by Paolo Bacigalupi · Plaza & Janes · tapa dura · ISBN 9788401339400
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Delve into a disturbingly near future with 'The Windup Girl' by Paolo Bacigalupi. In a post-oil 22nd century, where Thailand clings to its ecological reserves, Anderson Lake seeks extinct foods for AgriGen. His destiny intersects with Emiko, a 'windup girl' designed to serve, a neo-being in a world that has forgotten what it means to be human. Winner of multiple awards, this novel makes you reflect on humanity in a world transformed by genetic engineering and climate change.
Paolo Tadini Bacigalupi is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He has won the Hugo, Nebula, John W. Campbell Memorial, Compton Crook, Theodore Sturgeon, and Michael L. Printz awards, and has been nominated for the National Book Award. His fiction has appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Asimov's Science Fiction, and the environmental journal High Country News. Nonfiction essays of his have appeared in Salon.com and High Country News, and have been syndicated in newspapers, including the Idaho Statesman, the Albuquerque Journal, and The Salt Lake Tribune.
