Finished two books, Software by Rudy Rucker and The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge.

Dear all,
Just finished two books, Software by Rudy Rucker and The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge.
Software I give a nice 3.5 out of 5. It felt a bit unpolished, but it is of course older. I enjoy the ideas, although it did feel a bit dated at times. He did leave some very interesting ideas to explore further, which I expect he will do in the sequel Wetware. The fact that the book was short and that the author is able to spin a nice story in under 1000 pages is also good! Many modern authors are not able to do this.
The Collected Stories get a nice 3.5 out of 5 as well, however, some individual short stories I really enjoy and touch on 4.5 while others were quite bland. What I did like is that Vernor writes good libertarian science fiction, exploring libertarian themes without getting hamfisted or too political about it.