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Title: The End of the World
Series:
British Library Science Fiction Classics
Editor:
Mike Ashley
Rating: 3 of 5 Stars
Genre:
SF
Pages: 237
Words: 87.5K
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Synopsis: |
The End of the World
Helen Sutherland
three dooms of london: London’s Danger
C.J. Cutcliffe Hyne
The Freezing of London
Herbert C. Ridout
Days of Darkness
Owen Oliver
Within an Ace of the End of the World
Robert Barr
The Last American
John Ames Mitchell
The End of the World
Simon Newcomb
The Great Crellin Comet
George Griffith
Two by Two
John Brunner
Finis
Frank Lillie Pollock
The Madness of Professor Pye
Warwick Deeping
Created He Them
Alice Eleanor Jones
There Will Come Soft Rains
Ray Bradbury
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My Thoughts: |
Yeah, this wasn't half bad. Despite Ashley desperately trying to make this collection a CliFi oriented set of stories, seeing the world end over and over and over was pretty cathartic.
There were a couple of stories where the world didn't end and I have to admit they kind of made me feel sad, on the inside. There were also several stories where “The World” was encapsulated into London. Typical tribalism at its most petty and annoying.
The bar was super low so I don't really feel that saying this wasn't half bad is much of a compliment. This series has felt like the literary equivalent of eating fried vegetables. Not the best tasting and not even good for you. Just one more to go in this series. It's like the last leg in a marathon before crossing the finish line.
Go me!
★★★☆☆
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