The Best of Connie Willis: Award-Winning Stories

It's been a while since a book made me cry, but I sobbed all the way through the second half of “The Last of the Winnebagos.” Dogs, man. I can't handle dog stories. Connie Willis goes beyond talented into the realm of gut-wrenching, emotion-twisting savant. Some of the stories in this collection are delightfully quirky (Emily Dickenson vs. War of the Worlds as told in a thesis proposal anyone?) and some are deeply depressing (She really knows a lot about the Blitz), but every one is a gem as would be expected. This is probably a good collection if you've never read Willis before (although one story does read better if you've read the Doomsday Book) and is a must for fans of her other work.