Highway of Eternity by Clifford D. Simak
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
Not up to Simak’s usual standards.
Galactic Empires by Neil Clarke
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
The theme was galactic empires. Some of the stories were very good. Some not so much.
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers by John Gardner
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I swear that Gardner regards writing as akin to taking holy orders. There is quite a lot of useful advice here but there is a lot of pontification to wade through to get the goodness.