With his Heinlein-influenced, solidly scientific, warmly human stories, Spider Robinson has won every major award that the science fiction field has to offer. "User Friendly" is a new solid chunk of Spider's universe that is both "reader" friendly and "sales" friendly.

OH, THE WEBS HE WEAVES ...

Spider Robinson has won every major award that the science fiction field has to offer with his Heinlein-influenced, solidly scientific, warmly human stories. User Friendly is a new solid chunk of Spider's universe that is inimitably reader friendly. Welcome to a world where your wife may be inhabited by an alien symbiote; where the fabulously rich hire hitmen to be their own assassins in a bizarre conspiracy; where a brave woman must change the course of Halley's Comet on its next return to save the life of her lover; and where you can't tell the real time travelers from the frauds without a program....

This new volume of pure 24 karat Spider Robinson will be welcomed by his many readers and will win him many new ones.

No pain, no gain / Elizabeth Moon — Slue-Foot Sue and the witch in the woods / Laura Frankos — A young swordswoman's garden primer / Sarah Zettel — The old fire / Jody Lynn Nye — Like no business I know / Mark Bourne — A bone to pick / Marina Frants & Keith R.A. DeCandido — The attach of the avenging virgins /Elizabeth Ann Scarborough — Oh, sweet goodnight! /Christina Briley & Walter Vance Awsten — A bitch in time / Doranna Durgin — Don't you want to be beautiful? / Laura Anne Gilman — A night with the girls / Barbara Hambly — A quiet knight's reading /Steven Piziks — Armor propre / Jan Stirling & S.M. Stirling — A big hand for the little lady / Esther M. Friesner — Blade runner / K.D. Wentworth — Keeping up appearances / Lawrence Watt-Evans — La Diffâerence / Harry Turtledove — Tales from the slushpile /Margaret Ball — Yes, we did say Chicks! / Adam-Troy Castro.