How to: Short Story Collections
#### [Axiomatic](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156783.Axiomatic) (1995) _by [Greg Egan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Egan)_ [4.2]

Hard-as-nails science fiction, but wonderfully fresh and imaginative (especially if you haven't had a chance to read anything written by Greg Egan before.) The stories have aged surprisingly well — which only underlines Egan’s penchant for sounding out the shape of the future. - [@mihailim](https://github.com/mihailim)
Description
> _Axiomatic_ is a collection of Greg Egan’s short stories that appeared in various science fiction magazines (mostly _Interzone_ and _Asimov’s_) between 1989 and 1992. Like most of Egan’s work, the stories focus on science and ideas, sometimes at the expense of the writing. But although Egan may lack a certain stylistic flair, he more than makes up for it with his wonderful visions of the future. Some of the more interesting stories include _Into Darkness_, the tale of a rescue worker whose territory is a runaway wormhole, and the title story _Axiomatic_, which is about a man looking to find meaning in the senseless death of his wife.
  
  > Contents: _The Infinite Assassin_ (1991), _The Hundred Light-Year Diary_ (1992), _Eugene_ (1990), _The Caress_ (1990), _Blood Sisters_ (1991), _Axiomatic_ (1990), _The Safe-Deposit Box_ (1990), _Seeing_ (1995), _A Kidnapping_ (1995), _Learning to Be Me_ (1990), _The Moat_ (1991), _The Walk_ (1992), _The Cutie_ (1989), _Into Darkness_ (1992), _Appropriate Love_ (1991), _The Moral Virologist_ (1990), _Closer_ (1992), _Unstable Orbits in the Space of Lies_ (1992)
#### [City](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222093.City) (1952) _by [Clifford D. Simak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_D._Simak)_ [4.1]

You will never think about ants the same way again. - [@uraimo](https://github.com/uraimo)
Description
> Simak's "City" is a series of connected stories, a series of legends, myths, and campfire stories told by Dogs about the end of human civilization, centering on the Webster family, who, among their other accomplishments, designed the ships that took Men to the stars and gave Dogs the gift of speech and robots to be their hands.
#### [I, Robot](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41804.I_Robot) (1950) _by [Isaac Asimov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov)_ [4.1] 🌟 🔥
Description
> The three laws of Robotics:
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  > 1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
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  > 2. A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
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  > 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
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  > With these three, simple directives, Isaac Asimov changed our perception of robots forever when he formulated the laws governing their behavior. In _I, Robot_, Asimov chronicles the development of the robot through a series of interlinked stories: from its primitive origins in the present to its ultimate perfection in the not-so-distant future—a future in which humanity itself may be rendered obsolete.
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  > Here are stories of robots gone mad, of mind-read robots, and robots with a sense of humor. Of robot politicians, and robots who secretly run the world—all told with the dramatic blend of science fact and science fiction that has become Asimov’s trademark.
#### [Manhattan in Reverse](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10710770-manhattan-in-reverse) (2011) _by [Peter F. Hamilton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_F._Hamilton)_ [3.9]
Description
> This is a collection of short stories from the master of space opera. Peter F. Hamilton takes us on a journey from a murder mystery in an alternative Oxford in the 1800s to a story featuring Paula Mayo, deputy director of the Intersolar Commonwealth’s Serious Crimes Directorate.
  
  > Contents: _Watching Trees Grow_ (2000), _Footvote_ (2004), _If at First…_ (2007), _The Forever Kitten_ (2005), _Blessed by an Angel_ (2007), _The Demon Trap_ (2008), _Manhattan in Reverse_ (2011)
#### [Of Time and Stars](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21798296-of-time-and-stars) (1972) _by [Arthur C. Clarke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke)_ [4.1]

I can't praise this book enough. _The Nine Billion Names of God_ is brilliantly done; well written, executed, and frisson-inducing. _If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth_ is also a stark reminder that we only have one planet. One of the most memorable Science Fiction stories I have ever read. - [@RichardLitt](https://github.com/RichardLitt)
Description
> _Of Time and Stars_ is a collection of short stories by science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke. The stories all originally appeared in a number of different publications incl