The Island and Other Stories — Robert James Warner

There are six stories in this collection. They are not short stories; they are more properly called novelettes, small novels. The stories are all different and as original as one can find in literature today.The first story, 'The End of a World,' is about a man who predicts the end of a world. The second one, 'Privacy,' is about male and female privacy. Each sex should get equal privacy, right? Don't bet on it!The third story, 'The Presidential Simulator,' is another of the popular Krong The Watcher stories. The Watchers build for John and Jane Doe, a machine on which a person can practice being President, much like a pilot learning how to fly a new airplane without actually flying the plane. Also, a person can take a test to find out a person's qualifications to be president, and the fun is started. Too bad we didn't have such a Presidential Simulator for the last election, and for future elections.The forth story, 'Jailhouse Kill,' is the story of a locked room perfect crime. If you like crime stories, you will like this one!The fifth story, 'At The Ends of the Rainbow,' is a story of myth, legend, and fable. After reading this story, you will never see a rainbow without remembering it!The sixth and last story, 'The Island,' is a story of ideas, philosophy, ethics, principles, and morality. This story examines the truth of pacifism, pacifism which has a lot to do with the above words!