‘Sir,’ he said, ‘you display an infernal gall in coming to me with that impudent proposition of yours.’ The husky telephotographer of the Astronomers were queer ducks, anyway, and if Aton’s actions of the last two months meant anything this same Aton was the queer-duckiest of the lot.Īton 77 found his voice, and though it trembled with restrained emotion, the careful, somewhat pedantic phraseology, for which the famous astronomer was noted, did not abandon him. So he lowered the outthrust hand that had been so pointedly ignored and calmly waited for the aged director to get over the worst. It had cost him bruises, black eyes, and broken bones but it had given him an ample supply of coolness and self-confidence. In his earlier days, when his now widely syndicated column was only a mad idea in a cub reporter’s mind, he had specialized in ‘impossible’ interviews. Theremon 762 took that fury in his stride. 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?Īton 77, director of Saro University, thrust out a belligerent lower lip and glared at the young newspaperman in a hot fury.
In the top or side menu you can read the full text of the short story “Nightfall” by Isaac Asimov translated in other languages: French, Italian, German, Spanish, Chinese, etc. But a religious sect prophesies that sooner or later the night and the end of the world will come …īelow you can read the original full English text of the short story “Nightfall” by Isaac Asimov. Short Story “Nightfall” by Isaac Asimov: On the planet Kalgashla night is unknown, because there are six suns permanently illuminating the entire surface of the planet. The story “Nightfall” by Isaac Asimov is a tale about the eternal struggle between science, superstition and religion. Isaac Asimov’s short story “Nightfall” was considered the best science fiction story ever written, and still today, despite more than half a century of science fiction stories elapsed, some thinks so. ” Nightfall “ identifies two works by Isaac Asimov: A short story, written in 1941 and reported below and a book “Nightfall” published 40 years later, in 1990, written jointly by Robert Silverberg and Isaac Asimov, that takes its cue from the story and with the same title. ” Nightfall “ is a short story by Isaac Asimov published in 1941. Full english text Science Fiction stories Fantastic literature US Literature