Fiction, Science Fiction
Novel: The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi
The Water Knife (2015), Paolo Bacigalupi’s first adult SF novel since The Windup Girl, more than rewards the wait.…
July 31, 2015-
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Fiction, Science FictionNovel: The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi
Paolo Bacigalupi revisits the memorable world of Ship Breaker in The Drowned Cities (2012), a companion novel featuring new…
September 6, 2012 -
Fiction, Film, Music, Television, Website500 Posts!
If you had told me three years ago that I would have gotten this blog to 500 posts, I…
January 28, 2012 -
Fiction, Science FictionNovel: Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
I’ve already sung the praises of Paolo Bacigalupi on this blog, but after Ship Breaker (2010) I hold his…
October 1, 2011 -
Fiction, MysteryNovel: Bangkok 8 by John Burdett
I’m an inexperienced reader of hard-boiled crime fiction, but I think John Burdett’s Bangkok 8 (2003) falls into that…
March 22, 2011 -
Fiction, Science FictionCollection: Pump Six and Other Stories by Paolo Bacigalupi
It’s not always easy to read, Pump Six and Other Stories (2008) by Paolo Bacigalupi is a ferocious collection of…
February 21, 2011 -
Fiction, Science FictionNovel: The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
The only Paolo Bacigalupi story I’ve read to date — “The Gambler” (reviewed here) — was fantastic, and led…
January 18, 2010 -
Fiction, Science FictionAnthology: The Year’s Best Science Fiction, 26th Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois
I used to follow the year’s best anthology series edited by Gardner Dozois — arguably the annual standard-bearer for…
August 19, 2009