The short stories in this book are varied in style and content. We have traditional SF format stories, cyberpunkish tales, and tales incorporating Aboriginal mythos.

As with any collection there are some high points that stand out. The title story ('The Government in Exile') is a wonderful story of society turned to anarchy, 'Kool Running' a tale of computers ruling the world, 'One Day Soon' with a time travelling assassin. These tales are well worth reading.

If you have read the author's novel Cybercide you will have read four of these tales before ('The Getaway Star', 'The Double Take', 'Cybercide' & 'Tangerine Dreams') as they were incorporated into the novel's structure but don't worry if not they do hold up well without the rest of the novel surrounding them.

As a reader used to reading UK and US authors and not so well-read in Australian fiction there were some fresh topics included in these stories, ones that I have not become (too) overly familiar. A couple of the tales ('The Nightmare Man' & 'Supremacist') did seem a little laboured to me, but this did not detract from what was otherwise a very readable set of short stories

If this is indicative of Paul Collins writing then I am willing to read more.