The Rainbow Stories (Picador Books)

Some stories were really great, others were a real slog to get through. Some of it has not aged well, but for the most part the prose are unique and interesting. The stories I enjoyed most were "The Indigo Engineers", "The Green Dress", "Xray-Visions" and the stories about Bootwoman Marissa.

Among a few tediously "modern" stories, there's a few good stories in this book. The best are the ones where plot doesn't intrude and instead Vollman paints a picture of a time and place and lifestyle of a subculture of people.