"Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out."
Arthur C. Clarke - The Nine Billion Names of God
Have read this many times before. Not the short story, but the line. Always loved the line. I think what I love most is that he didn't write: "Overhead the stars were going out." He threw in "without any fuss" and that makes a big difference. The line alone makes me want to read the rest.
UPDATE: I have read it. I just remembered. Read it in high-school, in the library, during lunch. Liked it as I recall, apparently not enough to remember immediately. THIS is why I have a book review series. Not for my readers (ahem,...reader) but for me. So I can remember what the heck I've read.
1 comment:
Save the short, I want to read it. I've found with SF, that once you buy into a particular writers world, you don't like other writers take on it. For me, Arthur C. is the only writer I really like in the genre.
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