Tuesday, January 28, 2020

The Nine Billion Names of God

I recently read the very short science fiction story titled The Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C. Clarke. This story is found in the Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume 1.


This is an interesting story in which a group of people are working to discover the nine billion names of God. Once they do, God ends the Universe. Yep. That's the story line. :-) Not the greatest science fiction story I've read by any means, but I love reading science fiction from the early to mid 20th century to get a feel for how science fiction story telling has changed. It's not that the change is good or bad, but science fiction stories written today are written in a very different style from 100 years ago.

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