I enjoyed this collection of short stories as they made me think at times and laugh at times. I especially liked the stories “The Last Day of the War, with Parrots” in which knowing someone’s thoughts isn’t always a good thing; “A Changeable Market in Slaves,” or, in other words, how many different ways can a story’s opening go and “A Young Person’s Guide to the Organism,” as different people see the same creature in many different ways.