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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Whitehead shortlisted for Arthur C Clarke Award

Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winning The Underground Railroad (Fleet) has found itself a place on the shortlist for this year’s Arthur C Clarke Award for science fiction literature. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Children of Time wins Arthur C Clarke award

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Pears' app shortlisted for Arthur C Clarke award

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Station Eleven wins Arthur C Clarke

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Beckett's Dark Eden wins Arthur C Clarke Award

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Angry Robot's Zoo City wins Arthur C Clarke award

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