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Asimov knew it already in 1956, in « The Last Question »: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Question https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Question Prett
by MaanuAir 6y ago
Asimov knew it already in 1956, in « The Last Question »:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Question https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Question
Pretty nice fan manga adaptation, btw:
http://fanfox.net/manga/the_last_question/c000/1.html http://fanfox.net/manga/the_last_question/c000/1.html
- kjs3 6y agoOne of my favorite Asimov works, and I think one of his shortest. But mind blowing when you get to the reveal.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y agoReally? I honestly think it ranks pretty low on the scale Asimov's works. The 'big reveal' isn't very interesting or unexpected, and there aren't even any really interesting ideas explored in the work. Then again, I'm apparently in the minority in my belief that the Foundation series isn't that good either and The God's Themselves is clearly his best work, so YMMV.
- kjs3 6y agoReally? I said it was one of my favorites, not "it's the best and you should think that too".
- FartyMcFarter 6y agoCTRL+F Asimov on the comments didn't disappoint, I knew someone would relate this to that story! :)
- lioeters 6y agoYeah, loved this story. For a text version: https://www.multivax.com/last_question.html https://www.multivax.com/last_question.html
- mherdeg 6y agoYeah I really like going back through 20th century science fiction and seeing echoes of contemporary topics or history in the varying and wild guesses we got back in the day. IIRC Heinlein's 1940 "The Roads Must Roll" for example invents the Segway (a self-balancing single-wheeled vehicle used by engineers maintaining ultra-high-speed moving walkways that everyone commutes on). I just read Asimov's "Breeds There a Man...?" (1951) and couldn't shake the feeling that it was echoing Thomas Kuhn's 1962 theory of scientific development.