This anthology is comprised of seventeen stories taking place at varying points in the future within our solar system. From the moon to Mercury to Pluto to the asteroid belt, all the planets or their moons are used as settings. Timothy Zahn's "Old-Boy Network" takes place on Mars; it is a story in which the human toll from avaricious greed is revealed. The ending is as good as one could hope, were we in such a position...
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I like what they call "hard sf," where the stories have some tech in them and make a reasonable amount of scientific sense. There are quite a few stories in this collection that match that criteria, which pleased me. There are also a mix of character-strong stories, and introspective stories. These I found enjoyable. I have two favorites, and those were the first and the last in the book, both of which made me think about...
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