Nanotech by Jack Dann - Dec 1998

Ace Books, Dec 1998. Paperback. A readable, thought provoking series of stories on the theme of nanotechnology. Eight short stories, one poem and a novella. No bad stories and one truely great one.\nI liked this book a lot. I had only read one of the stories before in a magazine anthology. The others were new to me.\nThe highlight of the book is "We were out of our minds with joy" by David Marusek. This story has enough in the way of ideas and development potential to spawn a novel. The price is worth paying for this novella alone. Indeed, at the price, it seems like a bargain!\nWhile Marusek is still an emerging talent, other authors featured here such as Bear, Egan, di Fillipo and Baxter will be more familiar.\nAt the end of the book, the editors add a list of further reading on the same subject. I will be following up a number of their suggestions.