Arguably The Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C. Clarke. Feeling of Power by Asimov probably also fits in the vein. I fid it interesting that Chiang ends up in so many recent short story lists. It seems as if there are fewer recent short…
…Electric Monks believed things for you, thus saving you what was becoming an increasingly onerous task, that of believing all the things the world expected you to believe. And Arthur C Clarke's "The Nine Billion Names of God" (no spoiler, but the ending is magnificent)
* Asimov - Spell My Name With An S - http://www.eco.uc3m.es/~pgomes/2-Personal/Asimov,%20Isaac%20... * Clarke - The Nine Billion names of God - http://downlode.org/Etext/nine_billion_names_of_god.html
Read the Nine Billion Names of God, by Arthur C Clarke, for a reason why they might have been counting. http://www.sffaudio.com/podcasts/TheNineBillionNamesOfGodByA...
我最喜欢的科幻短篇之一是阿瑟·C·克拉克的《神的九十亿个名字》http://downlode.org/Etext/nine_billion_names_of_god.html
one of my favorite sci-fi short stories is The Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C. Clarke http://downlode.org/Etext/nine_billion_names_of_god.html
让我想想：科利·多克托罗的《Unauthorized Bread》和《Walkaway》，阿瑟·C·克拉克的《The Nine Billion Names of God》和《The City and the Stars》。
Let's see: Cory Doctorow's Unauthorized Bread and Walkaway, Arthur C. Clarke's The Nine Billion Names of God and The City and the Stars.
可以说是阿瑟·C·克拉克的《神的九十亿个名字》。阿西莫夫的《力量的感觉》大概也属于这种风格。我觉得很有意思的是，特德·姜竟然出现在了这么多的近期短篇小说书单里。感觉现在的近期短篇好像越来越少了……
Arguably The Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C. Clarke. Feeling of Power by Asimov probably also fits in the vein. I fid it interesting that Chiang ends up in so many recent short story lists. It seems as if there are fewer recent short…
……电子僧侣替你相信各种事情，从而把你从一项越来越繁重的苦差事中解救了出来——去相信这世界指望你去相信的所有事情。还有阿瑟·C·克拉克的《神的九十亿个名字》（不剧透，但结局简直绝了）
…Electric Monks believed things for you, thus saving you what was becoming an increasingly onerous task, that of believing all the things the world expected you to believe. And Arthur C Clarke's "The Nine Billion Names of God" (no spoiler, but the ending is magnificent)
* 阿西莫夫 - 《把我的名字拼成 S》- http://www.eco.uc3m.es/~pgomes/2-Personal/Asimov,%20Isaac%20... * 克拉克 - 《神的九十亿个名字》- http://downlode.org/Etext/nine_billion_names_of_god.html
* Asimov - Spell My Name With An S - http://www.eco.uc3m.es/~pgomes/2-Personal/Asimov,%20Isaac%20... * Clarke - The Nine Billion names of God - http://downlode.org/Etext/nine_billion_names_of_god.html
读读阿瑟·C·克拉克的《神的九十亿个名字》吧，你就知道他们当初为什么一直在数了。http://www.sffaudio.com/podcasts/TheNineBillionNamesOfGodByA...
Read the Nine Billion Names of God, by Arthur C Clarke, for a reason why they might have been counting. http://www.sffaudio.com/podcasts/TheNineBillionNamesOfGodByA...