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The Nine Billion Names Of GodThe Nine Billion Names of God is the name of a famous short story by Arthur C. Clarke, and of a collection of his short stories in which it was published in New York by Harcourt, Brace & World in 1967. The full title of the collection is The nine billion names of God; the best short stories of Arthur C. Clarke and it was re-published by Amereon in 1996, with the ISBN 0848821815 Summary This very short short story tells of a Buddhist monastery which has long sought to discover the one true name of God, and orders a modern computer to go through all the possible permutations. It is said that when the name is discovered, the world will end. Quotes: "There is a last time for everything." Nine Billion Names of God, The Nine Billion Names of God, The Nine Billion Names of God, The Nine Billion Names of God, The
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