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Also check out "The Last Answer", the only work by Asimov I've read that actually terrified me. If it takes place in the same universe as "The Last Question",
by nope96 4y ago
Also check out "The Last Answer", the only work by Asimov I've read that actually terrified me.
If it takes place in the same universe as "The Last Question", you could argue it has a bit of a "Roko's basilisk" flavor.
- aidenn0 4y agoI thought it, in some ways, reflected the Ellison's earlier I have no Mouth, and I Must Scream which to this day is still the story that terrified me the most.
- XorNot 4y agoI've never actually read it, just about it, and I have no desire to just because that's a nightmare I don't need. The title itself is a candidate for a single sentence horror story.
- aidenn0 4y ago> The title itself is a candidate for a single sentence horror story. I've heard that this is how the story originated; a friend of Ellison had a doll with no mouth named this and Ellison quickly thought that it would be a great title for a horror story...
- noneeeed 4y agoGlad I'm not the only one. The Wikipedia summary was enough.