 Xemoblue is a collection of short stories by Alistair Reynolds. It was an accidental discovery for me and a happy accident. The title story is the opposite of the traditional Asimov robot story, literally a deconstruction. The other eye catcher for me was a story called Beyond the Aquila Rift. You'll just have to read it. Several of the other stories take place in a common universe that are kind of an introduction to Reynolds' novels. I recommend this collection and I'll be covering more short story collections in the future.