The Star

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The Star ©Arthur C. Clarke From The Nine Billion Names of God: The Best Short Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (1967: rpt. NY: Signet/NAL, 1974: 235-240) All rights reserved; not to be reprinted without permission of the author It is three thousand light-years to the Vatican. Once, I believed that space could have no power over faith, just as I believed the heavens declared the glory of God’s handwork. Now I have seen that handiwork, and my faith is sorely troubled. I stare at the crucifix that hangs on the cabin wall above…

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