Sci-fi and fantasy literature discussions: kzitem.info/news/bejne/joKQzH9rgYVzfag
@matthewkling4366
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Eck, do think you'll do a Timeline comparison: Canon Vs. Legends? Like for example (35 ABY [Canon] vs. 35 ABY [Legends]).
@matthewkling4366
4 жыл бұрын
#AskEck Could the Archdevils (Barbatos, Dispater, Belial, Mammon, Geryon, Moloch, Baalzebul and Mephistopheles) Defeat The Flood? | Pathfinder vs Halo (73rd attempt)
@williamsistrunk504
4 жыл бұрын
Any of the Foundation stories/short stories would be excellent
@feralprocessor9853
4 жыл бұрын
#Askeck will you cover the entire Masseffect universe?
@lwangsness9734
4 жыл бұрын
@EckhartsLadder keep it up with this series, really enjoying it.
@zxc1972
4 жыл бұрын
"without any fuss, the stars were going out" - I read that story decades ago. For some reason I have never forgotten that line.
@HumbleHonkingEnthusiast
4 жыл бұрын
Dude I love these weird lovecraftian horror stories that you delve into. I came for star wars a long time ago but this stuff is so good
@ATATChat
4 жыл бұрын
I love this stuff. Creepy af in a great way.
@NimbleBard48
4 жыл бұрын
And SCP. I need more SCP!
@nataliealphonse4634
4 жыл бұрын
Nothing hes done has been Lovecraftian since the literal Lovecraft stuff he did?
@KitchenSinkSoup
4 жыл бұрын
@@nataliealphonse4634 This story kinda is.
@HumbleHonkingEnthusiast
4 жыл бұрын
@@nataliealphonse4634 doesnt have to be authored by lovecraft himself to be considered lovecraftian
@battlesheep2552
4 жыл бұрын
God: creates universe “say my name” Universe says God’s name God: “k thanx bye”
@GreaterGrievobeast55
4 жыл бұрын
Your me damn right!
@Asdf-wf6en
4 жыл бұрын
is this a reference to breaking bad
@omikron6218
4 жыл бұрын
The monks tried to delete the universe but they needed the admins password. They guessed that God was lazy and just used his name as a password but they just didn't know what it was.
@guillermoelnino
4 жыл бұрын
machine: gets to SIXTYNINE munks: nice
@shady8045
3 жыл бұрын
I mean thats technically what happened lol
@r.d.z.9156
4 жыл бұрын
I've known this story for a long time. Only very recently it occurred to me that seeing the stars "go out" in the night sky might be just the sign of the universe experiencing the last seconds of the "big rip". Interestingly, when Clarke wrote the story, no one (as far as I know) had thought out yet what the last seconds of the universe ending in a big rip would be like. It seems to me Clarke was a visionary as well as a great storyteller.
@McJethroPovTee
4 жыл бұрын
Weird that the stars started going out right at that moment when technically the stars have gone out long before time immemorial (because it would have took the star light millions of years). So is this like a predetermined event? Set even years before? Maybe a coincidence? If the monks stopped printing would things have changed?
@boobah5643
4 жыл бұрын
Other possibility: the light is being returned to primordial chaos as a first step before moving on to actual matter. Doesn't explain why God started with light in the sky but not the light closer to the event (the two techs don't have any difficulty seeing each other). Maybe He just likes to be dramatic, and why not put on a show?
@GaiaDblade
4 жыл бұрын
@@boobah5643 They say God started with light when he created the universe, so maybe he started working in reverse.
@TrayTerra
4 жыл бұрын
God would have to be beyond such things as space and time. The universe as we see it, were it to end in an instant by god, would do this in a way that all light visible to us would be extinguished in that moment, I’d suppose.
@pills-
4 жыл бұрын
God was just like "Yeah, they said all my names, now i can turn that stupid relativity light switch off" :D
@xxvaltielxx1789
4 жыл бұрын
@@TrayTerra or maybe the "gods" people believe in today were created by a "super God" and those "gods" humans worship are just playing in a sandbox like we are, maybe everything is a simulation, maybe we're just the product of the dreams of some being in the actual universe or some other plane of existence we can't comprehend with our puny knowledge
@rebelappliance771
4 жыл бұрын
This story is terrifying.... imagine being alive when the universe ends....
@gothicpando
4 жыл бұрын
We are...
@Valiguss
4 жыл бұрын
Matt Pando when the universe ends? Nah the world probably not, most of the human race, probably
@InternetDarkLord
4 жыл бұрын
If you scan the comments of pandemic videos, you sometimes see religious fanatics posting about praying. Which seems to beg the same question as this story or video, why would God create something so dire in the first place?
@IcebergGamingTop10s
4 жыл бұрын
It would be at least 4.3 years before any stars in the night sky would "go out", of course...
@vorpalweapon4814
2 жыл бұрын
@@IcebergGamingTop10s Thats erie af
@pwnmeisterage
4 жыл бұрын
I very much appreciate others who can truly grok and vasten classic stories from the golden age of sci-fi. Most mainstream "sci-fi" in this dark age is offered by people who don't read, don't watch, don't understand, and dont even _like_ sci-fi.
@maydaverave
4 жыл бұрын
I grok you are a water brother from another mother lol
@zenkomenhi
4 жыл бұрын
I've heard of this story! It was cool to find out more about this one.
@blakemorris2328
4 жыл бұрын
Really enjoying this series! There are a lot of content out there on Star Wars but pretty much none on Golden Age sci-fi. I'd love to see a video on "The Gods Themselves" or maybe something covering the Robot/Empire/Foundation series
@pills-
4 жыл бұрын
lol, just one video on the Foundation series?
@johncollins7672
4 жыл бұрын
Could you discuss the Galactic Empire of the Asimov Foundation universe? Asimov is one of the fathers of science fiction
@kicapanmanis1060
4 жыл бұрын
Ya would love to see that too.
@BashTagg
4 жыл бұрын
I'm loving these new videos, "I have no mouth, and I must scream" is one of my all time favorite stories but it's dark and morbid. This one though, while still very nihilistic, has a peaceful somewhat anticlimactic end (without any fuss). That's not a criticism, I think it adds to the experience and leaves you with lots of food for thought. Loving the channel's new direction , Please keep them coming EckhartsLadder 🙏
@ATATChat
4 жыл бұрын
Please watch the colour out of space. ♥️ I'm pretty sure your video on "I have no mouth but I must scream" made me go down the cosmic horror rabbit hole.
@daveloboda1769
5 ай бұрын
One of Clarke's best stories. I love the almost downbeat ending.
@MidnightMoon197
4 жыл бұрын
Star wars and Star trek are good but, It's nice to see someone talking about other science fiction writings!
@samb.6579
4 жыл бұрын
Read this for my sci-fit lit class last semester. It definitely is an interesting one. Also glad that you mentioned “The Star” because I was considering asking for a video on that one
@jtonsing
4 жыл бұрын
Man this story sounds rather similar to a plotline from Futurama! I don't recall specifically WHY, but Fry, Leela and Bender go to a monastery/laboratory in the Himalayas as part of the episode. If this is where Groening and crew got their inspiration, I'd be rather surprised...
@sass1619
4 жыл бұрын
that was based on this story from 1953.
@stevecummins324
2 ай бұрын
I suspect the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy was also somewhat inspired by this short story. What happens to Marvin at the very end etc? That said A quote from THGTTG also suggests a less bleak interpretation of the ending... "There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is annother theory which states this has already happened "
@bentonrp
4 жыл бұрын
Nice analysis! I remember this story from childhood when I saw the video title. There's this short story I've been trying to find where an alien conquering race marries an alien race of one of his victims, who eventually teaches him compassion through singing. It becomes clear his race commits these atrocities because they knew nothing of art or compassion until now. But a rock's radiation from his home world kills her and he quickly dismisses his new feelings as a strange, inpractical and inconvenient anomaly to his nature. He resolves to remarry, but noting; "I don't want another singing one."
@Vontux
4 жыл бұрын
Zed, North American accent....Canadian detected ;)
@andyf4292
4 жыл бұрын
zed- actually speaking english
@eddysandland58
3 жыл бұрын
English
@uxigadur
4 жыл бұрын
A comment, a note, a recomendation. Comment: There is something interesting on the very oriental idea of a comunion with the divine that requires contemplation and meditation and produce some mistyc knolwedge -And in the end we got this cosmic Nirvana! Note: Generally speaking I am not very fond of the theology of the sci fi authors, most of the time is silly. I do love the work of Frank Herbert, on that matter and, yeah, everything Herbert Write is amazing. A recomendation, have you read Stanislaw Lem's Cyberiada? Many great stories there. They have a more fantasy tone despite being space and technology the background. Trurl's electronic bard makes me remember all the fear automation produce nowadays.
@nobleman9393
4 жыл бұрын
Suggestion: Droid Gunship(Star Wars) vs Phantom(Halo)
@ekenii
4 жыл бұрын
Always hyped for the short stories
@VulKus117
4 жыл бұрын
God I will never stop loving these videos, that intro gets me hyped every time
@coycook7268
4 жыл бұрын
Eck, I've been here with you for years man. I love seeing these videos pop up on my feed. I love Star Wars but you covering other areas of science fiction has really caught my attention
@MrAzkhare
4 жыл бұрын
I remember reading this years ago. I remember the feeling of wonder, and something like relief.
@thorshammer7883
4 жыл бұрын
#AskEck *Attempt 726* Remember to do the Forerunners vs The Imperium of Man.
@justaperson3246
4 жыл бұрын
I like the imperium more but the forerunners would win
@teapot2_1
4 жыл бұрын
This video series of yours has reignited my love for science fiction short stories, some of my favourite content you've done so far :)
@JettMann8
4 жыл бұрын
I think it would be seriously awesome if you covered the "We Are Bob" series, aka the Bobiverse. The concept of self-replicating, self-governing, infinitely expanding AI is always a big win in the science fiction ideas, imo
@goodmind4940
4 жыл бұрын
Bobiverse, like bob iger and bob chapek
@JettMann8
4 жыл бұрын
@@goodmind4940 Uh... no, but the irony is noted
@billweasley1382
4 жыл бұрын
My first thought is that they didn't even need a computer for this process. They could have done this completely mechanically with a printing press and rotating wheels with the alphabet inscribed on them. It would probably have been exponentially quicker than having a computer sending strings of letters to a printer.
@theherrdark4834
2 жыл бұрын
Arthur C. Clarke was a writer who, after reading his stories, kept you thinking. That is something Isamov and Bradbury was good at as well, keep you thinking.
@davebignell773
4 жыл бұрын
Really enjoying these videos, Eck. Here's a suggestion for a story to cover in the future - Second Variety by Philip K. Dick. Been a favourite of mine for a long time.
@nobleman9393
4 жыл бұрын
Suggestion: Master Chief(Halo) vs General Blue(Dragon Ball)
@walterscientist
4 жыл бұрын
I was absolutely intrigued by that short story as a kid. Probably one of reasons why I became such a big sci-fi fan :)
@zeke3633
4 жыл бұрын
Do Rama or space oddesy series, those have their own handful of mysteries
@bigredwolf6
4 жыл бұрын
Robert Thomas I liked Rama a lot. Points out that people tend to self segregate.
@toni.tapola
4 жыл бұрын
Holy crap! I remember reading this short story from one type of a Young Readers book when I was maybe 9 or 10, and the ending was just 😱🥶... Essential. 👍
@BryanEshbaugh
4 жыл бұрын
Arthur C Clark and Lovecraft, two more reasons to appreciate your taste in entertainment and media.
@wilsthelimit
4 жыл бұрын
Honestly this is interesting coming from a religious stand point as well, what lead them to search for gods name? What lead them to the requirements, were they told by god or did they just pull them out of thin air? Perhaps gods name is what we make it? This is definitely one cases that made me love Sci-Fi, the questions.
@RhettBarnett
4 жыл бұрын
Read this story a few years ago. Loved it. I read it again every few months.
@Dingbobber
3 жыл бұрын
What an epic title, really blew me back
@AlphaFoxDelta
4 жыл бұрын
Loving this new series!
@fikretkomurcu7161
4 жыл бұрын
I really like this new style of yours
@kfeltenberger
4 жыл бұрын
One of the most influential and memorial stories I've ever read.
@Ben_of_Langley
4 жыл бұрын
Imagine seeing that looking up at the night sky only to see the stars disappearing one by one what would go through your mind seeing that other than wtf is happening of course just blows the mind thinking about it. Thanks for the upload really enjoy these short stories
@t3h51d3w1nd3r
4 жыл бұрын
id love to see some stargate lore
@ThenextRush
4 жыл бұрын
Love your channel dude. I remember when you had about 20k subs. Awesome to see how much you've progressed.
@mr.l5071
4 жыл бұрын
Combine Empire vs imperium of man, please!
@Steven_Andreyechen
4 жыл бұрын
I would certainly like to see a video about the Star but the small portion of it in this video was certainly sufficient for now. There are so many other amazing stories still to review so I’m not in too much of a hurry to go over that one again.
@QuintonMurdock
4 жыл бұрын
Justin back at it again with the depressing short stories
@cuddlebuff
4 жыл бұрын
These are great! Thank you so much for these pillars of Sci-Fi stories
@schlaackmusic
3 жыл бұрын
I love this story. Thank you for this series!
@toastedzen
4 жыл бұрын
I audibly squealed with delight when Eck said "..the letter Zed..." instead of saying the letter zee.
@rukeyazu8669
4 жыл бұрын
I think this is my favorite series of yours.
@Spoomis
4 жыл бұрын
I humbly request you cover "The City and the Stars" someday soon.
@babyjesus1179
4 жыл бұрын
The Monks found the console command to reset the simulation our Lizard Overlords left us
@PeterHamiltonz
4 жыл бұрын
One of my favourites. Read this 35 years ago.
@jmoman5356
4 жыл бұрын
Just read it and said wow out loud. Interesting.
@dagonra
4 жыл бұрын
One of the interpretations of the story I had was that god creating the universe to run a program, and that this was a test run. You can do infinite computation in a pocket universe in a finite amount of time as time is accelerated in the pocket. And what do we do when we are done with a program? We turn it off. The test could have been of many different things, it could be can the universe with this setting create intelligent life (as only such would be able to create the books and such ) or perhaps the system in which things and people are observed is being tested and this was a simple way to have the program shut itself down if it detects it.
@aridianknight3576
4 жыл бұрын
Eck I’d love to see the Star Carrier America (Star carrier series by Ian Douglas) vs a venator
@maydaverave
4 жыл бұрын
"Beyond the finger of fear which lies on him, another finger places it's self, and another, making ready for that clutch, that grip, that ultimate insane squeeze of panic. Yet beyond that again, past the squeeze when it comes, to be savored if that squeeze is only fear and not panic, lies triumph-triumph and a glory. It is this that perhaps constitutes his whole battle: to fit himself, prepare himself to bear the utmost that fear could do, for if he can do that, there is a triumph on the other side. But...... Not yet. Please not yet awhile." Theodore sturgeon the man who lost the sea
@maydaverave
4 жыл бұрын
Arthur C Clarke said this was his favorite sci fi story. If your into the great golden age sci fi stories it's a must read.
@bert7109
4 жыл бұрын
More interestingly, when you consider the speed of light, God must have known precisely when the monks would finish writing all this names in order for the stars to blink out in unison.
@joshuasirkin2469
4 жыл бұрын
Or since he's all powerful, he can just will things to go much faster
@ryandeluxe
4 жыл бұрын
These videos are so so good please keep doing more like these
@heavyarms55
4 жыл бұрын
It's a thing that groups do seek the end and think it's what they want. And by the way, I am glad you point out how self-centered the human view of religion tends to be. We tend to think all of creation revolves around us and us alone. While I do believe in God, I find it hard to believe he'd create so much universe, and only put us on one planet and leave the rest of the universe barren and lifeless.
@hambonesmithsonian8085
4 жыл бұрын
This is heavily similar to the Library of Babel. I’d suggest doing a video on that.
@kushjones4848
4 жыл бұрын
Freakin love these videos. Hope you keep doing it!
@monday24seven61
4 жыл бұрын
Your intro is so relaxing. so is you voice
@karensilver8853
2 жыл бұрын
It was so brilliant. I loved it.
@bayardbreen5667
4 жыл бұрын
I love these videos. They are a great change up, and are very interesting
@LukeWatson99
4 жыл бұрын
LOVE YOU ECK!!!💖💖💖💖❤❤❤💕💕✨
@TimChuma
4 жыл бұрын
I think this story was in one of the Interzone collections. Also has a story about a alien slug in a department store and how a cloning machine made it so credit was the main currency.
@rkonik28
4 жыл бұрын
The spice must flow.
@themariusnos
4 жыл бұрын
I recommend reading: The lion of Comarre, the Awakening, Whacky, Loophole, Reverie, The sentinel, All the time in the world, Nemesis, if I forget thee oh Earth, (all these are short stories of Arthur C. Clarke)
@culex818
4 жыл бұрын
Can you please do a video on Isaac Asimov's story "Nightfall"?
@AJM927
4 жыл бұрын
yooooo keep doing these love this stuff and all these books
@Sleepcycle831
4 жыл бұрын
You should do all the Ender books
@MrDominos106
4 жыл бұрын
I really like these i hope you do more
@rockettime0358
4 жыл бұрын
Please do some Bradbury stories
@5ives120
4 жыл бұрын
I like these, these are neat content
@lordatom905
4 жыл бұрын
#AskEck May I ask a question do you think this may :maybe this is how new canon work The Empire continues for a year til the battle of Jakku were sprinted into sub factions some of them form the Imperial remanent others became warlords and other became the first order
@ziioncarrick6168
4 жыл бұрын
I recommend that you have a look at the book: the knife of never letting go and it's series: the chayos walking trilogy which is written by Patrick Ness
@robertadamcik9179
4 жыл бұрын
Read this short story during a college science fiction class I took at Ohio State, great story from a even greater author!
@blackholeentry3489
Жыл бұрын
I read this many decades ago.
@thorshammer7883
4 жыл бұрын
#AskEck How would a CIS and GAR alliance (Expanded Universe versions) fair against a Imperium of Man invasion force of the galaxy through a wormhole that appears in the Unknown Regions in the Star Wars galaxy and near Terra in the Warhammer 40k galaxy during the 41st millennium. I can imagine in the begining the Imperium would begin slowly colonizing the few worlds they find at first but when they find the GAR they will immediately begin pouring thousands of their ships likely exterminatusing Coruscant and many GAR worlds in a few years sending political and economic chaos and the CIS wondering what the heck is going on until they see footage of Imperium Of Man ships coming out of nowhere and killing any alien they see and enslaving many human worlds into service. How would the war be and how long would it drag out?
@nobleman9393
4 жыл бұрын
Why would they send an invasion force? This Wormhole can disappear at any moment, so all who are sent there will be permanently lost.
@Zen-sx5io
4 жыл бұрын
I hope they don't invade.
@TouringWolf42
4 жыл бұрын
The force field around the Galaxy could stop them unless they attack from the unknown regions but if the imperium goes all out and sends their entire Armada the Republic and CIS could be overwhelmed easily , the only thing they could do is attempt to destroy their ships and transports because ships in star wars are quite advanced more do than the imperium , but this could all be done by one thing they fact that ships in Warhammer 40k travel by going past hell (chaos) and chaos does not exist in the star wars Galaxy plus the imperium wouldn't have any routes made to traverse hyperspace , they would fly in to stars and black holes.
@thorshammer7883
4 жыл бұрын
@@TouringWolf42 I honestly don't see the Imperium sending their entire armada afterall they are completely busy with the problems of their galaxy. What I see is them sending a expeditionary force at first to scan out the area with like a hundred ships or so and upon see this new dimension is not of Chaos but something new and safe they may begin to take interest in it especially with the rich resources and they might begin colonization plans with the few habitable worlds they found in the Unknown Regions. But eventually they find the GAR and CIS in the middle of the Clone Wars and I can imagine the Imperium seeing them as a small threat and send in a couple thousand ships to reinforce the new colonized territory and prepare for a invasion of the GAR since they are the closest. But I imagine they will take quite some time to map the galaxy. For the few GAR ships that accidentally come across them the Imperium will likely destroy them and the GAR seeing some of their small scouts have vanished or been destroyed they may think of a CIS invasion force so they send in small fleets to scan the area but eventually they are found destroyed too accept for a few who escaped but are badly damaged. And they tell that it is no CIS fleet but of something else. But then several core worlds are of a sudden attacked by new advisories who exterminate entire planets, ordering mass purges and enslavement of populations and a tormenting message saying "We are the followers of the holy Emperor of Mankind we are here to conquer in his name and free our fellow brothers and sisters from zeno scum and mechanical abominations for this galaxy is now the Imperium's. The Emperor Protects". The Imperium's invasion of the GAR had begun.
@thorshammer7883
4 жыл бұрын
@@nobleman9393 It's a stable wormhole.
@NewtonDKC
4 жыл бұрын
Uh...this is so freaking strange...I was just thinking about this story the other day, for the first time in years, decades even, and here it s in my recommended videos. And no, wasn’t talking about it for it to get picked up by the Mic and suggest as always happens...gees i sound like a paranoid mental case....well either KZitem/Google/iPad is reading my mind; this reality is a simulation and the AI is doing it, or i really have finally lost it and cant accept a simple coincidence is just that. Gees, am I about to disappear and end up as an entry on “That Chapter”! These “coincidences” are getting way too frequent! :-)
@Anonymous-bc4dl
4 жыл бұрын
Though ive never heard of these stories and their author i really do like this kind of videos🙂
@majordakka5743
4 жыл бұрын
God just created a basement universe to sign all his paperwork
@Meeoowwzer
4 жыл бұрын
This one was nice, however my personal favorite of all the ones I’ve seen is the Machine at the end of Time
@josephpugh7047
4 жыл бұрын
I like this! its nice to an expansion beyond games / movies. I love Clarke can you do the First Born series. for me that was better than the Rama series.
@sayno2instantapps671
4 жыл бұрын
I love this channel. How am I just now finding out about you??
@Lexivor
4 жыл бұрын
To print out 9 trillion names in 100 days would take a printing rate of about a million names per second. This is pretty hard to believe for a Tibetan monastery. If it was the 9 billion on the short scale, it would be a thousand names per second, a more believable rate of printing. This would also mean that the monk's special language had only about 13 symbols.
@zaaya7719
4 жыл бұрын
the atmosphere of this was absolutely chill inducing incredible despite it's length, please don't stop bringing these stories to us :)
@nihluxler8823
4 жыл бұрын
You could do bicentennial man by Asimov.
@ROBOVIPER
4 жыл бұрын
I really like these sci fi videos, could you do more Asimov?
@alexandernichols413
4 жыл бұрын
Reminiscent of “Matter’s End” by Gregory Benford.
@peterroberts7832
4 жыл бұрын
Cover "Nightfall" by Isaac Asiimov, it's pretty good
@heyyo2828
4 жыл бұрын
I read the story and then after the last word closed and said “you son of a gun”
@PMARC14
4 жыл бұрын
God trying to find the best gamertag
@pontuswendt2486
4 жыл бұрын
More!!
@jamesshore3191
3 жыл бұрын
OK, came here for halo and starwars lore but I'm staying for the literary analysis's.
@kingzilla9859
4 жыл бұрын
9 Billion names well no wonder he had it shortened lol. THE SONTARANS VS THE KILINGONS ( Dr Who vs Star Trek ). Have not seen a galactic battle from you off late so here's an idea 😃. Respect Eck 😃👍🏻.
@dermoderneilluminat1545
4 жыл бұрын
Germany and other european countries still use longform
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