Franchise (short story)
| "Franchise" | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Short story by Isaac Asimov | |||
| Country | United States | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Genre(s) | Science fiction | ||
| Publication | |||
| Published in | If | ||
| Publisher | Quinn Publishing | ||
| Media type | Magazine | ||
| Publication date | August 1955 | ||
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| Series | Multivac | ||
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"Franchise" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It first appeared in the August 1955 issue of the magazine If: Worlds of Science Fiction, and was reprinted in the collections Earth Is Room Enough (1957) and Robot Dreams (1986). It is one of a loosely connected series of stories concerning a fictional computer called Multivac. It is the first story in which Asimov dealt with computers as computers and not as immobile robots.