Book 22. Another scifi anthology. Engineering Infinity.
Two highlights. One for the stoy lot:
"I've made a study of storytelling," Berry began. "Nothing scholarly or elaborate. But I'm lucky enough to have been around for a very long time, and what do humans do with their lives? We absorb stories. Day and night, commercial tales or twists of gossip, we swim in an ocean of story."
One for the cities lot:
"Gods and cities fought for primacy, they fought for influence or the settlement of debts."