The Nine Billion Names of God

Arthur C. Clarke
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ARTHUR C. CLARKE'S FAVORITE STORIES THE NINE BILLION NAMES OF GOD -- A short-term course for computer the way to God. TROUBLE WITH TIME -- Martian time proves that crimes doesn't pay! NO MORNING AFTER -- Drink, drink and be merry, for tomorrow there will be no morning after... THE POSSESSED -- Or, why the lemmings drowned. ENCOUNTER AT DAWN -- The day the gods came to Earth. THE SENTINEL -- The story which inspired 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY; when man sets off the galactic burglar alarm, who will answer the call?
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