As a collection of short stories, these are all over the place, with regards to voice, character and plot, which is nice.  They seem to be arrayed chronologically for the setting, which is also nice.  But with that kind of variety, they weren’t all equally engaging for me.  None of them were unenjoyable but some were perhaps a bit longer than my interest span.

Notable favorite stories from this collection

• Big Eater
• McGregor
• Brain Wars
• Up the Lazy River

So if you’re looking for some wet cyberpunk stylings with different genre spicing and a shared setting, this is a pretty good collection of that.

Who might like this book

• Biologists
• Futurists
• People tired of rocket ships, zap guns and space queens in their sf

Who might not like this book

• People looking for longer cohesive explorations of the themes
• People who prefer to ethically treat animals rather than eat tasty animals