Time is the Fire: The Best of Connie Willis

Infuriatingly good. Not saying I didn't want to like this book as much as I did—of course I wanted to like it—, but I must confess that at each story I was ready to be annoyed; they are so long, unnecessarily long, ridiculously so, but then they're also so... good, you know? Engaging. All of them? That's rare in a collection. Every single story here takes you on a journey that's weird, wonderful, beautifully constructed. Every one of them has won an award, of course, and you'll know exactly why.