Short story collection containing such gems as "Antibodies," "Bear Trap," "Extracts from the Club Diary," "A Colder War," "TOAST: A con report," "A Boy and His God," "Ship of Fools," "Dechlorinating the Moderator," "Yellow Snow," and "Big Brother Iron." "I hadn"t been paying close attention to Stross"s work. It"s a mistake I won"t make again." -- Michael Swanwick