A review by jada
The Big Book of Science Fiction by Jeff VanderMeer, Ann VanderMeer

5.0

this really was a hell of a read. most of the stories here were pretty good, though some were incomprehensible (looking at you pataphysics). it introduced me to some authors whose works I had previously only heard of, like Ursula k le Guin, and Borges.

my top 10 stories were (in no order):
the triumph of mechanics-karl Hans Strobel
story of your life-ted Chiang
a modest genius-vadim shefner
let us save the universe- Stanislaw lem
a gift from the culture-iain m banks
vaster than empires and more slow-ursula k le guin
the microscopic giants-paul Ernst
sector general-james white
sandkings-GRRM
2BR02B-kurt Vonnegut

and a dishonourable mention goes to babydoll by Johanna sinisalo, wtf was that