Beer And Conversation With Pigweed And Crowhill

P&C drink and review a homebrewed Black Saison, then continue their "shortcut to the classics" series with a review of some of Isaac Asimov's short stories. Asimov was an amazingly prolific and wide-ranging author. This is just a taste of his impressive body of work. Patches -- The conflict and contrast between individualistic humans and a collectivist entity that seeks to liberate humans from their quarrels and conflicts. What if -- A married couple on a train meets a man with a device that can show them what would have happened if the circumstances of their life had been different. Nightfall -- A planet with constant sunlight from six suns faces the prospect of total darkness, which is predicted to have devasting psychological effects on the population. Breeds There a Man -- The essential, genius scientist in a Manhattan Project-like venture is going insane because of a strange theory about how humanity is being regulated and controlled by mysterious forces.