Ward's Moore story is excellent, and definitely might become a classic. The dry opening humour! I wish we could have had more. And that moment where she first feels the material he's wearing is outstanding. A couple of must-quotes are A man who spoke notes instead of words was a problem for a girl and Nan felt the double-edged anger of women toward both exploiter and exploited.. Also, bravo Nan foreseeing the enmity of her conspecifics.

To me, the end is a bit of a let down (that is, from a very high standard). The argument of Ash's people struck me as irrelevant, but I suppose it's more Genesis than Job. But at least Ash wasn't clichéd to death by peasants with torches, suited or otherwise.

Of the others, I'm pretty sure I'm in the minority: but horror strikes me as anti-science fiction. It seems to be based on the idea that the world is irrational, and human beings can't cope with it.