Humans are tough. Humans can last days without food. Humans heal so quickly, they pierce holes in themselves or inject ink under their epidermis for fun. Humans will walk for days on broken bones in order to make it to safety. Humans will literally cut off bits of themselves if trapped by a disaster. You would be amazed what humans will do to survive. Or to ensure the survival of others they feel responsible for. That's the other thing. Humans pack-bond, and they spill their pack-bonding instincts everywhere. Sure it's weird when they talk sympathetically to broken spaceships or try to pet every lifeform that scans as non-toxic. It's even a little weird that just existing in the same place as them for long enough seems to make them care about you. But if you're hurt, if you're trapped, if you need someone to fetch help? You really want a human. Twelve authors provide their perspectives on human ingenuity and usefulness as we try to find our place among the stars. From battletested to brokenhearted, humans are capable of amazing things. Humans Wanted shows not only what we are, but how awesome we can be.

I picked this up a few years ago after reading a review of it online. I am using the science fiction sweeps as an excuse to register it, and am reading it to send to the winner.

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12/4/2021 I loved this collection of short stories.

This has been sitting unread in my work backpack for the last year, as it got tucked into a pocket and forgotten about. So, I'm excited to finally read it.

This is winging it's way to the winner of the Sci-fi sweeps.

This just arrived! Thank you so much! I read it a couple years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it, so I will re-read it when I need some wry sci-fi.

Added to the Little Free Library. I need to clear books out, so I can’t hang on to this one for the planned re-read.