Hannu Rajaniemi exploded onto the SF scene in 2010 with the publication of his first novel The Quantum Thief. Acclaimed by fellow authors such as Charles Stross, Adam Roberts and Alastair Reynolds and brilliantly reviewed everywhere from Interzone to the Times and the Guardian he swiftly established a reputation as an author who could combine extraordinary cutting edge science with beautiful prose and deliver it all with wit, warmth and a delight in the fun of storytelling. It is exactly these qualities that are showcased in this his first collection of short stories. Drawn from anthologies, magazines and online publications and brought together in book form for the first time, here is a collection of seventeen short stories that range from the lyrical to the bizarre, from the elegiac to the impish. It is a collection that shows one of the great new imaginations in SF having immense fun. Contents: - Deus Ex Homine (2005) - The Server and the Dragon (2010) - Tyche and the Ants (2012) - The Haunting of Apollo A7LB (2015) - His Master's Voice (2008) - Elegy for a Young Elk (2010) - The Jugaad Cathedral (2012) - Fisher of Men (2006) - Invisible Planets (2014) - Ghost Dogs (2014) - The Viper Blanket (2006) - Paris, in Love (2008) - Topsight (2012) - The Oldest Game (2006) - Shibuya No Love (2004) - Satan's Typist (2011) - Skywalker of Earth (2015) - Neurofiction: Introduction to "Snow White Is Dead" (2015) - Snow White Is Dead (2013) - Introduction to "Unused Tomorrows and Other Stories" (2015) - Unused Tomorrows and Other Stories (2008)