Paolo Bacigalupi
Paolo Bacigalupi is an American science fiction author known for his bleakly prescient climate fiction. The Windup Girl won the Hugo and Nebula Awards and depicts a climate-ravaged future Southeast Asia with extraordinary detail. The Water Knife is equally compelling as a near-future thriller about water wars in the American Southwest.
Works
- The Windup GirlBiopunk thriller set in a flooded Bangkok where nature and commerce collide
- The Water KnifeWater wars rage in the American Southwest where corporations control survival
- Ship BreakerSalvage work in a resource-scarce future forces an orphaned teen toward dangerous truths
- The Drowned CitiesWar and survival in a climate-ravaged world where children become soldiers
- Pump Six and Other StoriesShort stories exploring near-future worlds of genetic engineering and climate collapse