But these are his twenty-five favorites and they combine to make fine reading. Clarke RELEASE DATE: Clarke has written over a hundred short stories, most of which have been anthologized before. Clarke also won the Nebula Award of the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1972, 19, the Hugo Award of the World Science Fiction Convention in 19, and in 1986 became Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America. THE NINE BILLION NAMES OF GOD THE BEST SHORT STORIES by Arthur C. The story was selected in 1970 by the Science. Clarke walks the line between science and mysticism in this thought-provoking tale. Campbell Award for his novel Rendezvous With Rama. So when a group of monks seek to enlist modern technology in their quest to list all nine billion names of god, there is no telling what may happen. He is past Chairman of the British Interplanetary Society, a member of the Academy of Astronautics, the Royal Astronomical Society, and many other scientific organizations.Īuthor of over fifty books, his numerous awards include the 1961 Kalinga Prize, the AAAS-Westinghouse science writing prize, the Bradford Washburn Award, and the John W. Clarke, published in 1953.It is about an order of Tibetan monks who purchase a computer for the purpose of transcribing every possible name of God according to a formula of their own devising, a purpose they have been working toward for centuries and that was expected to take a further 15,000 years, but with the help.

He is best known for the novel and movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, which he co-created with the assistance of Stanley Kubrick.Ĭlarke was a graduate of King's College, London where he obtained First Class Honours in Physics and Mathematics. 'The Nine Billion Names of God' is a science fiction short story by Arthur C.

He spent the first half of his life in England, where he served in World War Two as a radar operator, before emigrating to Ceylon in 1956.

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke was one of the most important and influential figures in 20th century science fiction.

The 9 billion names of god