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Thought provoking and powerful! These short stories leave you thinking about them weeks after you read them. Completely different from one another, these short works each give you a different glimpse at what society might become.
Thank you NetGalley for a copy of this novel in exchange for a fair review.
This was a decent collection of short stories from Micheals, with each centred round the theme of how would we, as a species, function in the prospect of the world's end.
There are a variety of ideas portrayed, including A.I, space travel and my favourite of living in a bunker/vault. Also a variety of ideas of what causes the catastrophe of the world ending, with over-population and a depletion of natural resources being a common theme, along with the more common nuclear warfare scenario.
Good collection and well worth a read. Some of the stories could easily be expanded to a full length novel, which would be good to see.
This was a DNF for me. While the premise of the collection sounded intriguing I found the author's style of writing boring and tedious.
I received an ARC ebook from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
4/5 stars.
FUTURE'S ENDING is an interesting story collection that revolve about the same idea: What if the world as we know it ended? The author explores several world-ending catastrophic events, and their aftermath.
However, the events and stories get repetitious. My guess it's because they happen in the same "word" so to speak. Yet, some tales feel incomplete, but I assume the author intention is to play with our minds--spark a thought or something. Nevertheless, the whole "World Ending" theme raises concerns about global warming, nuclear war (or nuclear stupidity), among other eerie situations. *shiver*
In summary, a good--not great--science fiction anthology with cautionary tales.