Status Updates From The Technician (Polity, #4)

this book isn't as interesting, so far, as other Asher books I've read. Part of the problem is there are several stories going on at the same time, all on the same world. They seem to have nothing to do with one another, and the titular Technician just roams around doing nothing much. It's hard to see where this book is heading and that makes me not want to read as much. Also I keep forgetting who characters are.