The Windup Girl
winner of five major sf awards
$25.02
- Paperback
544 pages
- Release Date
30 November 2010
Summary
The Windup Girl: A Bio-Punk Conspiracy in Bangkok
In a Thailand gripped by corporate control and bio-engineered underclasses, Anderson Lake, a calorie company man, searches Bangkok’s markets for lost foods. He encounters Emiko, the Windup Girl, a beautiful New Person abandoned to the streets.
Engineered as slaves and toys, New People are feared and reviled. As Lake’s connection with Emiko deepens, conspiracies within his company intertwine with the turbulent politics of the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780356500539 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0356500535 |
| Series: | Orbit |
| Author: | Paolo Bacigalupi |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Orbit |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Release Date: | 30 November 2010 |
| Weight: | 380g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 36mm |
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Bacigalupi is a worthy successor to William Gibson: this is cyberpunk without computers - Time Magazine
Not since William Gibson’s pioneering cyberpunk classic, NEUROMANCER (1984), has a first novel excited science fiction readers as much … Paolo Bacigalupi is a writer to watch for in the future. Just don’t wait that long to enjoy the darkly complex pleasu - The Washington PostAn exciting story about industrial espionage, civil war, and political struggle, filled with heart-thudding action sequences, sordid sex, and enough technical speculation for two lesser novels - Cory DoctorowThis complex, literate and intensely felt tale, which recalls both William Gibson and Ian McDonald at their very best, will garner Bacigalupi significant critical attention and is clearly one of the finest science fiction novels of the year - Publishers Weekly (starred review)About The Author
Paolo Bacigalupi
Paolo Bacigalupi is a multiple award-winning SF author whose debut THE WINDUP GIRL has been one of the most acclaimed novels in this area to appear in recent years. He also writes critically acclaimed, award-winning short stories in addition to novel length fiction. Paolo currently lives in Western Colorado with his wife and son.
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