It's certainly inspirational - especially for those of us, like yours truly, who have been procrastinating on getting in better shape for a long time.
Very cool. Looks like a good opportunity to make a start of remedying my shameful lack of familiarity with many of the great sci-fi authors. And congrats on being included in that!
I've been increasing my aerobic and running workouts this past month or so. Lost another 3 kg, plus I ran a 5K race today in 28:42, nearly 3 minutes faster than five weeks ago. Maybe I will get sub-25 by year's end.
As for the book, pre-orders do help in convincing the publisher (Vintage) that perhaps similar anthologies should be commissioned, especially for ones that have more non-Anglo-speaking stories than usual.
Je suis méchant.