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Thanks for having me here, Morgan. I really enjoyed it.

“For those that haven’t read your work yet, what would you tell them to encourage checking out Windup Girl?”

Bottom line, The Windup Girl is a GMO thriller/political intrigue set in a future Bangkok.  And it’s pretty much guaranteed to give you a couple good shocks and surprises. But don’t believe me. Check out the reviews and see if the book seems like it fits your taste.

SF Signal describes The Windup Girl: “In a future Thailand struggling against gened plagues and rising seas, the most important elements of life are the calories needed to stay alive. But as iron-fisted food corporations, flawed rulers, and an impure army of environmental defenders fight to impose their views on this world, an unlikely girl—who could be the next step in human evolution—fights for the right to simply live as she wants.”

And some reviews, with links:

Publishers Weekly: (Starred Review) “This complex, literate and intensely felt tale, which recalls both William Gibson and Ian McDonald at their very best… is clearly one of the finest science fiction novels of the year.”

SF Signal: (Five out of Five Stars) “A disturbing novel… beautiful, fast-paced, exciting… One of the best first science fiction novels of recent years; a completely realistic and terrifying future.”

IO9: “The Windup Girl is obviously about the geopolitics of the present, where Monsanto tries to supplant local seedstocks with its own, and many governments teeter between the politics of isolationism and global capital. And yet Bacigalupi never slides into moralism or judgement. All his characters have their flaws and heroic moments. Nobody is clean, and there are no heroes who want to save the environment or bad guys who want to destroy it. Ultimately that’s what makes this debut novel so exciting. It’s rare to find a writer who can create such well-shaded characters while also building a weird new future world.”

And of course, you can always come to my website at windupstories.com where I have some of my short stories available for free download, if you’d like to try out some of my writing before you buy.

Thanks for letting me drop by.

-Paolo

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