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Introduction (Nightfall)

Isaac Asimov

First published 1971
Type Essay
Series Asimov's Essays: Own Work


This essay is untitled above the work. Any titled versions should be varianted.

This is the introduction to the novelette Nightfall. DO NOT MERGE.

Essay starts: "The writing of 'Nightfall' was a watershed in my professional career." Essay finishes: "I didn't know enough about Writing to be able to tell."

"First appearance – Astounding Science Fiction, September 1941. Copyright, 1941, by Street & Smith Publications, Inc.; copyright renewed, 1968, by Isaac Asimov."

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1971 Cover Nightfall One Panther Collection 9
1973 Cover Nightfall One Panther / Granada Collection 9
1974 Cover Nightfall One Panther Collection 9
1976 Cover Nightfall One Panther Collection 9
1978 Cover Nightfall One Granada Collection 9
1979 Cover Nightfall One Granada Collection 9
1981 Cover Nightfall One Panther / Granada Collection 9
December 1984 Cover Nightfall and Other Stories Del Rey / Ballantine Collection |10
1986 Cover Nightfall One Grafton Collection 9
July 1991 Cover Nightfall and Other Stories Grafton / HarperCollinsPublishers Collection 9