Nightfall | Ideas for Group Discussions
Nightfall lacks the fast pacing typical of the adventure novels of Asimov and Silverberg; it is not an adventure novel in spite of its adventure structure, featuring the struggle of a few sane people to reach safety. It is instead another kind of novel Asimov frequently wrote, an "idea" or "concept" novel. Science fiction often focuses on an idea that it explores. Characterization and plot are often subordinated to the theme — or main idea — of the story. Nightfall is plainly a study of the effects of a revolutionizing new view of the universe upon people who are...
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