I don't know who gave me this book. Some kind soul dropped it in the 'Free To A Good Home' box at my son's daycare, nestled between a Harlequin romance and a Readers Digest Condensed collection. I owe them a drink.

Any short story collection with William Gibson's classic Johnny Mnemonic and Spider Robinson's Fivesight is already a winner.

Add the hilarious Vacuum Packed Picnic by Rick Gauger, and the equally funny and yet revealing Colonel Stonesteel's Genuine Home-Made Truly Egyptian Mummy from Ray Bradbuy and it's become a must read.

There are great, touching stories by Orson Scott Card and Dan Simmonds and.... actually darn it, they're almost all great, and the couple that didn't speak to me just might work for you.

Find a copy and read it. I'm off to see if I can find volume one. ( )