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The God's Themselves - Asimov answering the biggest question in the universe!

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Hugonauts: The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time

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Apr 29, 2025

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2108

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Summary

Have you ever spent time thinking about the origins of our universe, and how it seems awfully convenient that it's set up just right for intelligent life? Well, Isaac Asimov did too, and this Hugo and Nebula award winning novel contains one of the most interesting answers to that question that we've ever read!