Comments on: The Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C. Clarke http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/18/the-nine-billion-names-of-god-by-arthur-c-clarke/ The Best Science Fiction Short Stories - and where to find them! Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:48:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: AlexM http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/18/the-nine-billion-names-of-god-by-arthur-c-clarke/#comment-463 AlexM Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:34:06 +0000 http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/18/the-nine-billion-names-of-god-by-arthur-c-clarke/#comment-463 Your blog is interesting! Keep up the good work! Your blog is interesting!

Keep up the good work!

]]> By: Rusty http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/18/the-nine-billion-names-of-god-by-arthur-c-clarke/#comment-110 Rusty Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:10:36 +0000 http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/18/the-nine-billion-names-of-god-by-arthur-c-clarke/#comment-110 Cali, Thanks for the kind words! I am having a blast writing this blog and reading so many cool scifi stories! I am also an aspiring science fiction writer, so reading a lot of stories has helped me come up with some great ideas. And hey - I am happy that there are actually people reading this blog! Cali,

Thanks for the kind words! I am having a blast writing this blog and reading so many cool scifi stories!

I am also an aspiring science fiction writer, so reading a lot of stories has helped me come up with some great ideas. And hey - I am happy that there are actually people reading this blog!

]]> By: Cali http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/18/the-nine-billion-names-of-god-by-arthur-c-clarke/#comment-98 Cali Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:02:52 +0000 http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/18/the-nine-billion-names-of-god-by-arthur-c-clarke/#comment-98 Hi Rusty, This is my take on it from Quartet 3 ("And the time of death is every moment") . . Just a note to say, I enjoy the blog and links. I am an aspiring SF writer . . and learning . . . Hi Rusty,

This is my take on it from Quartet 3 (”And the time of death is every moment”) . .

Just a note to say, I enjoy the blog and links. I am an aspiring SF writer . . and learning . . .

]]> By: Rusty http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/18/the-nine-billion-names-of-god-by-arthur-c-clarke/#comment-96 Rusty Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:04:35 +0000 http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/18/the-nine-billion-names-of-god-by-arthur-c-clarke/#comment-96 Good point Cali, I had never read <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Quartets" rel="nofollow">Four Quartets</a> before, but I looked them up and found a nice <a href="http://www.tristan.icom43.net/quartets/" rel="nofollow">online version</a>. There were themes similar to Arthur C. Clarke's story, especially in Quartets No. 3 & 4. Thanks for that! Good point Cali,

I had never read Four Quartets before, but I looked them up and found a nice online version. There were themes similar to Arthur C. Clarke’s story, especially in Quartets No. 3 & 4. Thanks for that!

]]> By: Cali http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/18/the-nine-billion-names-of-god-by-arthur-c-clarke/#comment-95 Cali Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:20:44 +0000 http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/18/the-nine-billion-names-of-god-by-arthur-c-clarke/#comment-95 This is a Great story. I loved the ending and how he injects a bit of TS Eliot Four Quartets "there is an last time for everything." This is a Great story. I loved the ending and how he injects a bit of TS Eliot Four Quartets “there is an last time for everything.”

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]]> By: Tinkoo http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/18/the-nine-billion-names-of-god-by-arthur-c-clarke/#comment-72 Tinkoo Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:32:13 +0000 http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/18/the-nine-billion-names-of-god-by-arthur-c-clarke/#comment-72 Thanks for plugging me dear. I see you came back with more positive impressions of this story than I did; I've linked your version from my "See Also" list for those seeking an alternate opinion. Thanks for plugging me dear. I see you came back with more positive impressions of this story than I did; I’ve linked your version from my “See Also” list for those seeking an alternate opinion.

]]> By: Arthur C. Clarke Links and Video | Technophobiac Sci-Fi http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/18/the-nine-billion-names-of-god-by-arthur-c-clarke/#comment-71 Arthur C. Clarke Links and Video | Technophobiac Sci-Fi Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:47:08 +0000 http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/18/the-nine-billion-names-of-god-by-arthur-c-clarke/#comment-71 [...] via Best Science Fiction Stories, Free Speculative Fiction Online, Living the Limnal, Free SF Reader, and Laughing Squid] [...] […] via Best Science Fiction Stories, Free Speculative Fiction Online, Living the Limnal, Free SF Reader, and Laughing Squid] […]

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