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Nightfall, as mentioned at the end of the piece, is a great little early Asimov story - a culture to whom candles are alien and the idea of artificial light is
by madaxe_again 11y ago
Nightfall, as mentioned at the end of the piece, is a great little early Asimov story - a culture to whom candles are alien and the idea of artificial light is bizarre. Thoroughly recommend. In fact, here it is: https://www.uni.edu/morgans/astro/course/nightfall.pdf https://www.uni.edu/morgans/astro/course/nightfall.pdf
- Outdoorsman 11y agoThanks for the link...
- jon_richards 11y agoFunny, in the book artificial light is extremely commonplace. A theme park actually builds a pitch black tunnel as a ride.
- 4ad 11y agoThe End of Eternity and Nightfall (the novel with Robert Silverberg, not the short story) are Asimov's greatest novels.