Fascinating, slightly unsettling but very well written. I didn't like the novella in the middle of the book, since I was specifically looking for short stories, but I guess I could have skipped it. I'll have to read it again anyway, since I'm not sure I understand even half of it. I did like the actual shorts though, especially the last one, Difficult at Parties. There is a lot of potential for thinking on end about the stories.