Nightfall
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About the story
First appearance in magazine"Nightfall"
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The author
Isaac Asimov, United States
First publication
1941
Literature form
Story
Genres
Science fiction
Writing language
English
Length
Approx. 13,000 words
Notable lines
Aton 77, director of the University, thrust out a belligerent lower lip and glared at the young newspaperman in a hot fury.
— First line
"There just isn't any place in the universe you could put a million suns—unless they touch one another."
On the horizon outside the window, in the direction of Saro City, a crimson glow began growing, strengthening in brightness, that was not the glow of a sun.
The long night had come again.
— Last lines
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