A Summary and Analysis of Arthur C. Clarke’s ‘The Nine Billion Names of God’

‘The Nine Billion Names of God’ is a short story by the British-born science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008). It was first published in the 1953 anthology Star Science Fiction Stories #1, before being collected in Clarke’s The Other Side of the Sky. A short tale about religion, computers, […] Continue reading at 'Interesting Literature'

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How the far right seeks to spread its ideology through the publishing world

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6 Creepy Sci-Fi Books to Make Your Skin Crawl

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Panel Mania: ‘Parable of the Talents’ by Octavia Butler, Adapted by Damian Duffy and John Jennings

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Brands Can Recolor the Visual Language of Technology

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Hinge Drops a Romance Anthology to Help Gen Z Believe in Love Again

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Publisher behind hit bilingual poetry book on A470 turns to Welsh rivers

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How some ‘Star Wars’ ideas became real-life science

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Picture Book or Short Story? Which is it?

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A Guide to All the Cozy Genres 

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Lit Hub Daily: April 28, 2025

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