'Nightfall'
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"Nightfall"
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Author
Isaac Asimov, United States
First publication
1941
Form
Story
Genre
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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