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Armageddon

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I love anthologies because usually I'm sure to love one or two stories and like most of the rest. However only one story, "A Watery Silence" from editor Mosiman, stood out for me. "The Last Battle" had potential but didn't have a resolution and "Mrs. Lurie and the Rapture" contained a lot of unnecessary stuff. The surprise ending for "With the Sword He Must Be Slain" was nice but frankly the story didn't grab me, maybe I'm not cut out for military fiction. For a book of stories about the end of the world I expected to be thrilled and maybe scared; I didn't feel either of those.

Generally, a good collection, but there are three stories that don't go anywhere at all. The stories didn't grab my attention in the first few pages, so all hope was gone. However, the other stories--"A Watery Silence", "Mrs. Lurie and the Rapture", "The Call", especially--were good writing.

I thought the collection of stories were a little uneven here. One of them had a zombie slowly deteriorating and was pointless. It was one of those stories that must have paid the bills for the writer. Other than that it there were half good and half bad. It was still worth the price of the book. The better tales like the one where the soldiers are wondering about their final days on earth were more realistic than usual.

I read this book about a year ago. None of the stories are really memorable. There was time travel, demons, mysterious unexplained happenings - pretty much all the end-of-the-world scenarios. I skimmed it again a couple of weeks ago looking for a particular short story. This really is a mediocre gathering. No reflection on Drake - he's one of my favorite authors, but he should not have branded this book with his name.

I enjoyed most of the stories in this book. Some of them were quite humorous, whereas others were very thought-provoking. I'd suggest sitting down and reading through the book of Revelations in the bible ahead of time, if you want to catch some of the smaller details in the stories.

Not a bad book. I usually don't enjoy short stories, but the selections for this book were pretty good. One particular story involved the different powers involved with the afterlife, and how they were competing for the end of the world.

Overall if you like end of the world stories, like I do, you will have to pick this one up.