My Thoughts
This short story focuses on two entities that were once living discussing how the world ended. Charmion had died ten years before and Eiros died during the apocalypse. Eiros describes how the world ended in fire by the impact of a comet. The interesting thing about this story is that the impact didn't cause the destruction itself, but was a catalyst for an extreme oxygen explosion. The comet was mostly gaseous and absorbed the nitrogen in the atmosphere leaving only oxygen. When the core hit the Earth, it ignited the oxygen, which is extremely explosive, and scorched the planet.
My Rating
I rate this story a 3.7 out of 5. I really enjoyed it and the apocalypse was cleverly described with more scientific knowledge than most apocalyptic stories we see today. Edgar Allan Poe had at least an elementary level of knowledge with chemistry.
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