I see a lot of parallels to our own situation. Great story

Be ruled by fear or guided by love.

Fabulous reader!

1:20:18 "The bright walls of the universe were shattered ..." -- having seen both total eclipses of 2017 and 2024, I say this is a very accurate description.

Thank you so much for this. I was digging through my old paperbacks and finally went looking here. This is a fantastic reading. And the story hits just as hard today as ever.

Thank you very much.!! 👍 👍 👍

Asimov was clearly an atheist.

Great twist with the tidally locked planet, they had never experienced night in their lives

So, with only one sun visible, the other 5 must be in alignment behind Beta. But that means half of the planet is already experiencing night. The only way this civilization makes sense is if they have never been to the other side of their planet.