Nightfall

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The word Nightfall, besides its dictionary meaning, may also refer to one of the following.

• Operation Nightfall is a fictional operation in television series 24 (TV series)

• Nightfall is an influential science fiction short story by the late Isaac Asimov, later turned into a novel by Asimov and Robert Silverberg. There have also been two films based on the story.

• Nightfall is the name of a female elf character in Wendy and Richard Pini's comic book series, Elfquest. It is tempting to think that the character may have been named after the Isaac Asimov story, but the Pinis have never confirmed this.

• Nightfall is a DC Comics Superhero

• Nightfall is the first real time 3D adventure game, released in 1998.

• Nightfall Games, creators of SLA Industries were not named after the Asimov story.

• Nightfall is the title of the 1957 movie directed by Jacques Tourneur. It was not based on the Isaac Asimov short story of the same name.

• Nightfall is the title of a supernatural/horror radio series produced and aired by CBC Radio (see Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) from July 1980 to May 1983. Some episodes were so terrifying that the CBC registered numerous complaints and some affiliate stations dropped it.

• Nightfall is a song by Blind Guardian, from their album Nightfall in Middle-Earth.

• Nightfall is the title and lead character in two fantasy books written by Micky Zucker Reichert.

• Nightfall is a Greek metal band.

• Nightfall is a short film made by Phil Jackson in 2005.

• Nightfall is a short story by Charles Stross, sat in his Manfred Macx series.

• Nightfall is a fuzor fan character created for the Transformers Beast Wars and Cybertron (Unicron Trilogy) series.

• Nightfall is a song by Amorphis.

• Nightfall is an abbreviated name for Guild Wars Nightfall: the third chapter of the computer game series, Guild Wars.