“Look,” whispered Chuck, and George lifted his eyes to heaven. (There is always a last time for everything.)
Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out.
Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out.
Almost made me cry the first time I read those last lines.
However, Isaac Asimov did write "Nightfall", another classic, which describes what happens when, as the result of an eclipse, the stars come out, rather than go out...
...and 'Nightfall' is for certain an example of the perils of astronomy.
Loved them both when I read them as a kid.
https://urbigenous.net/library/nine_billion_names_of_god.htm...
It's short, only takes a few minutes to read.