To: hapnHal
Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out.
6 posted on
04/25/2021 7:43:09 PM PDT by
bwest
To: bwest
8 posted on
04/25/2021 7:43:50 PM PDT by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
To: bwest
"Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out."Wasn't that the ending to a story where they bought an IBM to print out all the possible names of God?
14 posted on
04/25/2021 7:46:01 PM PDT by
DannyTN
To: bwest
Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out. I grew up on that stuff. Clarke, Bradbury, Azimov...
16 posted on
04/25/2021 7:47:32 PM PDT by
Fido969
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To: bwest
All billion names have bee articulated already???
33 posted on
04/25/2021 8:02:01 PM PDT by
null and void
(When you put bad people in charge expect bad things to happen, often in a spectacular and sudden way)
To: bwest
Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out. Ha!
41 posted on
04/25/2021 8:27:11 PM PDT by
TChad
(The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
To: bwest; hapnHal
To: bwest
Is the band worth looking into?
65 posted on
04/26/2021 5:22:39 AM PDT by
trebb
(Fight like your life and future depends on it - because they do.)
To: bwest
Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out.In my opinion, one of the greatest .. if not the greatest .. closing line for a short story. It still gives me the chills ...
Arthur C. Clarke, "The 9 Billion Names of God".
71 posted on
04/26/2021 12:23:58 PM PDT by
BlueLancer
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