Thomcat
7/23/2021
As detailed in the afterword, these are the author's choice from among more than 200 stories. Many are focused in the hard science fiction realm; Benford was also an astrophysicist, and the protagonist in many stories is a scientist.
Of the collection, my favorites were related to time travel. "In the Dark Backward" and "Mercies" were among them. I also really liked "A Desperate Calculus", showing problems with climate change back in 1995. Ironically, the only novel of Benford's I have read was Timescape. It has both those themes, and didn't work for me, despite winning awards. Might be worth a re-read.