num_pages: 192
description: The sun is dying. It never rises, never sets, on an Earth that has long since ceased to spin. Half the Earth is in perpetual shadow. On the other half -- where it is always afternoon -- a handful of humans struggle for existence against a creeping green horror that has devoured all other animal life. Men who have never seen the stars -- less than insects on the planet they once ruled! 
language: English
title: The Long Afternoon of Earth
titlecomplete: The Long Afternoon of Earth
characters: Gren
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Apocalyptic, Dying Earth, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Fantasy, Dystopia, Post Apocalyptic
ratings_count: 4903
awards: awardedAt: -252432000000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Short Fiction
publisher: New American Library