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The Egg (2009)

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Re: The Egg (2009)

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Post by bitcrusher »

joaorj wrote: post #21
jafaku wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seriously OP, why would you put the end in the title?

same reason american shows have the "still to come" segments? (but in this case, times 10 worst) I won't read because of op bad title choice :(

That's alright... you wrote it anyway.

Re: The Egg (2009)

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Post by anigbrowl »

gojomo wrote: post #10
crntaylor wrote: post #4

This would have been a significantly more enjoyable experience if the title of the submission didn't give away the ending.

On the other hand, a title of "The Egg" might not have attracted enough views and upvotes for you to have seen it. There's a pique/spoil trade-off, now in social media more than ever. (In this case, the first line might have worked just as well, though: "You were on your way home when you died...")

The Egg (short Sci-fi story) would have been perfectly adequate.

Re: The Egg (2009)

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Post by ngpio »

dhughes wrote: post #18

Another good short story similar to this is Asimov's "The Last Question." http://filer.case.edu/dts8/thelastq.htm

And "The Last Answer", which ironically ends with a question while "The Last Question" ends with an answer.

And a bunch of others that aren't quite similar except that they're short, provocative scifi. Here's my list of favorites:

* Ted Chiang - Understand - http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/under.htm

* Ted Chiang - Exhalation - http://www.nightshadebooks.com/Downloads/Exhalation%20-%20Te...

* Ted Chiang - Hell Is the Absence of God - http://www.ibooksonline.com/88/Text/hell.html

* Sam Hughes - Ed stories - http://qntm.org/ed

* Isaac Asimov - The Last Answer - http://www.thrivenotes.com/the-last-answer/

* Aaron Diaz - Hob series - http://dresdencodak.com/2007/02/08/pom/

* Greg Egan - Closer - http://eidolon.net/?story=Closer

* Marc Stiegler - The Gentle Seduction - http://www.skyhunter.com/marcs/GentleSeduction.html

Re: The Egg (2009)

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Post by julianpye »

On HN, we want to hack the way our systems work. We want to see through the obscurity and complexities advanced systems have brought along and find the most elegant and quickest way to challenge and control them. Why can we not look at hacking religion? Why can we not hack philosophy? I like this story, but more than that I like the fact that it has reached page 1 on HN. I think many people here are not looking for self-realisation in the form of a startup that brings them big bucks, but hey - self-realisation.

Re: The Egg (2009)

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Post by StavrosK »

ngpio wrote: post #37
dhughes wrote: post #18

Another good short story similar to this is Asimov's "The Last Question." http://filer.case.edu/dts8/thelastq.htm

And "The Last Answer", which ironically ends with a question while "The Last Question" ends with an answer. And a bunch of others that aren't quite similar except that they're short, provocative scifi. Here's my list of favorites: * Ted Chiang - Understand - http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/under.htm * Ted Chiang - Exhalation - http://www.nightshadebooks.com/Downloads/Exhalation%20-%20Te... * Ted Chiang - Hell I…

* 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

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