Larry Wasserman

My favorites:

Aurora by Michael Cassutt--Russian former director of scientific outpost now spends all her days drinking vodka until the new director needs her help to launch a secret weapon to change the course of a comet that is going to hit a spaceship returning home with important samples. Also all young people are "Networked" and can silently share messages and basically have the internet in their brains.

Do You Remember? by Steve Rasnic Tem. An elderly man has an AI projection (that can show more display memories also) of his late wife in the attic. He talks to her every day, but she also seems to be monitoring him for Alzheimer's. And what will the next generation do with her once he is gone as well?

Mender of Sparrows by Ray Nayler--AI, consciousness placed into new body, fixing injured birds with mechanical parts, Istanbul.

Maybe these were also my favorites?

Offloaders by Leah Cypress--WhatsApp freecycle group when people are uploading their consciousness and don't need stuff anymore.

Dollbot Cicily by Will McIntosh--Homeless woman whose body has been used as the model for a sexbot seeks the money she needs and revenge.

And the rest:

The Magpie Stacks Probabilities by Arie Coleman--An astronaut, her wife, and child are traumatized after the astronaut survived an accident thanks to some odds and ends in strange places.

Venus Exegesis by Christopher Mark Rose--venuscraft, AI, climate change, love, deception, murder, hard decisions.

Sailing to the Merinam by Marta Randall--AFAB child disguised as male on sailing ship where females are forbidden.

Quake by Peter Wood--moon pie, earthquakes, could there be time travel involved?

The God Signal by Jack McDevitt & Larry Wasserman--A scientist develops FTL technology, but does it even matter when there's so much satellite trash/space debris orbiting Earth?

Maryon's Gift by Paul McAuley--An alien tells a story of a livable planet that has never been colonized because it is valiantly protected from any visitors.

The Short Path to Light by William Ledbetter--Baby born in zero G, rogue lesbian nun, clever ship's AI.

Blimpies by Rick Wilber--Brother and sister separately imprisoned on alien planet. I think I would have enjoyed this more if I already had read some of his stories set in this S'hudon universe. show less

Not a good one for getting started, very formal and less intuitive.

Useful.

A number of good stories. I particularly enjoyed...
Mender of Sparrows by Ray Nayler
Aurora by Michael Cassutt
The Short Path to Light by William Ledbetter
Maryon's Gift by Paul McAuley
Blimpies by Rick Wilber