![]() I was not sure if the children would get it, but a majority of them did as the last sentence was read and for the rest it was a bit of suggestion and hand holding. The nine billion names of God the best short stories of Arthur C. ![]() Above all, the brilliantly epiphanous nature of the concluding line of the story: “ OVERHEAD, WITHOUT ANY FUSS, THE STARS WERE GOING OUT.” Every time I reach this stage of the story I almost always experience a gentle frisson of sorts.The story was among the stories selected in 1970 by the Science Fiction Writers of America as one of the best science fiction short stories published before the creation of the Nebula Awards. One of the finest stories I read till date in general… not just in sci-fi genre. 'The Nine Billion Names of God' is a 1953 science fiction short story by British writer Arthur C. ![]()
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