Against the Fall of Night
The 10-billion-year-old metropolis of Diaspar is humanity's last home. Alone among immortals, the only man born in 10 million years desperately wants to find what lies beyond the City. His quest will uncover the destiny of a people—and a galaxy. This book also includes the classic short story...
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The 10-billion-year-old metropolis of Diaspar is humanity's last home. Alone among immortals, the only man born in 10 million years desperately wants to find what lies beyond the City. His quest will uncover the destiny of a people—and a galaxy. This book also includes the classic short story Jupiter V.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781596871229 (1596871229)
Publish date: October 1st 2005
Publisher: iBooks
Pages no: 151
Edition language: English
This is my favorite Clarke story. The short story version may be a little bit "better" technically, but the long version is overflowing with ideas -- maybe too many for a single story, but I guess that's how I like my SF.The moon, the invaders, the two civilizations: Clarke was one of the best at t...
Short story. Jo Walton compared this with Biting the Sun on the Tor blog.
This book was one I had mixed feelings on. My dad handed this to me and told me it was one of his favorite books from his youth, that it was the book that opened his eyes to the thoughts of exploring the world outside earth. It was fairly well written, although due to it's novella status left a LOT ...
3 – 3.5 starsHundreds of thousands of years ago (millions of years after our own benighted age) the Earth suffered a tragic loss in battle with beings known only as "the Invaders" and the apparently last remnant of humanity sits behind the majestic walls of the final human city: Diaspar. Here they w...
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