Hitting the Skids in Pixeltown The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology Book

I do enjoy a good compilation of short stories. When I saw that Orson Scott Card had a hand in the judging of the Phobos Sci Fi Anthology that year, I had to pick this up. As promised on the back, it really does encourage one to think about alternatives to the way we do things now, and the way we did things then, and the way we may do things in times to come. And what OSC says in the intro is really the best review for this book: "Science fiction does not prepare you for the future by predicting with any kind of accuracy what it will be. It prepares you to embrace any future by giving you practice at the skills required to recognize change and construct a new worldview that takes it into account."

My favorite story of the collection was RUWattU8. Very clever and twisted... A close second was The Beast of All Possible Worlds. If you get a chance, I strongly encourage you to pick this up. It's a great read for a quiet afternoon.