Nightfall | Historical Context
‘‘Nightfall’’ is set on a fictional planet at an indeterminate time. Consequently, there can be no discussion of the context of the times depicted in the story. However, written in 1941, ‘‘Nightfall’’ was created at an important time in the life of its author and in the history of the world.
At the time of this story’s publication, Asimov was only twenty-one years old, but he had already been writing for a few years, publishing about a dozen stories, and was finishing his master’s degree in chemistry at Columbia University in New York City. Asimov himself...
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