married couple is traveling on a train from Boston to New York City. Before they arrived, Isaac had thought of a plot based on the journey. The story was inspired by the author's wife who, during a car journey they were taking from New York to Boston, asked him where he got his story ideas. ' What If-' is a fantasy short story by American writer Isaac Asimov, first published in the Summer 1952 issue of Fantastic and reprinted in the 1969 collection Nightfall and Other Stories. 'What If-' was published in the debut issue of Fantastic in 1952

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