I can't remember the title or author in which a new super computer is built and it answers the question...
Is there a god?
(omninously) with
There is now.
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I've removed the subjective "which is best" bit, leaving only the story-ident question.– ValorumMar 1, 2015 at 0:26
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The story you are thinking of is Answer (1954) by Fredric Brown, the master of the short-short. The part in question:
"Thank you," said Dwar Reyn. "It shall be a question that no single
cybernetics machine has been able to answer."
He turned to face the machine. "Is there a God?"
The mighty voice answered without hesitation, without the clicking of
single relay.
"Yes, now there is a God."
answered Jun 25, 2012 at 14:22
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I think that would have to be the computer in Isaac Asimov's The Last Question, who, upon being asked The Last Question
Creates the universe.
Strictly speaking, that is a short-story and not a novel, though.
answered Jun 25, 2012 at 14:17
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2Note to all for context: This was written when the question was asking for the most powerful computer in a book or movie, and so was correct in those versions. Mar 1, 2015 at 0:33