This anthology spans a decade of robot literature, from "Droplet" (2002), Benjamin Rosenbaum's story of two robots unexpectedly given their freedom with no idea how to use it, to Lavie Tidhar's "Under the Eaves" (2012), a previously unpublished tale about a forbidden love between human and robot. In between, other stories explore the idea of djinns as artificial intelligences (Ian McDonald's "The Djinn's Wife"), pay homage to Isaac Asimov's classic in an updated tale of robots, their duties, and their rights (Cory Doctorow's "I Robot"), and more. VERDICT Lovers of all things robotic will enjoy this 21st-century collection of stories about the attempt to create an artificial human.
