one of my favorite sci-fi short stories is The Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C. Clarke

http://downlode.org/Etext/nine_billion_names_of_god.html

Thanks I saved both of these stories off after reading them. This story gave me the chills. I have NO idea how the author made me feel like the narrator.

I was absorbed with the story and I could feel the silence of my companion as he traveled behind me gazing at the disappearing stars.

Another classic short story that gave me chills is Isaac Asimov's The Last Question (1956):

http://www.multivax.com/last_question.html

Great story, indeed.

Sadly, it seems Igor only wrote that one, almost 12 years ago, and stopped writing on that website. You can read some more from him at http://www.stanford.edu/~teper/writing.html

Well, I can give you a different take on the same idea. http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-033