"Inconstant Moon" is a science fiction short story by American author Larry Niven that was published in 1971. Inconstant Moon is also a 1973 anthology of Larry Niven's short stories that includes the title piece. The title is a quote from the balcony scene in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The anthology was assembled from the US collections The Shape of Space and All the Myriad Ways. The short story won the 1972 Hugo Award for best short...
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"Inconstant Moon" is a science fiction short story by American author Larry Niven that was published in 1971. Inconstant Moon is also a 1973 anthology of Larry Niven's short stories that includes the title piece. The title is a quote from the balcony scene in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The anthology was assembled from the US collections The Shape of Space and All the Myriad Ways. The short story won the 1972 Hugo Award for best short story.
The 1974 Sphere paperback version of the anthology was cut from 12 to 7 stories.
First appearance: 1971 short story collection All the Myriad Ways.
Stan, the narrator, notices that the moon is glowing much brighter than ever before. The people he meets as the story begins all praise the moon's increased beauty but lack the scientific background to understand its cause. However the narrator surmises that the Sun has gone nova, the day side of the Earth is already destroyed, and this is the last night of his life. He then calls and...
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