User Friendly
| First published | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Baen Books |
| Format | Paperback |
| Type | Collection |
| Cover art | David B. Mattingly |
| Pages | 282 |
| Price | $5.99 |
| ISBN | 0671878646 |
• "A Baen Books Original"
• "First Printing, February 1998"; no number line
• The artist is not credited, no visible signature on the cover
• The artwork is a near-copy of this Mattingly piece with Robinson's face on the Saint Joan figure.
• Printed in the US
• $7.99 in Canada, on spine only
• "My Mentors" listed as "Mentors (essay)" in the TOC
| Year | Reviewer | Publication |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Tasha Robinson | Science Fiction Weekly, 6 Apr 1998 |
| 1998 | Paul Brazier | Interzone, September 1998 |
| 1998 | Paul Di Filippo | Asimov's Science Fiction, October-November 1998 |
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | User Friendly | Spider Robinson | Short Story |
| 17 | Copyright Violation | Spider Robinson | Novelette |
| 45 | The Magnificent Conspiracy | Spider Robinson | Novelette |
| 81 | My Mentors | Spider Robinson | Essay |
| 95 | Teddy the Fish | Spider Robinson | Essay |
| 101 | His Own Petard | Spider Robinson | Short Story |
| 111 | Admiral Bob | Spider Robinson | Essay |
| 117 | When No Man Pursueth | Spider Robinson | Novelette |
| 159 | Too Soon We Grow Old | Spider Robinson | Short Story |
| 181 | Plus Ça Change ... | Spider Robinson | Essay |
| 187 | The Gifts of the Magistrate | Spider Robinson | Short Story |
| 201 | Distraction | Spider Robinson | Short Story |
| 215 | Orphans of Eden | Spider Robinson | Short Story |
| 233 | Pandora's Last Gift | Spider Robinson | Essay |
| 245 | "—and Subsequent Construction" | Spider Robinson | Short Story |
| 263 | Not Fade Away | Spider Robinson | Short Story |
| 275 | Seduction of the Ignorant | Spider Robinson | Essay |
| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| User Friendly | 1999 | Baen Books | Paperback | Collection | David B. Mattingly | 282 |