My friend Seth and I have been trading short stories that explore the idea of God for the last few years. This is a list of some of the best. Sit back and enjoy them for what they are, fun stories and thought experiments. They’re all available freely online.
- The Last Question by Isaac Asimov. His “favorite story,” one that encompasses all of human history in just a few pages.
- Answer by Fredric Brown. Just read it :), the whole thing is almost short enough to Tweet.
- Talking to God from The Ragged Trousered Philosopher. God answers some questions in a chance encounter with an atheist on the bus.
- Hell Is the Absence of God by Ted Chiang. Angels visit Earth in a dramatic way. This one is a pretty dark. I included mostly just for the sake of completion… skip it maybe.
- The Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C. Clarke. What do a bunch of Tibetan monks need with a supercomputer?
- The Egg by Andy Weir, author of The Martian. If everyone thought this way, Earth would be awesome.
- I don’t know, Timmy, being God is a big responsibility by qntm. What happens when a group of engineers creates a quantum computer capable of simulating the universe?