Asking the Wrong Questions (Free subscription) | yesterday
Paolo Bacigalupi's debut novel, The Windup Girl, reads like an extended version of his short stories. It is set in the future introduced in his 2005 short "The Calorie Man," in which the global economy has been brought to its knees by oil collapse, and genetically engineered plagues have killed many people and most naturally occurring grains and crops, creating a 'calorie monopoly'...
Strange Horizons Reviews (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
There are, in addition to Emiko, four monkeys in particular to whom Bacigalupi pays attention. Anderson Lake is the kind of monkey you see often enough in science fiction: a company monkey—a calorie monkey, in a bastardization of the parlance of this novel, in the employ of a transnational biotechnology firm, home base back in the Midwest of the good ol' US of A. To anyone who asks, he's in...
Mad Hatter's Bookshelf & Book Review (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Paolo Bacigalupi is being heralded as one of Science Fiction's best writers of recent years, having won and being nominated for multiple awards. His debut novel The Windup Girl caught my eye from the moment I heard the title. "Is this related to Steampunk," I thought? "Is it Green Punk?" Which only just before the release received any sort of specific meaning. It certainly...
Stomping on Yeti (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... Choice Poll for books to be read/reviewed by End of 2009. Right now the current favorites are Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker and Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan. If you would like to see something else covered, now's your chance to vote. I'm not sure if I can create a Top 10 list or not but I should be able to provide my favorite/recommended reads of 2009. I also plan on completing...
Night Shade Books (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Sacramento Book Review reviews THE WINDUP GIRL by Paolo Bacigalupi: – "Reminiscent of Philip K. Dick's Blade Runner. … Bacigalupi has created a fully imagined world in The Windup Girl that is densely packed with ideas about genetic manipulation, distribution of resources, the social order, and environmental degradation. However, he is never pedantic in addressing...
Nerd World (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
This is going to have to be short and incoherent -- even shorter and incoherent-er than usual -- because I don't actually have the books I'm talking about in front of me. Also I'm in Cambridge, MA, typing this on my mother's laptop, and my mother's laptop's keyboard is totally jacked. You hear that, Ma? Your keyboard is jacked.So: two unbelievably great SF novels I read this fall.Paolo Bacigalupi,...
io9 (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
... Shade is putting out books from the likes of Iain M. Banks, Jay Lake, Neal Asher, Kage Baker, Paolo Bacigalupi, Walter Jon Williams and Greg Egan. And just like Tachyon, Night Shade has made huge inroads into the anthology market, with anthologies like The Living Dead, By Blood We Live and Wastelands. They've also put out Jonathan Strahan's "best of the year" anthologies and the Eclipse...
Stomping on Yeti (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
... - Ekaterina Sedia Darker Angels (The Black Sun's Daughter, Book 2) - M.L.N. Hanover Ship Breaker - Paolo Bacigalupi Dead Men's Boots (Felix Castor) - Mike Carey Lovecraft Unbound - Ellen Datlow Old Man's War - John Scalzi What books do I still need to read this year? Select as many as you think. Also, feel free to suggest any other "must-read" books that I left off my list...
Babel Clash (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
... then, and clearly I gravitate toward images that essentially serve as artwork in my room. One is Paolo Bacigalupi’s Windup Girl cover. The strangeness of it, the fusion of the ultra-modern with a distressing indication of poverty and decay sparks my interest. I find the this cover of Cherie Priest’s Boneshaker to be very attractive too. It promises adventure and fun, even though the...
Stomping on Yeti (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... endings… I Am Legend , The Time Traveler’s Wife , Dune Not a whole lot come to mind. Paolo Bacigalupi’s The Windup Girl had a great ending but I’m just in love with that book in general. A lot of Science Fiction is about the ideas and the set-up. I find myself a little let down more often than not. In terms of Fantasy, there are so many unfinished series or...
Notable Books (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... Pattison The Cloud Pavilionby Laura Joh Rowland Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi Lovecraft Unbound edited by Ellen Datlow The Devil’s Alphabet by Daryl Gregory The City & the City by China Miéville Boneshaker by Cherie Priest Mass Market Captive of Sin by Anna Campbell Soulless by Gail Carriger A Dark Love by Margaret Carroll Child...
Stomping on Yeti (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
21 Words or Less: Bacigalupi's debut novel delivers on the promise of his early work with a complex portrait of an environmentally influenced future Thailand. Rating: 5/5 stars The Good: Bleak but believable future setting that begs for further exploration; a diverse set of interesting characters that are human, sympathetic, and unique; Prose conveys complex technological and cultural details...
Pat's Fantasy Hotlist (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
With about 2 months left in 2009, this will likely be the last such survey. My reading schedule is quite full, but I guess we can give this another go!=) Here are the nominees: - The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi ( Canada , USA , Europe ) Anderson Lake is a company man, AgriGen's Calorie Man in Thailand. Under cover as a factory manager, Anderson combs Bangkok's street markets in search...
Biting Edge (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Mario here: Well, it's over. Another MileHiCon has come and gone. It was a lot of fun meeting old friends, making new ones, and hobnobbing with the fans. Of course, we can't forget the awesome costumes and attitude. Among the highlights, the panel Must Action/Adventure = Dumb/Mindness with the bemused Betsy Dornbusch and the expressive (and Locus Award winning) Paolo Bacigalupi . (He's...
Grasping For The Wind (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
feeling sick and woozy. been offline all day, sorry to those who submitted to author list. # Have a stomach virus and ear infection, been doing a lot of sleeping. # beginning to feel better, but not much. Sleeping a lot. # Book Review: The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi #sf #fantasy http://bit.ly/3a9tlt # @michellekerns congrats to you! in [...] Related posts: The Week in Tweets 2009-10-17...
