Against the fall of night

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Summary

Living in the 10-billion-year-old city of Diaspar, Alvin is the last child born of humanity. He is intensely curious about the outside world. According to the oldest histories kept by the city fathers, however, there is no outside world--it was destroyed by the Invaders millions of years ago. One day, Alvin finds a rock with an inscription seemingly meant for him: There is a better way. Give my greetings to the Keeper of the Records. Alaine of Lyndar. This cryptic message takes Alvin on a quest to discover humanity's true past-and its future. Originally published in the November 1948 issue of Startling Stories, Against the Fall of Night is a rich and intensely poetic vision of a distant future that's sure to delight fans of Clarke and science fiction as a genre.

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Subjects	Science fiction, English English fiction 20th century Life on other planets Fiction Conformity Fiction Science fiction Fiction Science Fiction Electronic books. Science fiction. 20th century.
Publisher	New York :RosettaBooks,2012 RosettaBooks2012
Contributors	OverDrive, Inc.
Language	English
System Details	Mode of access: World Wide Web. Format: Adobe EPUB eBook Format: Adobe PDF eBook Format: Kindle Book Format: OverDrive READ Requires Adobe Digital Editions or Adobe Digital Editions or Amazon Kindle
Description	1 online resource
ISBN	9780795324918 9780795324901
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