Nightfall (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Isaac Asimov
- First Published: 1941
- Type of Work: Stories
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—cautionary
- Time of Work: Various times between the twentieth century and the end of civilization
- Setting: Various
- Genres: Short fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Other worlds, Science or scientists, Religion, Identity, Cults, Astronomy or astronomers, Universe, Eclipses, Stars, Apocalypse
- Locales: Lagash (fictive)
The Plot
The twenty stories included in Nightfall and Other Stories were selected by Isaac Asimov to compose a volume of his best short stories. They are arranged in order of original publication.
“Nightfall,” Asimov’s best-known short story and one of his first (1941, Astounding Science-Fiction), is set on the world of Lagash. A feisty reporter, Theremon 76, obtains an interview with an astronomer named Aton 77 and a psychologist named Sheerin 501. They reveal to the reporter the imminent collapse of civilization. Theremon is told that, contrary to...
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