 There are 36 stories in this book, spanning 20 years from the 1970s to the 90s. Most of them are super short, some of them are only a page long. Rudy Rucker doesn't think like the rest of us do. This is some real variety in science fiction. He's a stream of consciousness kind of guy, in addition to being a scientist, a mathematician. Some of these stories are hilariously funny, some of them are horrifying, some of them are even x-rated. In fact, the first story in this book is x-rated. I don't mean r-rated, I mean x-rated. This is not family reading. The reason I bring this up after reviewing Flatland last week is because there is two stories in this book that feature Flatland. In fact, I've never seen a Rudy Rucker book where he does not talk about Flatland.