title: The Planet That Wasn't
text: # The Planet That Wasn't
  
  The Planet That Wasn't is a collection of seventeen scientific essays by American writer and scientist Isaac Asimov. It was the twelfth of a series of books collecting essays from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. These essays were first published between December 1974 and April 1976. It was first published by Doubleday & Company in 1976.
  
  ## Contents
  
  * "Star In The East" (F&SF, December 1974)
  * "Thinking About Thinking" (January 1975)
  * "The Rocketing Dutchmen" (February 1975)
  * "The Bridge of the Gods" (March 1975)
  * "The Judo Argument" (April 1975)
  * "The Planet That Wasn't" (May 1975)
  * "The Olympian Snows" (June 1975)
  * "Titanic Surprise" (July 1975)
  * "The Wicked Witch is Dead" (August 1975)
  * "The Wrong Turning" (September 1975)
  * "The Third Liquid" (October 1975)
  * "Best Foot Backward" (November 1975)
  * "The Smell of Electricity" (December 1975)
  * "Silent Victory" (January 1976)
  * "Change of Air" (February 1976)
  * "The Nightfall Effect" (March 1976)
  * "All Gall" (April 1976)
  