title: Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2016
author: Jay O'Connell
description: June 2016. Cover art by Dominic Harman. Stories include "What We Hold Onto" by Jay O'Connell; "Project Symmentry" by Dominica Phetteplace. Edited by Sheila Williams.
zlib_text: **The Naked Sun**
  
   **Book Jacket**
  
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  ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  
  Isaac Asimov is regarded as one of the greatest science-fiction writers of our
  time, as well as a valued contributor to the world of science. He holds a
  Ph.D. in Chemistry from Columbia University (1948) and, though he no longer
  lives in the Boston area, is an Associate Professor of Biochemistry at Boston
  University. He has received numerous awards for his inspiring scientific
  articles covering a wide range of subjects.
  
  In this novel, Dr. Asimov’s probing imagination has created a fascinating
  adventure set in the far-distant future--an adventure that could change from
  fiction to fact any day now.
  
  THE NAKED SUN
  
  isaac asimov
  
  Copyright © 1956, 1957
  
  To Noreen and Nick Falasca, for inviting me, To Tony Boucher, for introducing
  me, and To One Hundred Unusual Hours.
  
  Contents
  
  1 A Question Is Asked 2 A Friend Is Encountered 3 A Victim Is Named 4 A Woman
  Is Viewed 5 A Crime Is Discussed 6 A Theory Is Refut