I do enjoy a good pun. In this entertaining collection of short stories, the reader will be taken from an airport to a number of "planes" with interesting and diverse extraterrestrial cultures.

These cultures are well-developed through an anthropological lens. However, perhaps because these planes are explored from a tourist's point of view, I myself was only able to emotionally connect with some of them. Others felt like hollow encyclopedia entries.

Overall, this is still a great collection of stories, written with great prose from a great author. I would recommend it, especially if you are in an airport.