''Beyond the Fall of Night'' (1990) is a novel by Arthur C. Clarke and

Gregory Benford Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941) is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is professor emeritus at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a contributing editor of ''Reason ...

. The first part of ''Beyond the Fall of Night'' is a reprint of Clarke’s ''

Against the Fall of Night ''Against the Fall of Night'' is a science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. Originally appearing as a novella in the November 1948 issue of the magazine ''Startling Stories'', it was revised and expanded in 1951 and publish ...

'' while the second half is a "sequel" by Gregory Benford that takes place many years later. This book is unrelated to ''

The City and the Stars ''The City and the Stars'' is a science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, published in 1956. This novel is a complete rewrite of his earlier ''Against the Fall of Night'', Clarke's first novel, which had been published in '' Star ...

'' which is an expanded version of ''Against the Fall of Night'' which Clarke wrote himself three years after the publication of ''Against the Fall of Night''.

Critical response

James Nicoll James Davis Nicoll (born March 18, 1961) is a Canadian freelance game and speculative fiction reviewer, former security guard and role-playing game store owner, and also works as a first reader for the Science Fiction Book Club. As a Usene ...

described ''Beyond the Fall of Night'' as "an atrocity" and "an abomination", saying that it is "not just a bad book, the events in it can not happen given the events in 'Against'', and that the only thing it had in common with ''Against'' was "some character names".

Expanded version

The 1990 novella "Beyond the Fall of Night" was later expanded into the novel ''Beyond Infinity,'' with additional material and a change in the name and sex of the character.Review: Beyond Infinity
''Publishers Weekly]. Retrieved 2017-04-24.

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* Novels by Arthur C. Clarke Novels by Gregory Benford 1990 British novels 1990 science fiction novels Collaborative novels British science fiction novels Dying Earth (genre) G. P. Putnam's Sons books {{1990s-sf-novel-stub