George R.R. Martin's first book, The Dying of the Light (published 1977), is set on a lone "travelling" planet whose interstellar course passes it through a mul

George R.R. Martin's first book, The Dying of the Light (published 1977), is set on a lone "travelling" planet whose interstellar course passes it through a multi-star system. The final stages of this traversal is the premise of the book's title.