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Author | Isaac Asimov |
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Language | English |
Series | Fantasy & Science Fiction essays |
Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 1978 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (Hardback and Paperback) |
Pages | 240 |
ISBN | 0-385-13464-9 |
Preceded by | The Planet That Wasn't |
Followed by | The Road to Infinity |
Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright is a collection of seventeen scientific essays by American writer and scientist Isaac Asimov. It was the thirteenth of a series of books collecting essays from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. These essays were first published between May 1976 and September 1977. It was first published by Doubleday & Company in 1978. Its title is derived from the first line of William Blake's 1794 poem "The Tyger".
Contents
[edit]- "It's a Wonderful Town!" (May 1976)
- "Surprise! Surprise!" (June 1976)
- "Making It!" (July 1976)
- "Moving Ahead" (August 1976)
- "To the Top" (September 1976)
- "Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright" (October 1976)
- "The Comet That Wasn't" (November 1976)
- "The Sea-Green Planet" (December 1976)
- "Discovery by Blink" (January 1977)
- "Asimov's Corollary" (February 1977)
- "The Magic Isle" (March 1977)
- "The Dark Companion" (April 1977)
- "Twinkle, Twinkle, Microwaves" (May 1977)
- "The Final Collapse" (June 1977)
- "Of Ice and Men" (July 1977)
- "Oblique the Centric Globe" (August 1977)
- "The Opposite Poles" (September 1977)
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