15 February 2010
The Windup Girl; Paolo Bacigalupi
Heard about this via the io9 book club and so purchased the hardback of it and his short story collection Pump Six. TWG has been praised by Time Magazine as one of the top ten books of fiction for 2009 and by the American Library Association as the best SciFi of 2009. Halfway into the story thus far and it feels very of-a-time with Naomi Klein's and Michael Pollan's ideas, along with (in a more minor fashion) Fukuyama's somewhat older book Our Posthuman Future.
Other links:
- Several related stories by the author available to read online from Night Shade Books' web site
- The first nine chapters of The Windup Girl available to read online, along with the full ebook for purchase, available from WebScription Ebooks
- The Windup Girl tag from io9
- Monthly book club tag from io9
The Windup Girl; Paolo Bacigalupi
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15 February 2010 at 1:09:50 PM in Current Interests
, Language & Literature
| tagged fukuyama, io9, posthuman, the windup girl ]
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