I do enjoy the occasional collection of short stories - especially ones that are linked by a common theme. My favourites in this set were Do Robotic Cats Purr In Space? by Kerrie Hughes (LullCats - the psychologists of the future) and Thirty-Two, Twenty-Three by Jean Rabe (a varient on a murder mystery), but the majority of the others were excellent as well.

This is an amazingly high-quality, yet diverse, collection of science fiction short stories, ranging from poignant to tragic, thought-provoking to joyous. THis proves that short story writing is an art form, and science fiction can reveal truths about humanity.Read the full review on GeekyLibrary.

As with all anthologies, there were some stories that I loved and some that were kind of m'eh. Overall, a pretty good collection.

As the news fills with AI speculation, some great stories...All well written. Long enough to engage the imagination. Short enough to keep my rapt attention. Well played. Definite recommend as we pass another mile marker towards the great AI take over.

What makes us human? Is it our observation of the world around us? Our "programming"? In this collection of seventeen stories by some of the hottest writers in popular science fiction, the concepts of humanity and the lines between us and androids are explored with an endearing twist that makes you want to say, "Bless Your Mechanical Heart". Seanan McGuire kicks in your teeth with, "The Lambs", where one must always be sacrificed. Mark Andrew Edwards's debut, "The Body as a Ship", makes you wond...

Bless Your Mechanical Heart is a science fiction anthology, published by Evil Girlfriend Media, that revolves around numerous different sub-genres and themes dealing with AI, robotics, IT, et cetera. The underlining themes are superbly crafted into the stories, but more than that, the writing and editing is absolutely first class! Jennifer Brozek undid herself in compiling this anthology together. The stories flow well into one another, without taking away any of the authors' individual voices a...

This book is one of those themed anthologies of short stories. In this case, the theme is robots/AI/cyborgs, and more specifically, the application of the phrase "Bless Your Heart"/"Bless His/Her Heart" to them, implying that perhaps they're a little naive or don't quite get it... but there's a lot of variation within, in some cases the robot's not naive, but the humans are by thinking it is, for example, in other the robot's got some wonky programming or incomplete emotions, and in others it ju...

Having a bit of a problem getting my hands on this one. I haven't yet resigned myself to ordering it online and receiving it at home, I may have to do so.

Overall, this collection of stories about robots is very good. The tale that stood out the most to me was "We Eat The Hearts That Come For You," by Jason Sanford, a compelling story about love, loss, obsession, and perception. (I actually said "wow" out loud as I read the final paragraphs, and immediately re-read it two more times). There were a couple of stories that felt like filler, but only one that really seemed subpar, which I think is pretty good for a genre anthology like this. If you li...

Picked this one up on a whim at the book release party at Norwescon (and got it autographed by editor Jennifer Brozek and contributor M. Todd Gallowglass). Very pleasantly impressed by it - I read a lot of anthologies, and this had an uncommonly strong collection of stories, without even one that I didn't enjoy. Glad I stopped by the party and decided to give this one a shot.

Enjoyed these stories--not a dud among them.

I'm a big fan of stories about or involving robots. The stories in anthology cover the topics of AI, cyborgs, politics, programming, and just when it means to have feelings and where those feelings are derived. At first I was hesitant because it's a small publishing concern. But then I remember that I'm a small publishing concern and my book is pretty good. It was hard for me not to chew through the book as my expectations for the it was surpassed. Now, I'm on a small quest to get each of the au...

A nice collection of stories that twist and turn around the 'mechanical being' theme.

When we think of robots, we think about cold machines that follow programming but don't have what we call emotions. Sure, with an algorithm, they could show a response to actions, but they don't feel anything right?Bless Your Mechanical Heart asks what if we are wrong? What if machines can feel, what if they love, feel devotion or are just as conflicted about their world as we are? What happens then?Seanan McGuire starts off this anthology by introducing us "The Lamb" program where programmed ma...

Awesome storytelling!I loved this collection. All of these short stories are well written and just grab you and drag you into the author's world. The Lambs, Just Another Day in the Butterfly War, and The Apocrypha of Gamma-202 were my favorites but I enjoyed them all!

"Bless Your Mechanical Heart," edited by Jennifer Brozek, is structured around a rather interesting theme. As Brozek notes in her Introduction, it's the idea of...the poignant, sympathetic robot/cyborg that just doesn’t get it… or does get it and can’t do anything about it. That’s what makes some of these stories a kick in the teeth or encourages the reader to sigh with a knowing smile. We all recognize the humanity in the protagonists, even if they don’t recognize it themselves.And the stories

Typically I read an anthology with the hope that I will enjoy at least 50% of the selection and will only hate/skip less than 25%. Robots aren't my thing so I set my expectations low and jumped in mostly because Seanan McGuire is my goddess. Thanks goodness I did. In this huge and varied collection there was one story that I considered less than amazing, and it was still good. It lacked only due to it's amazing company.If you want a great collection to keep you entertained this is it! Whether or...

I love robots, so this anthology really spoke to me. I purchased this book at the Evil Girlfriend Media’s launch party for Bless your Mechanical Heart at Norwescon (and had it signed by a few of the authors) I enjoyed it throughly. Many stories asked the question what is love, what are emotions and how are they processed. Some looked at the future of humanity and its creations. I can’t recommend this anthology enough.

I picked this up at Origins Game Fair 2014. So glad I did! This is one of the best science fiction anthologies I've come across. Every story was a surprising twist on the theme of the title.