The Last Question

Re:The Last Question by camjohnson26 on Thursday June 09, 2022 @12:55AM (#31677691)

See also “The last answer” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Answer

Full text: https://highexistence.com/the-last-answer-short-story/

These 2 are my favorite Asimov stories.

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Re:The Last Question by gpvos on Thursday June 09, 2022 @04:04AM (#31678691)

Thanks. I had read The Last Question already, but am among today's 10_000 for this story.

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Re:The Last Question by gpvos on Thursday June 09, 2022 @06:18AM (#31679467)

I have now read it. Interesting. The main theme is not entirely new to me; without spoiling anything, I hope I can say that the long-form, not yet finished web comic Gunnerkrigg Court[0] touches on a very similar idea as one of its main themes.

[0] https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1

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Re:The Last Question by popcube on Thursday June 09, 2022 @11:30AM (#31682489)

he wrote this long time ago...

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Re:The Last Question by gpvos on Thursday June 09, 2022 @01:55PM (#31684522)

Yes, obviously if there was any direct influence, it was from Asimov to the web comic author, not the other way round.

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Re:The Last Question by moritonal on Thursday June 09, 2022 @08:33AM (#31680381)

Nice xkcd reference.

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Re:The Last Question by ahazred8ta on Thursday June 09, 2022 @08:19AM (#31680258)

For completeness, the Xkcd "Isaac in grade school" comic: https://xkcd.com/1448/#isaac

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