Glad to be back in this world - Wells does a wonderful job with writing actually weird fantasy (rather than humans in rubber masks) and puts an extraordinary amount of thought into what humanoids would be like. Also, these books are just pure fun.
Not sure whether reading the second story (in which one of the main characters is very close to giving birth and frustrated about being bored) while 40 weeks and 2 days pregnant was stressful or cathartic. Probably both.