Nano Comes to Clifford Falls and Other Stories - Nancy Kress

This is just a half star under the magic 4.00 average. The culprit here is 'Mirror Image' a story that Kress names as her favorite in this book, in the brief afterword that appends each tale. So with one average story out of your baker's dozen, call this book a bit over 4.75, rounded up.

Plenty of aliens and AIS to be found in this superlative volume.

There are not one, but two, of my all time favorite stories in this book - 'Computer Virus' and 'Savior' - apparently for the latter, Charles Sheffield helped her out with an idea for the end.

Nano Comes To Clifford Falls and Other Stories : Nano comes to Clifford Falls - Nancy Kress
Nano Comes To Clifford Falls and Other Stories : Patent infringement - Nancy Kress
Nano Comes To Clifford Falls and Other Stories : Computer virus - Nancy Kress
Nano Comes To Clifford Falls and Other Stories : Product development - Nancy Kress
Nano Comes To Clifford Falls and Other Stories : The most famous little girl in the world - Nancy Kress
Nano Comes To Clifford Falls and Other Stories : Savior - Nancy Kress
Nano Comes To Clifford Falls and Other Stories : Ej-Es - Nancy Kress
Nano Comes To Clifford Falls and Other Stories : Shiva in shadow - Nancy Kress
Nano Comes To Clifford Falls and Other Stories : First flight - Nancy Kress
Nano Comes To Clifford Falls and Other Stories : To cuddle Amy - Nancy Kress
Nano Comes To Clifford Falls and Other Stories : Wetlands preserve - Nancy Kress
Nano Comes To Clifford Falls and Other Stories : Mirror image - Nancy Kress
Nano Comes To Clifford Falls and Other Stories : My mother dancing. - Nancy Kress

Nano technology is available to all, so people that don't want to work in crappy jobs, like, say, sanitation, or underpaid jobs like teaching and the police don't have to.

3.5 out of 5


Gene litigant genie.

4 out of 5


House arrest.

5 out of 5


Jamming sales boost.

3.5 out of 5


Alien abduction civility.

4 out of 5


Humans a bit slow on the uptake about alien craft, muddle through disasters, and must have lost all the Stargate episodes when they tried the replicator thing. Oh, and AI's are quite fast.

5 out of 5


Medical remains.

4 out of 5


Stellar observation science ship conflict upload event horizon existence.

4 out of 5


The map is not the territory, and don't try and tell me it is, ever, demerit boy.

4 out of 5


Daughter do over.

4 out of 5


Alien visitor evolution generation speed protest reaction.

4 out of 5


Which universe do I blow up a star system in?

3 out of 5


Only human.

3.5 out of 5





5 out of 5