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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

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

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!

★★★☆☆ ( )