I remember reading a collection of Sci-fi short stories, in the 90s... sometime between 92-98, in India. the book was in English, but not by an Indian author. the stories i can recall are below:
- There is a story about a Female AI (Robot) who falls for her owner, but he is in love with another lady... {EDIT: not "Helen O'Loy" :)}
- a story about 2 pen-pals, one on Earth, who is paraplegic & another in a prison on a death row, on a distant planet which is really hot. both parties do not tell the other of their predicament & want to escape their lives & secretly want to switch places with the other finally do it
- A story about the world in an eternal winter & nearing ice age. 1 man helps save the world
- I cant recall the story at all, but i recollect one scene where one of the main characters is skinned alive and left in the snow to die.. sorry, cant recollect anything else from this story
etc... there are many other stories that i cant recall. it was a wonderful book... i am desperately looking for it... anyone has any clue please do let me know...
this book was a paperback, it had about 10+ stories in it