Beyond the Fall of Night
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Beyond the Fall of Night (1990) is a novel by Gregory Benford
and Arthur C. Clarke
. The first part of Beyond the Fall of Night is a reprint of Clarke’s famous Against the Fall of Night
while the second half is a "sequel" by Gregory Benford which takes place many years later. This book is unrelated to The City and the Stars
which is an expanded version of Against the Fall of Night which Clarke wrote himself three years after the publication of Against the Fall of Night.
given the events in [Against]", and that the only thing it had in common with Against was "some character names".
Gregory Benford
Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is on the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine...
and Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FRAS was a British science fiction author, inventor, and futurist, famous for his short stories and novels, among them 2001: A Space Odyssey, and as a host and commentator in the British television series Mysterious World. For many years, Robert A. Heinlein,...
. The first part of Beyond the Fall of Night is a reprint of Clarke’s famous Against the Fall of Night
Against the Fall of Night
Against the Fall of Night is a science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. Originally appearing in the November, 1948 issue of the magazine Startling Stories, it was first published in book form in 1953 by Gnome Press. It was later expanded and revised as The City and the Stars...
while the second half is a "sequel" by Gregory Benford which takes place many years later. This book is unrelated to The City and the Stars
The City and the Stars
The City and the Stars is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke. It is a complete rewrite of his earlier novella, Against the Fall of Night.-Overview:...
which is an expanded version of Against the Fall of Night which Clarke wrote himself three years after the publication of Against the Fall of Night.
Critical response
James Nicoll described Beyond as "an atrocity" and "an abomination", saying that it is "not just a bad book, the events in it can not happengiven the events in [Against]", and that the only thing it had in common with Against was "some character names".
See also
- Comparison between City and the Stars and Against the Fall of Night