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24434629. " 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 ...
OCLC. 976576102. Dewey Decimal. 813.54. LC Class. PS3551.S5 A15 1969. Nightfall and Other Stories (1969) is a collection of 20 previously published science fiction short stories by Isaac Asimov. Asimov added a brief introduction to each story, explaining some aspect of the story's history and/or how it came to be written.
Lagash (modern Al-Hiba in Dhi Qar Governorate) was one of the oldest cities of the Ancient Near East. The ancient site of Nina (Tell Zurghul) is around 10 km (6.2 mi) away and marks the southern limit of the state. Nearby Girsu (modern Telloh), about 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Lagash, was the religious center of the Lagash state.
A retelling of Nightfall from the view of Effinger's character Maureen Birnbaum. Aiming for Mars, she accidentally arrives on Lagash just prior to total eclipse, but manages to convince the rioters that the millions of stars they see are merely reflections of a dozen actual stars on an ice wall which surrounds the "universe" thereby saving the ...
Nightfall was the short story which helped establish Isaac Asimov's reputation when it was published in 1941. Julie Corman became aware of it in 1979 when she read a review of an Asimov anthology in the New York Times. She was attracted by a story "about people who have recognizable moral dilemmas", and bought the screen rights. [2]
Asimov cleared that up in 1972 in The Early Asimov: In telling the story, in that collection [ Nightfall and Other Stories ], of how “Nightfall” came to be written, I mentioned that I had received $150 for it, quoting from memory. Once again, I must confess fallibility. The records say $166.
The other thing is that Lagash II would be illuminated by the light of the other 5 suns (including Onos) and so should shine like the full moon. Okay, it is supposed that being dark blue it would be obscured by the blue sky of perpetual daylight, but it would appear in awesome glory during the eclipse.
PS3563.A31794 D39 2006. Dawn is a science fiction novel by American writer Dean McLaughlin. A re-imagining of Isaac Asimov 's 1941 short story "Nightfall", it was serialized in Analog magazine (April – July 1981), with two cover illustrations, for both its first and last segments. The story was republished in hardcover in 2006.