First book of the year down, (I think via @leigh somewhere?): “Axiomatic,” a collection of Greg Egan’s short stories that appeared in various science fiction magazines (mostly Interzone and Asimov’s) between 1989 and 1992.

Great late 80s hard SF shorts

I don’t do star reviews, but, folks, they’re good stories

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156783.Axiomatic

AxiomaticAxiomatic is a collection of Greg Egan's short stories …Goodreads

aside: a characters is mentioned to have received their advanced degree in 2023, which I’m sure felt reasonably far out at the time.

the current paperback trade cover of Greg Egan's Axiomatic, a repeating tile mosaic in blues and greens, which he designed himself
Figure 1. the current paperback trade cover of Greg Egan's Axiomatic, a repeating tile mosaic in blues and greens, which he designed himself.
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