Glazed Neon is a masterfully written cyberpunk tragicomedy about the existence of and the concern with aesthetics, magic, males and females seen as having different natures, gods, induction of altered states, marriage, body adornment, murder, prohibition of some type of murder, kinship terms, numbers, cooking, private sex, names, dance, play, distinctions between right and wrong, nepotism, no prohibitions on any types of sex, empathy, reciprocity, rituals, concepts of fairness, myths about afterlife, music, prohibitions, gossip, humor, lying, symbolism, tools, trade, and toilet training.