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The Nine Billion Names of God
by: Arthur C. Clarke
EAN: 9780451089991
ISBN: 0451089995
Item Dimensions:
Label: Roc
Manufacturer: Roc
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: June 01, 1974
Publisher: Roc
Studio: Roc
Features:
- Science Fiction Short Stories
- Hugo award winning stories
- Science Fiction Hall of fame stories
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Collection of the best science fiction of Arthur C. Clarke, including: The Nine Billion Names of God (voted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame by Science Fiction Writers of America), I Remember Babylon, Trouble With Time, Rescue Party, The Curse, Summertime on Icarus, Dog Star, Hide and Seek, Out of the Sun, The Wall of Darkness, No Morning After, The Possessed, Death and the Senator, Who's There?, Before Eden, Superiority, A Walk in the Dark, The Call of the Stars, The Reluctant Orchid, Encounter in the Dawn, "If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth . . .", Patent Pending, The Sentinel (basis of 2001: A Space Odyssey), Transience, The Star (winner, 1956 Hugo Award).
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- More gems than the average collection; solid, wholesome.Nine Billion Names of God (1952) - 4/5: Nepalese monks hire an IBM computer to print all possible nine letter words in a special language which could be the name of their god. 7 pages
I Remember Babylon (1959) - 3/5: Non-fictional story from Clarke about his conversation with a telecommunications traitor to the USSR and their plans for the unrestricted American airwaves. 11 pages
Trouble with Time (1959) - 3/5: Upon reaching your Mars destination, please reset your watch ... Read More
Rating:
- Not Free SF ReaderThis is a selection of work chosen by the author himself as being the stories he prefers, or at least a book full of them, anyway.
It does, of course, lead off with the outstanding and famous title story. There's a range here from cool scientific observation, to space adventure like Hide and Seek and funny stuff like The Reluctant Orchid. There's even the dogmatically not so good story I Remember Babylon.
Mostly of the short story variety, except for the considerably longer ... Read More
Rating:
- Quite a pleasant read.An excellent book, easy to read in one full day if you don't pull yourself away from it. I purchased this book from a local used bookstore I originally entered looking for 3001 (to complete the series...I mean, I MUST have some closure here no matter how poor the reviews are of the finale). They didn't have 3001 so I looked through his other titles, and stubled along 9 Billion Names. I figured it would keep me occupied until I was able to find another book I would enjoy for an extended period of time. ... Read More
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- Arthur C. Clarke's best short storiesArthur C. Clarke is best known for his novels, especially "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "Rendezvous with Rama," which each spawned three sequels. But throughout his early career in the 1950s and 1960s, the tail end of science fiction's "golden age," Clarke was more successful as a writer of short fiction. This book collects his best stories, or at least his own favorites. As Clarke himself acknowledges in his introduction, "Every author must have his favorite stories, though he would often be hard put ... Read More
Rating:
- A thought-provoking read, especially now...It is 15 years since I read this book. The short story referred to in the title has been replaying itself in my mind, intiated by talk of the Human Genome project, and also by our proximity to the new Millenium. I have searched extensively for a copy of this book (I think my Mum threw out the old one!) without success. A great thought provoking read.
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