Seeford's Spot

Novellas and short stories from some of the greatest science fiction 'worlds' of all time. I love some of these worlds, so it is great to revisit them, but unfortunately, it is not a good starting point for the series I'm unfamiliar with - the intro to most gives a synopsis of the plots of the books in the series - including spoilers. I'm bouncing through the book reading stories as the mood hits. (Ones read so far are in bold.)

UPDATE: I've decided not to finish the entire book - I don't want to read the stories set in the universes that I'd still like to read the series. I don't want spoilers for them. So, I'm marking this as finished and moving on...

Contents:
The Ekumen: Old music and the slave women / Ursula K. Le Guin
The Forever war: A separate war / Joe Haldeman
The Ender series: Investment counselor / Orson Scott Card
The Uplift universe: Temptation / David Brin
Roma Eterna: Getting to know the dragon / Robert Silverberg
The Hyperion cantos: Orphans of the helix / Dan Simmons
The Sleepless: Sleeping dogs / Nancy Kress
Tales of the Heechee: The boy who would live forever / Frederik Pohl
The Galactic center series: A hunger for the infinite / Gregory Benford
The ship who sang: The ship that returned / Anne McCaffrey
The Way: The way of all ghosts / Greg Bear.