Nightfall | Techniques
Nightfall's narrative structure is not particularly remarkable. Most of it is devoted to a quest for safety, with some events being predictable. The novel's principal characters meet with religious fanatics, crazed people, would-be dictators, as well as predictably encountering other stereotypes representing different responses to the novel's events. The novel's principal attractions are its ideas and its suspenseful tone of mystery. Any fan of science fiction is likely to enjoy the workmanlike plot, but the lively interplay of ideas and otherworldly suspense are likely to be the...
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