Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright
{{short description|1978 collection of essays by Isaac Asimov}}
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| author = Isaac Asimov
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| country = United States
| language = English
| series = Fantasy & Science Fiction essays
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| publisher = Doubleday
| pub_date = 1978
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| pages = 240
| isbn = 0-385-13464-9
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| preceded_by = The Planet That Wasn't
| followed_by = The Road to Infinity
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Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright is a collection of seventeen scientific essays by American writer and scientist Isaac Asimov.{{Cite web |title=Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright: [Essays] {{!}} ISBNdb |url=https://isbndb.com/book/0385134649 |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=isbndb.com}} 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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External links
- [http://www.asimovonline.com/oldsite/Essays/f_and_sf_essays.html Asimovonline.com]
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Category:Essay collections by Isaac Asimov
Category:Works originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
Category:Doubleday (publisher) books
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