This is a great science fiction mod for the 5e system. there are recognizable ideas from Pathfinder and third party books of old, repurposed and rebalanced for the new genre such as the Roboticist (Summoner) and the Oracle, among others. If pictures are what attracts you to books, rpgs may not be your thing though. Paying artists takes money, and this books very good price is the payoff for not as much art as others may have in their books.

I should be mentioned that this seems completely compatible with DnD5e, and should provide a better science fiction system than Starfinder if you still want your classic Elves, Dwarves, and Teiflings in your world. The races, or species, were built slightly differently, the humans most notably, and I'm not sure of the logic in this.

All in all though, a very good investment if you enjoy the 5e system but want some tech and spaceflight in your game.

Looks like a great book I intend to use for the recently released RIFTS setting for Savage Worlds! Variants for a number of apocalypse causes such as Zombies, Robots, or Kaiju sized monsters, as well as rules for scavenging materials and modifying those pre-apocalypse vehicles and weapons for the mundane.

Primarily an information sourcebook, Shadowrun 2050 does an excellent job of bringing you back to the early days of the game, including having some fun at explaining how some rules have changed from those former editions. Recall magic grounding, cyberdecks, or Dikote? It's all in here from before 'The Man' got wise. However, it is for the most part in the area of gear, simply a reprinting with slightly different prices and essence costs as they originally appeared, so it only gains a 4/5 rating.