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Arthur C. Clarke

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These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for The Nine Billion Names of God.

Themes labels used: existentialism, faith, technology, knowledge, God, human hubris, cosmic insignificance, apocalypse, meaning, science and religion, truth and belief, limits of understanding

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Cover of The Annals of the Heechee by Frederik Pohl

The Annals of the Heechee

Frederik Pohl · 1993 · Heechee Saga

An uploaded man and his allies race to stop an ancient cosmic enemy threatening all intelligent life.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1096

Cover of The Last Answer by Isaac Asimov

The Last Answer

Isaac Asimov · 1980

A dying atheist scientist awakens in an afterlife and debates a god-like Voice over eternity, purpose, and knowledge.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1183

Cover of The Last Question by Isaac Asimov

The Last Question

Isaac Asimov · 2007

Across eons, humanity keeps asking a supercomputer if entropy can be reversed before the universe runs out of time.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1220

Cover of Aniara by Harry Martinson

Aniara

Harry Martinson · 1998

A stranded space voyage turns into a poetic meditation on survival, memory, and humanity after Earth’s ruin.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1233

Cover of Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer

Calculating God

Robert J. Sawyer · 2001

An atheist paleontologist and a theistic alien debate whether the universe’s history points to a creator.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1285

Cover of The Shadow Lamp by Stephen R. Lawhead

The Shadow Lamp

Stephen R. Lawhead · 2013 · Bright Empires

In a multiverse-spanning quest, a large cast races to decode a missing map before reality itself unravels.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1389

Cover of A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck

A Short Stay in Hell

Steven L. Peck · 2012

A devout man dies into a library-hell and must find the one book that perfectly tells his life to escape.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1396

Cover of Terminus by Peter Clines

Terminus

Peter Clines · 2020 · Threshold

On a remote island where reality thins, rival factions race to stop or trigger an apocalypse unleashed by ancient monsters.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1399

Cover of Deus Irae by Philip K. Dick

Deus Irae

Philip K. Dick, Roger Zelazny · 1976

A limbless artist journeys through a post-nuclear wasteland to find a new god and paint his image for a rival church.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1402

Cover of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts by Douglas Adams

The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts

Douglas Adams · 2002 · The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

An ordinary Earthman is swept into an absurd intergalactic odyssey after Earth’s destruction.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1404