Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright Explained

Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright
Author:	Isaac Asimov
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Series:	Fantasy & Science Fiction essays
Publisher:	Doubleday
Pub Date:	1978
Media Type:	Print (Hardback and Paperback)
Pages:	240
Isbn:	0-385-13464-9
Preceded By:	The Planet That Wasn't
Followed By:	The Road to Infinity

Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright is a collection of seventeen scientific essays by American writer and scientist 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)

External links

• Asimovonline.com