WOW! Biohacked & Begging is written in a way that makes you think all of these stories would be possible in the future.

Great book and one I highly recommend.

Lots of variety in length of the stories, which is nice (sometimes you just want a quick little read), as well as the variety in (subjective) quality you get in any short story collection. Overall, the stories are though-provoking and feel plausible.

This book has a series of interesting stories centred around the enhancement of humans as they are in the present day. Each was of varying length and subject differed, even though they are all loosely based around all the same subject. The stories are diverse enough to not feel repetitive.

I found this book to be an easy, entertaining read and a good way to explore a subject I don't read all that much of normally.

I picked this one up because I had read Fluence by Stephen Oram. I was curious to see read some other work by Stephen Oram. Also, this is a book of short stories, so quick reads. I wasn’t disappointed.

Stephen Oram has the ability to transport you into a future world where we have been changed by technology. Some of the stories address actual implants that affect human lives, some are external technologies. There is a short story related to Fluence in this collection, which I definitely enjoyed. Overall I thought that the collection was interesting. There were some stories I enjoyed more than others. That is the nice thing about a short story collection, there isn’t a huge time investment, and you can stop after one story. Definitely a fan of Mr. Oram’s style, Biohacked & Begging is an excellent read.

Somehow I got a duplicate of this title so I'm posting my review a second time:
These stories were quite good. Liked the variety and imagination. Many were very short but still worked.

I really appreciate the ARC for review!!

Biohacked and Begging is an interesting collection of short stories. These center around the possible futures that technology could bring to humanity. It's a glimpse of what our world could look like with technology at the helm, but isn't that the case already, at least in some regards? I found many of these stories frighteningly plausible. Don't we all see it, though, admittedly or not--the imminent freight train of a remotely controlled existence and our powerlessness against it? This collection is engrossing, eye opening and thought provoking. The ideas will drift, and possibly settle, in your mind long after the last page. I recommend for anyone who is interested in the direction technology is taking us. Truly fascinating! Thanks to NetGalley for an arc in exchange for an honest review.

I usually read novels but use a lot of short fiction for Lit courses, and love reading shorts in between novels. This collection was interesting, thought-provoking and truly entertaining. Oram shows us visions of the future and how our technology could rule our world and our actions. Scarily enough, many of the futures do not feel that far in the future. This is a great collection - it only took 24hours to devour it! Highly recommended.