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Some good, some not so good. One of the highlights was definitely "Kingdom, Order, Species," a great story about a wayward forester and her quest to find the researcher that led her to forestry. The title story was the best tale in the collection and what led me to the book in the first place. I liked hearing about young academics, seeing their passion for their studies adjacent to their amorous malfunctions. Unfortunately, the stories concerning colonial settlements were simply less engaging. "Children of Hunger" and "The Phrenologist's Dream" fell particularly flat, but "The Indian Agent" and "The Ore Miner's Wife" were enjoyable, especially the latter. The two stragglers I failed to mention: "Zilkowski's Theorem" was a bit middling and "The Confessional Approach" was the ultimate clunker of the bunch. Contemptible hippies fretting about their irritating lives. I really didn't give a damn what happened to them. Iagnemma seems like a one trick pony, but when his one trick works, like in "KOS" and the title story, it is marvelous. 3 stars for those stories alone.