The Last Question

The following is the best science-fiction short story I've read. Even if you don't like science fiction, give it a shot. You may be surprised to find resonance. In fact, I guarantee that you will.

http://www.aronson.co.il/adin/TheLastQ.htm

3 comments:

The Moving Finger said...

Neat. I hate pseudo-science like Star Wars and Fantastic Four.This does not hurt or insult one's intelligence.

Cheers

Sougata said...

I liked the conclusion of this story. Stunning, wouldn't you say?

One thing that I did was that I re-read the story. With the new perspective that someone gains when he already knows the conclusion, the story reads a little differently. The whole experience is actually quite interesting.

Devilspeak said...

Not bad, despite being a science thing.
Now how about writing something cheerful? Like favourite recipes, or cocktails......yeah! How about some thoughts on alcohol? I recently had some mulled wine - yummy!

Gotta go. It's getting late and the wind is howling away to glory. Almost got blown off a few days back - no wonder they call this place windy Welli!Bye!

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