plz read The Last Question by Isaac Asimov

http://www.multivax.com/last_question.html

read it while eating lunch. takes about 15 minutes?

Ryan North of QWANTZ which I adore linked to it after two comics in a row about the heat death of the universe: July 18 and July 19. Actually, the second one isn't so much about the heat death of the universe, but just the end of the universe.

it's a good story

This is my favourite Asimov short story.

Wow. Basically a story based on the fact that some people believe history to be made up of cycles. Well, at least this gives me an answer to anyone who said "What was before the Big Bang" :P

what was the big bang?? sounds naughty

This is the only Asimov I've ever read. Kind of funny.

BoldEnglishman said:

Wow. Basically a story based on the fact that some people believe history to be made up of cycles. Well, at least this gives me an answer to anyone who said "What was before the Big Bang" :P

A bicycle? ;)

Plonker said:

what was the big bang?? sounds naughty

lol mong

Pretty good short story. Covering trillions of years in only a few pages. Can't say the ending was unexpected though.

Yeah, very obvious where it was going by the time the second story started. Not bad though. Very 1950's.

Enjay said:

A bicycle? ;)

Heh maybe Ice Cycles ;)

Yeah, that is a rather good story.

I'd like to by one of his books.

Technician said:

I'd like to by one of his books.

Heh, good luck finding one to start with (Asimov has written over 500 books).

Another awesome cyclical story is "All You Zombies" by Heinlein. The title has weird punctuation, but I can't remember it. Anyway, I like it better and it's just as quick of a read.

Technician said:

I'd like to by one of his books.

I'd recommend his Foundation series. Very good stuff. Also somewhat similar to this story in structure as chapters in some of the books jump decades or more at a time.

Asimov was a dreamer. I wonder what he'd think of the Computer Age as mature as it is in 2007?

He'd probably be fapping it to porn.

the foundation trilogy is the only asimov Ive read, at the time I thought those books were brilliant, couldnt put them down.

The guy had a sense of humor too. That's something to respect.

Naked Snake said:

Asimov was a dreamer. I wonder what he'd think of the Computer Age as mature as it is in 2007?

*Cough* Vista *Cough*
Microsoft just released Windows 4036. Now 5% slower! (Again for the 500'th time...)

Danarchy said:

Another awesome cyclical story is "All You Zombies" by Heinlein. The title has weird punctuation, but I can't remember it. Anyway, I like it better and it's just as quick of a read.

You can find that one here. I didn't like it as much, probably because I pretty much figured out the ending less than half the way in. I guess it didn't help that you said it was a cyclical story. It also feels somewhat cliched at this point due to there being far too many time travel stories in general. Probably was better to read when it first came out.