Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antinomy | 1980 | Spider Robinson | Buy |
| 2 | Melancholy Elephants | 1984 | Spider Robinson | Buy |
| 3 | User Friendly | 1998 | Spider Robinson | Buy |
| 4 | By Any Other Name | 2001 | Spider Robinson | Buy |
| 5 | God is an Iron and Other Stories | 2002 | Spider Robinson | Buy |
| 6 | My Favorite Shorts | 2016 | Spider Robinson | Buy |
Spider Robinson’s collected fiction spans six volumes published between 1980 and 2016. The earliest, Antinomy (1980), was followed by Melancholy Elephants in 1984. After a gap of over a decade, User Friendly appeared in 1998, and By Any Other Name came out in 2001.
God is an Iron and Other Stories (2002) continued the run, and My Favorite Shorts arrived much later in 2016, making it the most recent of Robinson’s collections. Each volume stands on its own, so readers can pick up whichever title appeals to them without worrying about reading order. Together, the six books cover more than 35 years of Robinson’s shorter fiction work.