The Final Last of the Ultimate End

The Final Last of the Ultimate End

Front cover from the first edition
Author	Kwak Jaesik
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Genre	Fantasy Science fiction short stories
Publisher	Opus Press
Publication date	29 June 2015
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	344 pp
ISBN	9791195145485

The Final Last of the Ultimate End (최후의 마지막 결말의 끝 Choihu ŭi majimak kyŏrmal ŭi ggŭt) is a collection of short stories by Kwak Jaesik, first published in 2015 by Opus Press.

It contains the following short stories:

• "I Meet Her"
• "Mind Reading (short story)"
• "The Superpower"
• "The Final Last of the Ultimate End (short story)"
• "32 Years of Robot Rebel"
• "Do Not Open It"
• "Do Not Stop Reading This or It Blows"
• "From Dusk of Sunday Till Dawn of Monday"

Most of the stories are categorized into science fiction, but there are exceptions, such as "Do Not Open It". "Do Not Open It" and "Do Not Stop Reading This or It Blows" have metafiction elements.

"Do Not Stop Reading This or It Blows" is an extended version of his story published in the October 2011 issue of Esquire (magazine) Korean edition.

Critical response

Seonghun Kim, Editor for Cine 21, praised its uniqueness and entertainment value as "charming stories beginning from extra ordinary things but always going with realistic background".^[1] Hankook Ilbo also described The Final Last of the Ultimate End as "stories that give catharsis of breaking away from everyday routine".^[2] On the other hand, Hyojeong Yoon of Inter Park criticized it, writing "they are funny but too obsessive about humor and joke".^[3]

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