Show Me the End of the World

by Ben Guilfoy

This exciting anthology contains six science-fiction short stories!

Astronauts experience the end of the world from high above....

A young girl peers far into the future to see how it all comes to a close...

An immortal man contemplates the true meaning of loneliness...

A husband uses a special machine to control his dreams -- and his nightmares...

A talented computer hacker finds love in a place she never imagined possible...

And, a young boy discovers his robot companion may be truly alive...

130 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Ben Guilfoy was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he found an intense love of various foods and a seething hatred of snow. But since an early age, he had an interest in stories of all kinds (but mostly the fantastical kinds). He studied English and Communications/Journalism at Framingham State College (now University) and currently works at an online news publication in New York City.

Reviews

[Gertie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed these stories. When reading an anthology, one thing I appreciate is that there can be so much variety between the pages of a single book. The stories in Show Me the End of the World were at times dark, sweet, cynical, hopeful or sad - one of them almost made me cry.

Of course I enjoyed the story which was a futuristic take on a classic fairy tale, although I think the best was saved for last, with the closing story of the touching friendship between a human and his robot companion.

Several of the stories are memorable, and if you are a fan of anthologies and sci-fi (or post-apocalyptic fiction) this one is worth picking up.

[Nik]

I've just won a free copy of this book and I am absolutely humming with excitement. Can't wait to receive it and start in so I can share my review.

Got the book today (7/25/2012)and I look forward to starting it tomorrow!

It took me a super long time to finish this book. Somehow it just didn't keep my interest and I kept putting it down and putting it down and going back to it. I just found it very hard to read. I'm planning to re-read it and I will save any criticism or praise for that review, since memory of it isn't fluid.

[Rob Wood · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't usually read science fiction. And I almost never read short stories. I usually got for the long technical fiction book. But I like to try new things.

This book is a great diverse collection of short stories. My favorite being a toss up between the Dream machine and the boy with his android "D"

I thought the all the stories (expect one obviously) were original and were short enough to enjoy on my lunch break, but long enough to be enjoyable.

I look forward to reading the "Weirdo Company" short stories as well.

[T.S. · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good selection of stories, my favourite were: `Show me the End of the World' which makes one wonder how much do we really want to know? And Beleza and the Android' that has some good action scenes. Well written, the author I felt was able to make the reader care about the characters, this is an achievement in a short story. The First Seven Millennia has a dark humour and a bleak view I thought of humanity and I loved the ending. I look forward to reading some more of Benjamin Guilfoy's work.