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Beyond the Fall of Night

Arthur C. Clarke & Gregory Benford

First published 1990
Series Against the Fall of Night
Publisher Ace/Putnam
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
Cover art Judith Kazdym Leeds
Pages 298
Price $19.95
ISBN 0399134999

Sequel to Against the Fall of Night by Arthur C. Clarke. Published in Omnibus form with the original in the UK.

  • No statement of edition on the copyright page, but there is a complete number line: "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10".
  • The copyright page contains the complete Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data including the year of publication (1990), the ISBN (0-399-13499-9), and the LCCN (89-39736).
  • "Jacket design copyright © 1990 by Judith Kazdym Leeds" (over) "Front jacket photograph copyright © 1990 by Stock Imagery/Ron Russell" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket.
  • The Foreword is credited solely to Clarke at the end of the essay and is dated "May 29, 1989".
  • Part I (Pages 15-149) is an almost identical reprint of Clarke's novella "Against the Fall of Night". According to most sources (and alluded to in Clarke's Foreword) Part II was written solely by Benford.

Page Title Author(s) Type
9 Foreword (Beyond the Fall of Night) Arthur C. Clarke Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Beyond the Fall of Night Cover 1990 Ace/Putnam / SFBC Hardcover Novel 17326 Ron Russell xi+245
Beyond the Fall of Night Cover 1991 Ace Books Paperback Novel Bob Eggleton xii+339
Beyond the Fall of Night Cover 1998 Ace Books Paperback Novel Bob Eggleton 339
Beyond the Fall of Night Cover 2012 RosettaBooks eBook Novel