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Nightfall
AuthorIsaac Asimov
Robert Silverberg
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
Publication date
1990
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages352
ISBN978-0-553-29099-8
OCLC24434629

1 53Isaac Asimov - 'Nightfall' 2 (1941) daily columns of these last two 3 4 If the stars should appear one night in 5 a thousand years, how would men believe 6 and adore, and preserve for many 7 generations the remembrance of the city 8 of God?' EMERSON 9 10 Aton 77, director of Saro University, 11 thrust out a belligerent lower lip. Of Astounding, and the fifth story, 'Nightfall,' was about to appear in the September 1941 issue of the magazine. I had an appointment to see Mr. Campbell to tell him the plot of a new story I was planning to. THE STORY BEHIND THE 'FOUNDATION' By ISAAC ASIMOV. Foundation The Foundation Trilogy. Foundation The.

'Nightfall' is a 1941 science fiction novelette by 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 been included in 48 anthologies, and has appeared in six collections of Asimov's stories.[citation needed] 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.

Background[edit]

Written from 17 March to 9 April 1941 and sold on 24 April, the short story was published in the September 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction under editor John W. Campbell. It was the 32nd story by Asimov, written while he was a graduate student in chemistry at Columbia University. Campbell asked Asimov to write the story after discussing with him a quotation from Ralph Waldo Emerson:[1]

If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God!

Campbell's opinion was to the contrary: 'I think men would go mad'. He and Asimov chose the title 'Nightfall' together. At more than 13,000 words it was Asimov's longest story yet, and including a bonus from Campbell he received US$166 (​11⁄4 cents per word), more than twice any previous payment for a story. His name appeared on the cover of Astounding for the first time, and the story made Asimov—who later said that before 'Nightfall' neither he nor anyone else other than perhaps Campbell considered him more than a 'third rater'—one of the industry's top writers.[1] Asimov believed that the unusual plot of 'Nightfall' distinguished it from others, but 'The Last Question' was his own favorite story.[2]

In 1988, Martin H. Greenberg suggested Asimov find someone who would take his 47-year-old short story and – keeping the story essentially as written – add a detailed beginning and a detailed ending to it. This resulted in the 1990 publication of the novel Nightfall by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg. As Asimov relates in the Robert Silverberg chapter of his autobiography, '..Eventually, I received the extended Nightfall manuscript from Bob [Silverberg].. Bob did a wonderful job and I could almost believe I had written the whole thing myself. He remained absolutely faithful to the original story and I had very little to argue with.'[3]

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Plot summary[edit]

The planet Lagash ('Kalgash' in the novel) is constantly illuminated by at least one of the six suns of its multiple star system. Lagash has areas of darkness (in caves, tunnels, etc.), but 'night' does not exist.

A skeptical journalist visits a university observatory to interview a group of scientists who warn that civilization will soon end. The researchers explain that they have discovered evidence of numerous ancient civilizations on Lagash, all destroyed by fire, with each collapse occurring about 2,000 years apart. The religious writings of a doomsday cult claim that Lagash periodically passes through an enormous cave where mysterious 'stars' appear. The stars are said to rain down fire from the heavens and rob people of their souls, reducing them to beast-like savages.

The scientists use this apparent myth, along with recent discoveries in gravitational research, to develop a theory about the repeated collapse of society. A mathematical analysis of Lagash's orbit around its primary sun reveals irregularities caused by an undiscovered moon that cannot be seen in the light of the six suns. Calculations indicate that this moon will soon obscure one of Lagash's suns when it is alone in the sky, resulting in a total eclipse that occurs once every 2,000 years. Having evolved on a planet with no diurnal cycle, Lagashians possess an intense, instinctive fear of the dark and have never experienced a prolonged period of widespread darkness. Psychological experiments have revealed that Lagashians experience permanent mental damage or even death after as little as 15 minutes in the dark, and the eclipse is projected to last for several hours.

The scientists theorize that earlier civilizations were destroyed by people who went insane during previous eclipses and—desperate for any light source—started large fires that destroyed cities. Oral accounts of the chaos from crazed survivors and small children were passed down through the ages and became the basis for the cult's sacred texts. Present-day civilization is doomed for the same reasons, but the researchers hope that detailed observations of the upcoming eclipse will help to break the cycle of societal collapse.

The scientists are unprepared, however, for the stars. Because of the perpetual daylight on Lagash, its inhabitants are unaware of the existence of stars apart from their own; astronomers believe that the entire universe is no more than a few light years in diameter and may hypothetically contain a small number of other suns. But Lagash is located in the center of a 'giant cluster,' and during the eclipse, the night sky—the first that people have ever seen—is filled with the dazzling light of more than 30,000 newly visible stars.

Learning that the universe is far more vast—and Lagash far more insignificant—than they believed causes everyone, including the scientists, to go insane. Outside the observatory, in the direction of the city, the horizon begins glowing with the light of spreading fires as 'the long night' returns to Lagash.

Setting[edit]

The system of Lagash has six stars named Alpha, Beta, etc. in the original short story, whereas each has a proper name in the novel. In the novel, Onos is the primary sun of Lagash and is located 10 light-minutes away, similar to the distance from Earth to our Sun. The other five suns are minor in comparison, but provide enough light to prevent the inhabitants of Lagash from defining 'night'. The only other distance given is that Tano and Sitha form a binary star system about 11 times as far away as Onos.

  • Onos – yellow dwarf – similar to the Sun
  • Dovim – red dwarf
  • Trey and Patru – class A or F main sequence stars, described as 'white' – binary star system
  • Tano and Sitha – class A, B, or O main sequence stars, described as 'blue' – binary star system

From what can be drawn from the text, Onos, the star appearing brightest and largest in Lagash's sky, is the star that Lagash orbits. Onos, in turn, orbits around the binary system Trey and Patru, the other binary system Tano and Sitha, and the red dwarf star Dovim. In addition to these stars, the only other celestial object mentioned is Lagash's moon, dubbed Lagash Two by the scientists of Lagash. Lagash Two follows an eccentric orbit around Lagash and every 2049 years it eclipses Dovim, during a period when from one part of Lagash, Dovim is the only star that would be visible.

The characters of Nightfall travel to three separate locations on Lagash. Most of the book is set in Saro City, which is situated near a large forest with trees, bushes, and graben (scavenger animals). As stated in the introduction, the weather in the book is analogous to the meteorologic experiences of the characters in the book, and the region of Saro City receives rains that last several days. The first major weather fluctuation mentioned in the book is the sandstorm that Siferra 89 avoided by hiding under a tarpaulin with her crew. The other weather event was the monsoon-like rains that occurred after Sheerin 501 returned from a consultation in Jonglor, which is described as a northern city. Siferra 89 travels to Beklimot, which is described as half a world away from Jonglor. Beklimot is located on the Sagikan Peninsula, near mountains. Beklimot is in a sandy, arid desert region.

Adaptations in other media[edit]

In the 1950s, the story was adapted for radio programs Dimension X and X Minus One.

In 1976, Analog Records, as their only release, presented a further dramatization of 'Nightfall' on a ​331⁄3 rpm vinyl record, produced by James Cutting and recorded at American Learning Center. After the story, it includes a dialog between Isaac Asimov and Ben Bova.

In 1988, Nightfall, a low-budget movie, was produced based upon the story.[4] The movie was shot on location at the Arcosanti Project, using the resident community members as background actors. Another film version, Nightfall, was made in 2000.[5]

In April 2007, the story was the 100th episode of Escape Pod, a science-fiction podcast.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ abAsimov, Isaac (1972). The early Asimov; or, Eleven years of trying. Garden City NY: Doubleday. pp. 335–339.
  2. ^Asimov, Isaac (1973). 'Introduction'. The Best of Isaac Asimov. Sphere Books. pp. ix–xiv. ISBN0-385-05078-X. LCCN74-2863.
  3. ^Asimov, Isaac (1994), I, Asimov: A Memoir, New York: Doubleday
  4. ^Nightfall (1988) on IMDb
  5. ^Nightfall (2000) on IMDb

Further reading[edit]

  • Smaran Deshmukh, Jayant Murthy (18 July 2014). 'Nightfall: Can Kalgash Exist' (published July 2014). arXiv:1407.4895. Bibcode:2014arXiv1407.4895D.

External links[edit]

  • 'Nightfall (short story)' title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  • Nightfall (novel) title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  • Nightfall (novel) at Open Library
  • 'Nightfall' (short story) on the Internet Archive
  • Emerson's essay from which the quote above comes: Nature. In 'The Early Asimov: Book Two', p. 64, Asimov laments that he was not able to find the quotation.
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Nov 16, 2018BlackOxford rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Fifteen Minutes in the Dark
The best science fiction looks backwards into the past as well as speculating forward into the future, linking things we think (or thought) we’re sure of with things that don’t exist. Comparing the two can be sobering as well as enlightening.
Asimov writes just this kind of inter-temporal story in Nightfall. On the one hand it anticipates things like the debates about climate change and dark matter that wouldn’t emerge more articulately for decades. On the other, it co..more
Nov 13, 2016Apatt rated it really liked it · review of another edition
“My god, it's full of stars!”
This famous phrase from 2001: A Space Odyssey is also applicable to Nightfall, but with an entirely opposite connotation.
Nightfall was originally a short story by Isaac Asimov, first published in 1941. It is considered a classic sci-fi short story, and often cited as one of the all-time greats (example “best” list). The book being reviewed here is an expansion of this short story, in collaboration of the great Robert Silverberg, a legend among veteran sci-fi reade..more
Aug 29, 2018Manuel Antão rated it really liked it · review of another edition
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The story, of course, being about how it doesn't quite work out like that.
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Jan 17, 2013Emily rated it liked it · review of another edition
Recommends it for: Fans of Asimov and post-apocalyptic stories
To start with, I thought the original 1941 novelette was absolutely fascinating. People experiencing a world-wide event that had never occurred before in their entire history, trying to prepare for it and being horrified as it actually occurs. The end is an absolutely masterful span of writing, ever-increasing suspense and dark madness as a mob descends, cut off so abruptly, it's almost certainly the reason the story is so popular.
And then Silverberg brings us to the new world, and spends a hund..more
Mar 08, 2013Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ rated it it was ok · review of another edition
The original short story Nightfall is brilliant and deserves five stars. This novel, based on that short story, only gets 2 stars. It was bloated and forgettable. Don't bother with it unless you're an Asimov completist. If you've never read the short story, you need to go find it. It's in a lot of SF collections and should be readily available.
Oct 24, 2010Janne Järvinen rated it it was ok · review of another edition
Nightfall isn't that bad. The plot advances at a nice pace. It all breaks down in the end, though. At points I was close to giving Nightfall three stars. The bad delivery of the ending, and the overall pulpiness of the story, are what drop the rating.
The story is fun, but has a full time job holding itself together just on the surface level. This leaves no room for any depth.
The final resolution of the story is not that bad in itself, but the way it is told is anti-climactic. Some people say the..more
Apr 23, 2013Julio Genao rated it liked it · review of another edition
been a long time, esse.
i see you, central park east secondary school library reading nook circa 1991.
i see you.
Sep 21, 2011James rated it liked it · review of another edition
An amazing short story, rewritten as a novel by popular demand. Or maybe just Asimov's determination to keep 'improving' perfectly good work. Sadly, this is exactly the same short story as the original Nightfall, just with more words to slow it down a bit and the 'assistance' of another author who isn't Asimov anyway..
Mar 28, 2019Sarah Mazza rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Nightfall contained three parts; Twilight, Nightfall and Daybreak, therefore I feel compelled to rate and review them separately.
Whilst at first it took a small while for me to slowly warm up to the slow paced narrative that was Twilight, about halfway through I was completely engaged. The build up was amazing. The science used to back up the storyline was fascinating and highly believable. I would give Twilight a rating of 4/5.
Nightfall was fast paced, incredible, addictive and thrilling. It ha..more
Dec 19, 2011Andre T rated it liked it · review of another edition
I was and still am a big Isaac Asimov fan, both of his fiction and his non-fiction. I was in particular a big fan of his short stories and I loved the original short story version of Nightfall, however when I read the long extended version that was made into a book, I wasn't as thrilled.
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Mar 26, 2018LemonLinda rated it really liked it · review of another edition
What a creative story of science fiction! The planet, Lagash, with 6 suns and constant daylight, is plunged into darkness. Scientists have determined this happens every 2049 years and thus due to the near total madness of its inhabitants, scientists think society for the most part is obliterated and has to begin again. No one is prepared for what is to come with true nightfall. A classic much talked of short story.
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The original short story is better than the novel written by R. Silverberg.
Feb 18, 2018Sean Randall rated it liked it · review of another edition
An interesting theory here, but I preferred the short story version which actually got to the point a little quicker.
Oct 12, 2016Brienna rated it really liked it · review of another edition
The people of Kalgash, although aliens, are very human in nature, so I liked the approach of a sci-fi story to address the issue of how we humans respond to change, especially abrupt change in daily things whose stability we take for granted.
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This is a review of the short story alone, since I can't seem to find a page dedicated to it.
Imagine living in a world of perpetual daylight, thanks to the six suns surrounding your planet. Now imagine each sun setting, leaving only a single one in the sky, and at such a distance, it can be blocked by an almost invisible planet - creating what is essentially a world-wide eclipse that will plunge civilization into darkness for one whole night. It is an event that only comes every 2000-something y..more
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One of Asimov's greatest works. Written in his dry, pre-WWII classic American sci-fi style, very matter-of-fact and reverent of science. Brings excellent ideas of how a different society would be in a different solar system, and the psychology of beings living on a world where night never comes. Asimov gradually introduces his ideas to us through his character's scientific processes. He also writes the end of a world very well, how society may very well break apart when the sanity of humanity is..more
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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)
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Reading has always been a seminal part of the human experience. It keeps the mind sharp and open to new ideas. Reading also maintains one’s vocabulary. If one never reads, he or she is more susceptible to the same “rusting” that an adolescent’s brain suffers over a long summer. On the other end of the literary spectrum, reading also helps the writers. Authors can use their writing to express emotions and ideas and, in a sense, “trans..more
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Nightfall begins with a promising premise, but the overall narrative suffers fatally from inconsistent and implausible internal logic. Beyond the intriguing world-building segment at its onset, the novel becomes unremittingly bleak and stagnant.
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Aug 10, 2012Keith rated it liked it · review of another edition
Reread this after many years. The original short story by Asimov stayed with me for a long time as one of the most thought provoking scenarios that had been presented to me. For the first time the idea that sentient beings could be so radically different from us sank home (I was young and foolish). This was an important lesson that many writers of science fiction and fantasy could do with learning.
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Jan 03, 2016Brenda (aka Gamma) rated it liked it · review of another edition
I consider the original 1941 story to be one of the best, but this almost makes it seem ridiculous. Instead of carefully crafted reveals, we get lots of details repeated so that by the time Nightfall comes I'm tired of hearing about it. Worse, by that time the story's been so diluted that something I thought was one key aspect of the original is completely lost.
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***Upgraded this book to an all time love. I keep rereading it and love it every time. Originally read 10/1994. Reread every year or so since then***
I love this kind of book. It introduces us to a world and characters before the disaster, follows them through it, and shows us the aftermath. It's very character-driven. It's surprising to read a book with so many characters that are being followed, and yet have them all fleshed out and three-dimensional so that you can actually care about them.
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This was a good short story, but there's not enough to it to make a novel. Plus the premise becomes obviously inane when stretched out beyond the usual SF story 'what if..'
Jul 14, 2018Daniel rated it liked it · review of another edition
Early on I thought this was a 5 star story but it definitely faded for me in the last parts. I really enjoyed some of the science vs religion stuff.
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This is a sci-fi novel about the end of the world. Sort of.
Isaac Asimov is the master of sci-fi short stories. He's a little-known author that has written one or two books. One of his stories is called 'Nightfall', and is well worth reading. You should probably get a collection of his that includes that story, but if you search around enough, you can find the text online.
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A complete waste of my precious time! Apart from a few deep thoughts at the end, the book had nothing, absolutely NOTHING to offer. 'The dazzling brightness of the stars was terrifying! Eek!' How lame. :P Like seriously, why would everyone turn crazy if they went through darkness?!! Okay, it is kinda believable since the planet Kalgash is lit up by four or six suns all day and there's nothing called night. God I can't believe I'm even narrating this. I'm so lame. Pfft. But seriously, h..more
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“Life would be impossible on such a planet. It wouldn't get enough heat and light, and if it rotated there would be total darkness half of every day. There wouldn't be any native inhabitants. You couldn't expect life---which is fundamentally dependent on light---to develop under such extreme conditions of light deprivation. Half of every axial rotation spent in Darkness! No, nothing could exist under conditions like that.” — 21 likes
“It was a long time since he'd done any actual clinical work, and obviously his sojourn among the academics at Saro University had attenuated the professional detachment that allows members of the healing arts to confront the ill without being overwhelmed by compassion and sorrow. He was surprised at that, how tenderhearted he seemed to have become, how thin-skinned.” — 7 likes
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