The Sun Shines Bright (book)
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Author | Isaac Asimov |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Series | Fantasy & Science Fiction essays |
Genre | Science |
Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 20 November 1981 |
Media type | print (Hardback and Paperback) |
Pages | 250 |
ISBN | 0-385-17145-5 |
Preceded by | The Road to Infinity |
Followed by | Counting the Eons |
The Sun Shines Bright is a collection of seventeen nonfiction science essays by American writer and scientist Isaac Asimov. It was the fifteenth of a series of books collecting essays from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.[1] It was first published by Doubleday & Company in 1981.
Contents[]
- The Sun
- Out, Damned Spot!
- The Sun Shines Bright
- The Noblest Metal of Them All
- The Stars
- How Little?
- Siriusly Speaking
- Below the Horizon
- The Planets
- Just Thirty Years
- The Moon
- A Long Day's Journey
- The Inconstant Moon
- The Elements
- The Useless Metal
- Neutrality!
- The Finger of God
- The Cell
- Clone, Clone of My Own
- The Scientists
- Alas, All Human
- The People
- The Unsecret Weapon
- More Crowded!
- Nice Guys Finish First!
Reception[]
Dave Langford reviewed The Sun Shines Bright for White Dwarf #44, and stated that "Each essay presents some interesting insight or viewpoint, usually scientific; most of them, alas, are padded and smothered with great wads of facts, statistics and numbers in general, the result being relatively dull."[2]
References[]
- ^ Asimov, Isaac (1984). The Sun Shines Bright. London: Grafton. p. 10. ISBN 0-586-05841-9.
- ^ Langford, Dave (August 1983). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf. No. 44. Games Workshop. p. 14.
External links[]
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- Essay collections by Isaac Asimov
- 1981 books
- Works originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
- Doubleday (publisher) books
- Science book stubs
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