Monday, March 28, 2005

on "...the way a bunch of people behave when faced with unforseen circumstances"

true to my word here is the quote i mentioned about in my last post. Ralph Waldo Emerson has a quote that has been used by Isaac Asimov to great beauty and perfection in his short story which goes by the name "Nightfall".

"If the stars should appear one night in a thousand
years, how would men believe and adore, and
preserve for many generations the remembrance
of the city of God..."


for people interested in following it up please go read up the story. i assure you it wont leave you feeling disappointed. a short excerpt from http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/asimov.htm

"Asimov's breakthrough work, 'Nightfall' (1941), is acclaimed to be the best science fiction story ever written - an overstatement of course. The poetic story depicts a world which has six suns, at least one of which is always shining. The world have experienced a universal eclipse every two millennia, and lost its social organization as a result. When the darkness falls the reason for this cyclical development is revealed: suddenly the thousands of stars are visible."

cheers!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey Rajat..

You sure write well. Where did you hide your writing skills during the 'BIT BIS ke kitne saal' days?

Those were the days... These are the days as well, when we'll look at this today as yesterday sometime tomorrow...

Pankaj.

Anonymous said...

very eloquently stated. enjoyed it thoroughtly. :)