Multivac

[Sai Baba]

Multivac is the name of a fictional supercomputer in many stories by Asimov from 1955 to 1979. I think I've only read one story featuring Multivac, but what do you think about it? Which story is the most interesting?

[dekket]

My favourite multivac story is "The machine that won the war". It all ended up being decided by a toss of a coin.

[manephelien]

It's not really a Multivac story although it starts as one, but it's one of my favorite Asimov stories, The Last Question. You really have to read it, I'm not going to spoil it for you. Apparently Asimov thought it was the best story he'd ever written.

[j. d. worthington]

Originally Posted by manephelien

It's not really a Multivac story although it starts as one, but it's one of my favorite Asimov stories, The Last Question. You really have to read it, I'm not going to spoil it for you. Apparently Asimov thought it was the best story he'd ever written.

I don't recall him saying it was his best, but it was certainly one of his personal favorites.....

[pnerd]

Originally Posted by manephelien

It's not really a Multivac story although it starts as one, but it's one of my favorite Asimov stories, The Last Question. You really have to read it, I'm not going to spoil it for you. Apparently Asimov thought it was the best story he'd ever written.

yeah, that was surely on of his best stories.