The Last Day of Creation (in original German: Der letzte Tag der Schöpfung) is a science fiction novel by German writer Wolfgang Jeschke, first published in 1981. The English translation by Gertrud Mander was published in 1982 by Century in London. In the same year the novel obtained the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis (Kurd Laßwitz award). The first US edition was published in 1984 by St. Martin's Press (the same translation, copyright 1982). The computer game Original War (2001) is freely based on the novel.