This book is a collection of single-author science fiction stories. Included are stories about time travel, space travel, aliens (both the good ones and the not-so-good ones), and AIs (again, both the good ones and the not-so-good ones). Also included are stories that go beyond the above-mentioned and deal with other science fiction related subject matter. All stories are highly character-oriented and very easy to read and understand, even if you are not a big science fiction fan.