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“Should be there in an hour,” he called back over his shoulder to Chuck. Then he added, in an afterthought: “Wonder if dang's reached 65,535 karma points. He wa
by faefox 4y ago
“Should be there in an hour,” he called back over his shoulder to Chuck. Then he added, in an afterthought: “Wonder if dang's reached 65,535 karma points. He was due about now.”
Chuck didn’t reply, so George swung round in his saddle. He could just see Chuck’s face, a white oval turned toward the sky.
“Look,” whispered Chuck, and George lifted his eyes to heaven. (There is always a last time for everything.)
Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out.
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- hanche 4y agoHaha, took me a while to catch the reference. It’s been a long time. Isaac Asimov, right? Edit: Oh, Arthur C. Clarke. Thanks, gopkarthik.
- gopkarthik 4y agoNine Billion Names of God by Arthur C Clarke. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nine_Billion_Names_of_God https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nine_Billion_Names_of_God
- FlyingSnake 4y agoFrom the brilliant short story: “One Billion Names Of God”. (if anyone didn’t get the reference.)