Veteran computer writer Jeff Duntemann turns his talents to the challenges that artificial intelligence may face in this, his first collection of SF shorts. Stories include: "The Steel Sonnets"; "Guardian" (Nominated for the 1981 Hugo Award); "Silicon Psalm"; "Marlowe"; "Borovsky's Hollow Woman" (with Nancy Kress); "Bathtub Mary"; "STORMY vs. the Tornadoes"; and "Sympathy on the Loss of One of Your Legs";
