tallman@dspo.UUCP (05/07/85)
> >> not with a bang, but with a whimper." > I remember a short sf story titled "Not with a bang". I can't remember > the author ( probably Asimov ) but it involved a giant hand reaching > up from the horizon and snuffing out the sun..... > Ewan Tempero No. There is a famous sf short story by Damon Knight called "Not With a Bang" in which the last man on earth tries to get the last woman on earth to marry him. I have seen it in many anthologies. I can't remember any stories about a giant hand snuffing the sun - "The Nine Billion Names of God" comes closest. -- C. David Tallman - dspo!tallman@LANL or {ucbvax!unmvax,ihnp4}!lanl!dspo!tallman Los Alamos National Laboratory - E-10/Data Systems Los Alamos, New Mexico - (505) 667-8495