A man is given every possible pleasure; a phytopathologist can't separate fantasy from reality; a man journeys to find his missing brother; a music composer believes his moods are being controlled; an office worker's fortune cookies predict his future; a society's socioeconomic status is based on encyclopedia entries; and an ending that will make readers wonder what is fact and what is fiction in their own world. These seven stories push the boundaries of what's real and what's imagined, and nothing is what it seems.