Tenth of December by George Saunders

Although I enjoyed the variety of stories in this novel, I was very confused by the setting. I couldn't tell if it took place in the present, 50 years from now or 200 years from now. Saunders introduced so many new things and ideas but didn't explain them, so I honestly had no idea what he was talking about in a majority of the stories. This made it hard to connect the different stories and relate to the characters. I did enjoy the creativity in which Saunders clearly write with, but I just couldn't fully enjoy the stories not knowing exactly what was going on.