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“Well, they believe that when they have listed all His names—and they reckon that there are about nine billion of them—God’s purpose will have been achieved. The human race will have finished what it was created to do, and there won’t be any point in carrying on. Indeed, the very idea is something like blasphemy.”
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"The Nine Billion Names of God" is a 1953 science fiction short story by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. The story was among the stories selected in 1970 by the Science Fiction Writers of America as one of the best science fiction short stories published before the creation of the Nebula Awards.
A short story about religion, computers, and the end of the world, Clarke's tale fuses Oriental mysticism with Western science. The monks seek to discover all the names of God by which he is known, and the computer reveals the apocalypse as a result.
THE NINE BILLION NAMES OF GOD -- A short-term course for computer the way to God. TROUBLE WITH TIME -- Martian time proves that crimes doesn't pay! NO MORNING AFTER -- Drink, drink and be merry, for tomorrow there will be no morning after... THE POSSESSED -- Or, why the lemmings drowned.
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The Nine Billion Names of God (1967) is a collection of science fiction short stories by Arthur C. Clarke . According to Clarke's 1972 book The Lost Worlds of 2001, the book comprises his own selection of favorites.
Jun 9, 2010 · The nine billion names of God; the best short stories of Arthur C. Clarke : Clarke, Arthur Charles, 1917- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. by. Clarke, Arthur Charles, 1917- Publication date. 1967. Topics. Science fiction, English. Publisher. New York, Harcourt, Brace & World. Collection.
A collection of short stories by the legendary science-fiction writer, exploring themes of space, technology, aliens, and religion. Read summaries and analysis of stories such as "The Nine Billion Names of God", "The Sentinel", and "The Star".
