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Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright

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Country
  
United States

Publication date
  
1978

Originally published
  
1978

Page count
  
240

Preceded by
  
The Planet That Wasn't

Language
  
English

Pages
  
240

Author
  
Isaac Asimov

Publisher
  
Doubleday

Genres
  
Essay, Science

Series
  
Fantasy & Science Fiction essays

Media type
  
print (Hardback and Paperback)

Similar
  
Isaac Asimov books, F&SF Essay Collections books, Science books

Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright is a collection of seventeen scientific essays by 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

  • "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)

    • References

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