Status Updates From The River of Time

Lungfish once again visits Fermi's Paradox, this time making AI-driven probes the primary driver of galactic silence.

Thor Meets Captain America is an alternate history story about the Norse gods appearing during WWII, turning the tide in the Germans favor, and which follows characters who are fighting them.

Tank Farm Dynamo is about a space station built with space shuttle external tanks and long tethers.

Just a Hint is about a human and an alien scientist working to contact other planets to solve problems in their own societies.

A Stage of Memory is about a drug that allows you to vividly reexperience memories, and a thoroughly unlikable actor who becomes addicted to it.

Toujour Voir is a 250-word story about a faster than light travel system that works on Deja Vu.

Senses Three and Six is about a man who may or may not have crafted an elaborate alter ego to hide himself away from beings that are hunting him.

The Fourth Vocation of George Gustaf is about a future in which automation has reduced jobs so much that people are required to spend time on hobbies by law.

The Loom of Thessaly is about a modern man who meets the Fates.

The Crystals Spheres is on a classic sci-fi topic, seeking the solution to Fermi's paradox, and the title hints to Brin's take on it.