{"product_id":"nightfall-and-other-stories","title":"Nightfall and Other Stories by Isaac Asimov","description":"\u003cp\u003eA collection of twenty classic \u003cstrong\u003eshort stories by Isaac Asimov,\u003c\/strong\u003e author of the \u003cstrong\u003eFoundation series,\u003c\/strong\u003e featuring the definitive and only in-print version of \u003cem\u003eNightfall\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom one of history’s \u003cstrong\u003emost influential writers of science fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e comes this collection of twenty short works of fiction, arranged in order of publication from 1941 to 1967. Compiled by Asimov himself, who prefaced each story with an introduction, it begins with \u003cem\u003eNightfall\u003c\/em\u003e, the tale of a world with eternal sun that is suddenly plunged into total darkness and utter madness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003ePublished when the author was only twenty-one, \u003cem\u003eNightfall \u003c\/em\u003ewas arguably \u003cstrong\u003eAsimov’s breakout work, \u003c\/strong\u003emaking such an impression that, almost thirty years later, the Science Fiction Writers of America voted it the \u003cstrong\u003ebest science-fiction short story ever written.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe other stories in the collection span far and wide: Machines that learn to think for themselves—and direct their thoughts to overturning the establishment. The discovery that Earthlings are being destroyed by a mysterious kind of psychological virus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA day when \u003cstrong\u003ewalking outdoors becomes a sign of psychosis.\u003c\/strong\u003e And many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwenty-Stories: \u003c\/strong\u003eeach riveting, each a classic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BUST-DOWN BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50306184610107,"sku":"0593357469","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9780593357460.jpg?v=1776256140","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/nightfall-and-other-stories","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}