Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright


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!"
  • "Surprise! Surprise!"
  • "Making It!"
  • "Moving Ahead"
  • "To the Top"
  • "Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright"
  • "The Comet That Wasn't"
  • "The Sea-Green Planet"
  • "Discovery by Blink"
  • "Asimov's Corollary"
  • "The Magic Isle"
  • "The Dark Companion"
  • "Twinkle, Twinkle, Microwaves"
  • "The Final Collapse"
  • "Of Ice and Men"
  • "Oblique the Centric Globe"
  • "The Opposite Poles"