The Complete Stories - Nightfall: And Other Stories

The second volume in an extraordinary collection published shortly after the author’s death. There are 23 science fiction stories, ranging from the very surprising heart-tugger “The Ugly Little Boy” to the overwhelming vision of “Nightfall”. In these stories, Asimov’s vivid awareness of the potential of technology is translated into human dilemmas. The definitive collection of short fiction by Isaac Asimov, supreme master of the science fiction genre continues with Volume Two of the Complete Stories. The Good Doctor was always ahead of his time and his work stands today as the clearest expression of our collective hopes and fears for the future. But the ever-expanding popularity of his stories with young and old readers alike is explained by their wit, zest and human interest. Within this volume are stories often voted among the best science fiction stories of all time. In these stories Asimov’s vivid awareness of the potential of technology is translated into human dilemmas that are more relevant today than ever before. (Content: The Ugly Little Boy; Nightfall; Green Patches; Hostess; 'Breeds There a Man..?'; C-Chute; 'In a Good Cause-'; What If-; Sally; Flies; 'Nobody Here but-'; It's Such a Beautiful Day; Strikebreaker; Insert Knob A in Hole B; The Up-to-Date Sorcerer; Unto the Fourth Generation; What Is This Thing Called Love?; The Machine That Won the War; My Son, the Physicist; Eyes Do More than See; Segregationist; I Just Make Them Up, See!; Rejection Slips)