Vital contains 14 quite varied sf stories with medical themes. Most of them are fairly easy-going to read. Some are by famous authors, a couple by authors I wasn't familiar with. On the whole I enjoyed this collection a lot, though there were 2 stories I really couldn't get into.
TOC: - "When Robot and Crow saved East St. Louis" by Annalee Newitz (****) - "Carriers" by Tananarive Due (****) - "The Giving Plague" by David Brin (***) - "Grains of Wheat" by Alex Shvartsman (*****) - "One Widow's Healing" by Sally Wiener Grotta (***) - "Second Generation" by Julie Novakova (****) - "The Algorithm will see you now" by Justin C. Key (****) - "Sea Changes" by Lola Robles (*) - "Welcome to the medical clinic at the Interplantery Relay Station | Hours Since The Last Patient Death: 0" by Caroline M. Yoachim (****) - "A Passing Sickness" by Paolo Bacigalupi (***) - "Color the World" by Congyun "Mu Ming" Gu (**) - "Fish Dance" by Eric Schwitzgebel (*) - "Itsy Bitsy Spider" by James Patrick Kelly (***) - "Treatment Plan" by Seanan McGuire (****)… (more)
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Most of them are fairly easy-going to read. Some are by famous authors, a couple by authors I wasn't familiar with.
On the whole I enjoyed this collection a lot, though there were 2 stories I really couldn't get into.
TOC:
- "When Robot and Crow saved East St. Louis" by Annalee Newitz (****)
- "Carriers" by Tananarive Due (****)
- "The Giving Plague" by David Brin (***)
- "Grains of Wheat" by Alex Shvartsman (*****)
- "One Widow's Healing" by Sally Wiener Grotta (***)
- "Second Generation" by Julie Novakova (****)
- "The Algorithm will see you now" by Justin C. Key (****)
- "Sea Changes" by Lola Robles (*)
- "Welcome to the medical clinic at the Interplantery Relay Station | Hours Since The Last Patient Death: 0" by Caroline M. Yoachim (****)
- "A Passing Sickness" by Paolo Bacigalupi (***)
- "Color the World" by Congyun "Mu Ming" Gu (**)
- "Fish Dance" by Eric Schwitzgebel (*)
- "Itsy Bitsy Spider" by James Patrick Kelly (***)
- "Treatment Plan" by Seanan McGuire (****)… (more)