Isaac Asimov Nightfall book review

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Review by Andrew McMaster of the Isaac Asimov book Nightfall co written by Robert Silverberg

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  • About Asimov's short story, "Nightfall". Wonderful story, but after a while you realize it's easy to poke holes through it.

    The civilization has 20th century technology -- eg "ground cars", implying planes, application of electricity. No electric lights? Does every room in a building have windows?Including the cellar?

  • Thats the cool thing about sci-fi you can explain that stuff because of it being on another planet :p.

  • Yea I liked the rest of the book, it was really interesting, i think no matter what ending they had, i would't have liked it just because it's so much build up to that point that nothing can fully satisfly haha

  • thats true I would have like a better ending or even for it to just made longer and finished more of the story.

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  • Thank you! You saved me from reading this book <3

  • Something is screwed up. I've wasted an enormous amount of time trying to post a comment in response to Keruanran.

    End of civilization.

  • @NYTIMES314 Imagine you live in a world where there is never any darkness and that it has been this way for longer than your civilization has even existed. In a world of perpetual sunlight where people don't even go into caves without getting freaked out, would anyone ever develop electric lights? Would it be considered a useful invention?

    I think Asimov sets up a wonderful scenario that considers how a civilization might develop over thousands of years in perpetual sunlight...

  • thats how i feel too, oh well guess they cant write right up until the next eclipes haha

  • i just finsihed it last night and I didnt not like the ending! lol they join up with them. ugh

  • good job catface!!!!!!!!!1

    youmake me wanna cry im so proud of you growi' up all on your own

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