Giant Lizards from Another Star

From the front flap of the NESFA Press first edition: "Ken MacLeod is one of the leading exponents of the current Scottish school of hard science fiction writers. Saying he applies the hard SF techniques of Hal Clement to cyberpunk concepts does not do him justice - read this book and find out for yourself. His writing tends to feature subversive ideas, sly social commentary, and the strong flavor of thoughtful political insight, not to mention compelling and witty Scottish characters. This volume collects the well known novellas "Cyndonia" and "The Human Front" as well as four short stories, poems, convention reports, essays, articles on science fiction and science fact, and squibs. Most of the shorter pieces were published in small magazines and are generally available for the first time in this volume."