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	The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories by Allan Kaster (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gregory Benford, Gwyneth Jones 3.94 avg rating — 264 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 2 by Allan Kaster (Goodreads Author), Gregory Benford, Dave Hutchinson 4.14 avg rating — 195 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 3 by Allan Kaster (Goodreads Author), Greg Egan, Carolyn Ives Gilman 4.02 avg rating — 159 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 4 by Allan Kaster (Goodreads Author), Greg Egan, Ian McDonald 3.91 avg rating — 138 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 5 by Allan Kaster (Goodreads Author), Nancy Kress (Goodreads Author), Ken Liu (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 133 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year's Top Tales of Space and Time by Allan Kaster (Goodreads Author), Andy Dudak, Sheila Finch 4.20 avg rating — 107 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 6 by Allan Kaster (Goodreads Author), Greg Egan, Gregory Feeley 3.76 avg rating — 117 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 7 by Allan Kaster (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nina Allan, Deborah L. Davitt (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 100 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year's Top Robot and AI Stories: Third Annual Collection by Allan Kaster (Goodreads Author) (editor), T.J. Berry (Goodreads Author), Indrapramit Das (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year's Top Short SF Novels by Allan Kaster (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Maurizio Manzieri (Illustrator), Alastair Reynolds (Contributor) 3.86 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The data center of the future would have just one man in it, Jimmy said, and one dog. The man’s job was to feed the dog. The dog’s job was to make sure the man didn’t touch anything.”
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“Eternity with a lover was one thing, but with an ex-lover it would be hellish.”
― Allan Kaster, The 2020 Look at Space Opera Book

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“Martian Mean Gravity Surface (no sea level).”
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