by Paolo Bacigalupi · DEBOLSILLO · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788499895284
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«La chica mecánica» is the science fiction novel by Paolo Bacigalupi, published by Debolsillo in paperback (544 pages, in Spanish).
In the 22nd century, Anderson Lake, an AgriGen employee, travels through Bangkok searching for extinct foods for his company. There he finds Emiko, a «mechanical girl» created to serve: the neoseres are slaves, soldiers or sexual toys and arouse fear and contempt. The novel blends corporate intrigue and a reflection on humanity.
The novel belongs to the The Windup Universe series, of which it is the first installment, and received the Hugo, Nebula and Compton Crook awards.
For readers of science fiction, cyberpunk and dystopias; combines ecological speculation with an intrigue plot.
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.
