So, from what I can gather, the following appears to be the general timeline of Shadowrun:
1st Edition: 2050-2054
2nd Edition: 2054-2059
3rd Edition: 2060-2064
4th Edition: 2070-2073
5th Edition: 2075-2077
Where does 6th Edition pick up? Does it advance the timeline significantly?
Is there a good book (or two) from 5th and 6th Editions that presents the real meat of the updated lore, without getting buried in new mechanics?
I've got a pretty extensive/complete collection of 1st, 2nd and 3rd Edition stuffs, and some token 4th Edition. Don't have any desire to go beyond 1/2/3 as far as the mechanics go, so no real agenda to collecting much out of 4/5/6, but if there's some decent stuff that covers what I'm looking for, I'd certainly entertain it.
Thank you!