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Nightfall

Isaac Asimov,

Robert Silverberg

Start date: January 1, 2013

Finish date: January 31, 2013

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Nov 07, 2016 Ash rated it it was amazing

Shelves: science-fiction, favorites, 2016-read, _isaac-asimov, hard-sf

I just read the novella written by Isaac Asimov (not the full length novel which expanded this story later). I am not so interested in reading a book which was written by another author based on this story or maybe I will read it someday. But reading this story made me realize why Asimov is my favorite sci-fi author. Nobody can write science fiction like him. No other author can describe something so brilliantly. (At least for me)
This story is about a planet which has six suns so there is no tim ...more

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Jan 17, 2022 Richard rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction, science-fiction

A classic story about a planet where night only comes every thousand years. A gripping to read about scientists trying to save their civilization from irrationality.

The original short story is better, but this is still good.

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