Jokester

"Jokester"
Short story by Isaac Asimov
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Science fiction
Publication
Published inInfinity Science Fiction
PublisherRoyal Publications
Media typeMagazine
Publication dateDecember 1956
Chronology
SeriesMultivac
 
The Last Question
 
All the Troubles of the World

"Jokester" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It first appeared in the December 1956 issue of Infinity 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.