TheNealRigga
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Here is the link to the story for conveniency : http://multivax.com/last_question.html
#shortstory #scifi FP edit: Flood my inbox!!! I’m bored.
Biglebowski748
. so I can read it while not at work
Mattb117
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RandomHorribleDumbSobStory
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spiffynidd
I remember listening to this in X-1, I think. The last bit always gives me chills
lovemesumfemdom
Dammit that was beautiful
qPRdxH4UXm36HS9rJgLA
Here is Leonard Nimoy narrating it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XOtx4sa9k4
IAmRelevantToThis
This post lasted me both last nights and this mornings bathroom time. Now that is a quality dump +1
ensensu
If Issac could see us now.
OverwhelmingSurplusOfDiggity
One of the best sci-fi stories ever. Thanks for posting it; I haven’t read this for almost twenty years.
LinkOfTheForest
this is amazing. Thank you for sharing
MericanFunkYeah
ashipthatshipsshippingships
Why is this so damn funny to me?!
GrissVioleGrace
Didn't really think of possible endings, despite knowing what would happen, caught me by surprise... +1
Branmaster4
One of my all-time favorites.
twfeline
I read this story almost 60 years ago. I think about it many times a year.
TheNealRigga
You are at least twice old as me.
coderanger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3U30wSAV4Q read by the man himself.
katskiofoz
I read this as a kid and those last line really stuck with me, even now give me chills.
RadioSilenceDW
I utterly love this story. I know how it goes and how it ends but I still love it.
HereIGoLurkingAgain
What about the first question? That aside, this was awesome, credit to whoever wrote it, and to the OP for sharing it.
HereIGoLurkingAgain
TheNealRigga
Isaac Asimov is the writer.
HereIGoLurkingAgain
Thank you! In retrospect, I suppose it is the sort of thing he does.
pkginc
If you liked this, I highly recommend the short stories by Arthur C. Clarke. The Nine Billion Names Of God is one that I like.
paradigmrift333
Dot.
paradigmrift333
I am replying as a reminder to myself to read these, thank you for posting them!
SheTurnedMeIntoANewtButIGotBetter
And don't forget "The Last Answer", also by Isaac Asimov http://www.thrivenotes.com/the-last-answer/
twfeline
There is a collection of his short stories called that. Highly recommended. Plus: "Tales of the White Hart."
Maboroshi1994
that's the one (alongside rendezvous with rama) that i always recommend.
scanlon180
brainman28
Fuck yeah old science fiction
GodsWorkSon
And somehow it still feels timeless and forever relevant to the worries of mankind
GoliathSkittles
Asimov has an insane knack for getting little predictions right that make his work seem like modern day sci-fi.
Justrampant
AC show me little person dressed as a nun porn...
RichardHardley
+1 for the feels. Thanks!
Sackraces
http://multivax.com/last_question.html
paradoxagon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjqjSP7kOO4&t
SheTurnedMeIntoANewtButIGotBetter
@OP, don't forget to give a shout to "The Last Answer", also by Isaac Asimov http://www.thrivenotes.com/the-last-answer/
TheNealRigga
I didn't know this. Thanks. Another one in my list!
ICouldntComeUpWithAGoodName
Dottity dot dot.
Thezzanman
Of all the times I've seen this it's only been the 1st section. Thx, fiiiinally got to read the whole thing
runforitmarty
There's a great comic version floating around that I've seen a couple times. Don't know the name of it though I'm afraid
TheNealRigga
Initially, I felt that it was too long to post but then I thought it's too good not to share with other people.
Vlaatu
The comic version is even better
AliBarber
Always share. I love Asimov
TheNealRigga
To not to**
Thezzanman
I never realized there was more to it
Steelhart
Thanks for posting this. I had not read it before.
TheNealRigga
:)
coolerking19
I also want to thank you as well, good looking out bruh
Ripplingtwinkie
I wrote an analysis of this and his other works for one of my classes in college. Good stuff.
TheNealRigga
Did you post it anywhere? Would love to read it!
Ripplingtwinkie
Unfortunately the only copy resides in my prof's undoubtedly messy office.
TheNealRigga
Dayumm!
theWinterKnight
One of my favourite short stories
Rocketrickster
Just read it. what a great story!
SheTurnedMeIntoANewtButIGotBetter
And don't forget "The Last Answer", also by Isaac Asimov http://www.thrivenotes.com/the-last-answer/
SammichBro
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theWinterKnight
Let me check it out!
ashipthatshipsshippingships
This was great. Had never seen it before.
DoughnutJimmy
Along with "A Sound of Thunder" by Bradbury
RaptorDancer
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IceCWiener
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Valeilar
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IChangedMyNameToBeAnonymous
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NZSheeps
That was the one that hooked me on sci fi
fancyass
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TheNealRigga
Gotta read that now!!!! Thanks.
DostoevskyDisciple
dot dot dot motherfucker. know what im gonna read now! :P
NeverNonplussed
Soooo good.
ensensu
You call that short? I thought it wasn’t going to end.
Tamerdinosaur
one of the best of all time, in my opinion!
EnTaroSheelal
"The Egg" by Andy Weir is a favorite of mine. http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html
Sephon
Tl;dr How to jumpstart a new existence in under 100 trillion years.
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ILikeLarry
well I guess I'm reading this twice now
Fejerro
Using this one weird trick!
awildcharmander
Monotheistic deities hate him!
WileEQuixote
Omnipotent beings hate him!
oscarmatic
+ a couple timeless intervals
SaraFourImgur
Assuming hyperspace exists. I prefer the multiverse theory that entails escaping to another universe.
Flyndaran
Sadly the actual physics requires there to be literally no way to cross over. I hate how many gloss over that fact of the hypothesis.
SaraFourImgur
How so?
Flyndaran
The entire theory requires that parallel realities is where gravity "leaks". But no matter, or other forces can get through.
Flyndaran
No way to disprove and isn't really required to fit known reality so it's not really science yet or maybe ever.
AceOfShovels
Also, escaping into deeper and deeper artificial realities such that all Time effectively dilates to infinity.
SaraFourImgur
Ah, but not forever :)
SaraFourImgur
I hadn't considered that about simulation theory, though.
AceOfShovels
True, i guess you'd have to assume the net dilation effect has to at least "break even" with however much time we'd have left. >>>
AceOfShovels
>>> 50 billion years left on the clock > escape to simulation that gives us at least 100 billion > repeat in another 50 billion years
Lankinator
But eventually you'll run out of universes. Back to the entropy question...
SaraFourImgur
Possibly. If there's a multiverse, why not an omniverse? Assuming infinity doesn't exist
SaraFourImgur
Or, rather, if the multiverse weren't infinite. More of an infinite nesting doll situation