Library Journal
From Susan Shwartz's unusual look at the lives of ''temporary'' workers (''Getting Real'') to Don Sakers's poignant glimpse of a New York at civilization's sunset (''Candelabra and Diamonds''), this collection of 24 original stories by contemporary writers of imaginative fiction pays homage to one of the world's most popular (and written about) cities. Piers Anthony, Esther Friesner, Mike Resnick, John Shirley, and others also contribute to this varied and consistently solid theme anthology.