The Nine Billion Names Of God (Group Blog)

Members:
1. EJ "Porbs" Lagman
2. Nikka Ramos
3. Patricia Lacap
4. Nikee De Guzman
5. Chinchin Suarez


The powerpoint presentation for our report could be found here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/60782306/scifict

Introduction

Our group reported on the short story of Arthur C. Clarke. The story is basically about these Tibetan monks trying to find out the 9 billionth name of God because they believe that when they do, the world would eventually come to an end. In order to do so, they hired engineers to program the Mark V. Good news is, it worked. Bad news, the end of the world came to be. This blog entry contains the evaluation for the short story -- whether we classify it as good or weak SciFi, our short, individual insights, and our conclusion.
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Individual Insights

Patricia Lacap: I think it's weak SciFi­ ­ because the story is not plausible) and it exaggerated the ending of the story.­ ­

Nikee De Guzman: I say it's weak scifi. The story was good but based on our theme its pretty weak, due to exaggeration of apocalypse (making the story weak) and lack of basis and facts for possible apocalypse.

Nikka Ramos: I too, say it's weak SciFi. It lacks scientific basis on the short story and it lacks detail on the apocalypse.

EJ Lagman: Weak SciFi. I expected more from Arthur C. Clarke. The world won't just end because you found out the 9 billionth name of God. It doesn't make sense.

Chin-Chin Suarez: I see it as weak SciFi because the story was exaggerated on how the monks see the Apocalypse.

Our Take On The Story (Conclusion)

Generally, the group would conclude that the short story is of WEAK SCIFI because as to our theme (Apocalyptic) it falls short on details and we see that how the author ended the story is quite exaggerated. You find out the 9 billionth name of God and *poof* the end of the world happens? It lacks scientific proof and principles which makes it weak for us.