The Robot's Twilight Companion is one of the best books I read last year, and the most original short fiction collection I've stumbled across in a long time. [F]or me the jewels of the collection are the longer pieces, including especially "A Dry, Quiet War," "Mystery Box," and the dense and enigmatic "Grist." . . . This is what a trip to the future should feel like: packed with strange wonders, only a handful of which are easily grasped, but all of which hint at a vast, unfolding destiny for the human race. --John O'Neill (for Sfsite.com)
From the title piece, with its Asimovian focus on a redefinition of humanity, to the Sergio Leone-flavored tour-de-force of "A Dry, Quiet War," to the meditation upon the often contrary forces of love and social commitment in the Hugo-nominated "Life on the Moon," these stories constitute the most idiosyncratic body of short science fiction since the early days of John Varley. In sum they clearly enunciate the fact that Tony Daniel is a supremely gifted writer whose career has just begun. --Lucius Shepard
Remember Tony Daniel's name, and keep watching for whatever he does! --Roger Zelazny
About the Author
Tony Daniel is a frequent contributor to Asimov’s Science Fiction and the author of Warpath and Earthling. He lives in New York City.
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The Robot's Twilight Companion is one of the best books I read last year, and the most original short fiction collection I've stumbled across in a long time. [F]or me the jewels of the collection are the longer pieces, including especially "A Dry, Quiet War," "Mystery Box," and the dense and enigmatic "Grist." . . . This is what a trip to the future should feel like: packed with strange wonders, only a handful of which are easily grasped, but all of which hint at a vast, unfolding destiny for the human race. --John O'Neill (for Sfsite.com)
From the title piece, with its Asimovian focus on a redefinition of humanity, to the Sergio Leone-flavored tour-de-force of "A Dry, Quiet War," to the meditation upon the often contrary forces of love and social commitment in the Hugo-nominated "Life on the Moon," these stories constitute the most idiosyncratic body of short science fiction since the early days of John Varley. In sum they clearly enunciate the fact that Tony Daniel is a supremely gifted writer whose career has just begun. --Lucius Shepard
Remember Tony Daniel's name, and keep watching for whatever he does! --Roger Zelazny
About the Author
Tony Daniel is a frequent contributor to Asimov’s Science Fiction and the author of Warpath and Earthling. He lives in New York City.