Showing all 1 items Jump to: Summaries (1) Summaries. Fact sheet. Synopsis. If anyone has read the short story "The Nine Billion Names of God" by Arthur C. Clarke I would really appreciate your help. AMAZON ... Clarke has written over a hundred short stories, most of which have been anthologized before. A 1953 science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke. A 1953 science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke. “The Nine Billion Names of God” follows three employees of a computer company as they sell, deliver and maintain a relatively large and fast computer to a group of Tibetan monks. The Nine Billion Names of God • 1953 • SF short story by Arthur C. Clarke. “As far as I know, it’s the Vrst time anyone’s been asked to supply a Tibetan monastery with an automatic sequence computer. can achieve with one of the genres closest to perfection. good list - Flowers For Algernon is actually a novel rather than a short story - it was expanded on to create a longer work and is now easier to obtain in its full length edition. The Nine Billion Names of God was the first Arthur C Clarke story I ever read, and within a week of reading it I was devouring his work. I am trying to download a short science fiction story in pdf format called The Throwback.Its about a Neanderthal who has been offered a place in the American football team. Help with the theme of the short story "The Nine Billion Names of God."? ( ) My friend Rusty has a more positive review of this story. A Tibetan monk rents an automatic sequence computer. Analysis and interpretation – The Nine Billion Names of God In 1953 Arthur C. Clarke wrote “The Nine Billion Names of God”. A Tibetan monk rents an automatic sequence computer. The Nine Billion Names of God (2018) Plot. can achieve with one of the genres closest to perfection. by Arthur C. Clarke. In Clarke’s story, we only know that the names of God are limited to 9 characters in length. The Nine Billion Names of God was the first Arthur C Clarke story I ever read, and within a week of reading it I was devouring his work. Posted on 30. THE NINE BILLION NAMES OF GOD. There are 100's of great stories that could be included - Clarke's 9 Billion Names Of God, Asimov'sMultivac stories, John W Campbell's Who Goes There? ... Review: With only 8 pages, this is a really short short story, leaving not much room for a tension arc, character development or similar narration elements. This is Carter Scholz, who incorporates science and theology into a different type of literary genre that is not quite science fiction. Even though I don't mind telling you that I would make a somewhat different selection of "the best short stories of Arthur C. Clarke", The Nine Billion Names of God remains an impressive testimony what a truly great writer (the highbrows be blown!)