tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post1172869877112825622..comments2024-03-28T21:14:53.088-04:00Comments on MY READER'S BLOCK: The Nine Billion Names of GodBev Hankinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-64615563825099709952022-07-08T09:40:24.039-04:002022-07-08T09:40:24.039-04:00Nick: You've got the right story. And, yes, en...Nick: You've got the right story. And, yes, end of the world stories aren't fun--but they can be very thought-provoking and written very well. And I think Clarke writes extraordinarily well.Bev Hankinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-32340892486634736992022-07-03T07:26:05.934-04:002022-07-03T07:26:05.934-04:00Is this the one about the mad monks who build a su...Is this the one about the mad monks who build a supercomputer, and which ends with the stars going out? If so, we had to read in seventh grade; it's stuck with me. Didn't like it, though. It was part of a science fiction module in English, and all the stories were downbeat. There was one about a bloke who woke up in the future, he was a multibillionaire, but thanks to inflation, money was worthless. There were a few about nuclear holocausts. Very different from Doctor Who / Star Trek / Star Wars. Not much fun.Nick Fullerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05668031989499870182noreply@blogger.com