Nightfall (Asimov novelette and novel)
1941 short story by Isaac Asimov / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the works by Isaac Asimov. For the 1956 film noir starring Aldo Ray and Brian Keith, see Nightfall (1956 film).
"Nightfall"[1] is a 1941 science fiction short story by the American writer Isaac Asimov about the coming of darkness to the people of a planet ordinarily illuminated by sunlight at all times. It was adapted into a novel with Robert Silverberg in 1990. The short story has appeared in many anthologies and six collections of Asimov stories. In 1968, the Science Fiction Writers of America voted "Nightfall" the best science fiction short story written prior to the 1965 establishment of the Nebula Awards and included it in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929–1964.
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Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction |
Publication date | 1990 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 352 |
ISBN | 978-0-553-29099-8 |
OCLC | 24434629 |
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