American science fiction and fantasy writer (born 1972)
Paolo Tadini Bacigalupi (born August 6, 1972) is an Americanscience fiction andfantasy writer. He has won theHugo ,Nebula ,[ 1] John W. Campbell Memorial ,Compton Crook ,Theodore Sturgeon , andMichael L. Printz awards, and has been nominated for theNational Book Award . His fiction has appeared inThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Asimov's Science Fiction environmental journal High Country News Salon.com andHigh Country News , and have been syndicated in newspapers, including theIdaho Statesman Albuquerque Journal The Salt Lake Tribune
Bacigalupi was born inPaonia, Colorado . He graduated fromOberlin College with a major inEast Asian Studies .
Bacigalupi's short fiction has been collected in the anthologyPump Six and Other Stories (Night Shade Books , 2008). Hisdebut novel The Windup Girl [ 2] The Windup Girl was also named byTime [ 3] Ship Breaker Little, Brown and Company in 2010, was awarded the Michael L. Printz Award for the "best bookwritten for teens ", and was nominated for theNational Book Award for Young People's Literature .[ 4]
The Windup Girl bioengineering and a world in whichfossil fuels are no longer viable. Bioengineering has ravaged the world with food-borne plagues, produced tailored organisms as mimics to both cats and humans, and replaced today's fossil-fuel reliant engines with muscle power, whether human or engineered animal. Energy storage is accomplished through the use of high-capacity springs, as well as simply transporting food to feed eithermegodonts (bioengineered elephants) or human laborers. His writing deals with the ethics and possible ramifications of genetic engineering and western dominance, as well as the nature of humanity and a world in which, despite drastic changes, people remain essentially the same. Similar themes run through his bookThe Water Knife American Southwest is reduced to a dystopianDust Bowl where water is a guarded commodity for the wealthy and powerful interests.[ 5]
Awards and nominations [ edit ]
2005: Nominated for Hugo Award for BestNovelette for "The People of Sand and Slag " (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction , February 2004) 2006: Nominated for Hugo Award for Best Novelette for "The Calorie Man" (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction , Oct/Nov 2005) 2006: Nominated for Nebula Award for Best Novelette for "The People of Sand and Slag " (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction , February 2004) 2006: Won theTheodore Sturgeon Award for "The Calorie Man" (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction 2007: Nominated for Hugo Award for Best Novelette, for "Yellow Card Man " (Asimov's Science Fiction 2009: Nominated for Hugo Award forBest Novelette , for "The Gambler " (Fast Forward 2 ) 2009: Won the Locus Award for Best Collection, forPump Six and Other Stories (Night Shade Books, 2008) 2009: Won the Locus Award for Best Novelette, for "Pump Six" (Pump Six and Other Stories , Night Shade Books, 2008) 2010: Nominated forNebula Award for Best Novelette for "The Gambler " (Fast Forward 2 ,Pyr Books ), Oct 2008 2010: Nominated for theNational Book Award for Young People's Literature forShip Breaker , Little, Brown 2010. 2010: Won theCompton Crook Award for Best First Novel forThe Windup Girl , Night Shade Books, 2009[ 6] 2010: Won theHugo Award for Best Novel forThe Windup Girl , Night Shade Books, 2009[ 2] China Miéville 'sThe City & the City 2010: Won theJohn W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Novel forThe Windup Girl Night Shade Books , 2009[ 7] 2010: Won theLocus Award for Best First Novel forThe Windup Girl , Night Shade Books, 2009 2010: Won theNebula Award for Best Novel forThe Windup Girl , Night Shade Books, 2009[ 8] 2011: Nominated for theAndre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy forShip Breaker 2011: Nominated for theNebula Award for Best Novella forThe Alchemist , Subterranean Press, 2010.[ 9] 2011: Won theMichael L. Printz Award for Best Young Adult Novel forShip Breaker , Little, Brown 2010.[ 10] 2012: Won thePrix Planète SF des blogueurs [fr ] forThe Windup Girl [ 11] 2012: Won theSeiun Award for The Best Translated Novel forThe Windup Girl , Hayakawa Publishing Corp, 2011.[ 12] 2013: Won the Seiun Award for The Best Translated Short Story for "Pocketful of Dharma" (Pump Six and Other Stories , Hayakawa Publishing Corp, 2012)[ 13] 2015: Nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Novel for 'The Doubt Factory', Little, Brown 2014. Zombie Baseball Beatdown (2013)[ 14] α Pump Six and Other Stories β Pump Six and Other Stories
"Pocketful of Dharma" (1999)α "The Fluted Girl" (2003)α "The People of Sand and Slag " (2004)α "The Pasho" (2004)α "The Calorie Man" (2005)α "The Tamarisk Hunter" (2006)α "Pop Squad" (2006)α "Yellow Card Man " (2006)α "Softer" (2007)α "Small Offerings" (2007)[ 15] "Pump Six" (2008)β "The Gambler " (2008)[ 15] "Moriabe's Children" (2014)[ 15] "Shooting the Apocalypse" (2014)[ 15] "A Hot Day's Night" (2015)[ 15] "City of Ash" (2015)[ 15] "Mika Model" (2015)[ 15] "A Passing Sickness" (2017)[ 15] "Fixable" (2019)[ 15] "American Gold Mine" (2019)[ 15] "A Full Life" (2019)[ 16] "Efficiency" (2021)[ 15] ^ 2010 Nebula Awards Archived 2011-06-05 at theWayback Machine accessed September 4, 2012.^a b Flood, Alison (September 6, 2010)."China Miéville and Paolo Bacigalupi tie for Hugo award" .The Guardian . RetrievedSeptember 9, 2010 . ^ "The Top 10 Everything Of 2009" .Time . December 8, 2009. Archived fromthe original on December 13, 2009.^ "Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker Nominated for National Book Award" .Locus Online News . Locus Publications. October 13, 2010. RetrievedMay 25, 2013 .^ "Imagining a thirsty future in Paolo Bacigalupi's 'The Water Knife' - The Washington Post" .The Washington Post ^ "Compton Crook Award Winners" .Baltimore Science Fiction Society . RetrievedJune 25, 2012 .^ Post, Dave (July 10, 2010)."2010 Campbell Award Winners Announced" .Worlds Without End Blog . RetrievedMay 25, 2013 . ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2010 Nebula Awards" .locusmag.com . Archived fromthe original on June 5, 2011.^ "SFWA announces the 2010 Nebula Award Nominees" .Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America . February 22, 2011. RetrievedMay 25, 2013 .^ "Michael L. Printz Winners and Honor Books" .YALSA American Library Association. March 15, 2007. RetrievedMarch 8, 2013 .^ "Palmarès - Planète-SF" . 2017. Les lauréats des différentes éditions du Prix des blogueurs Planète-SF.^ "2012年 第43回星雲賞" .sf-fan.gr.jp .^ "2013年 第44回星雲賞" .sf-fan.gr.jp .^a b "War, Killer Children, and More: An Interview with Paolo Bacigalupi" . Tor.com. May 23, 2012. RetrievedJune 8, 2013 .^a b c d e f g h i j k "Summary Bibliography: Paolo Bacigalupi" .isfdb . isfdb. RetrievedJanuary 27, 2020 .^ "A Full Life" .MIT Technology Review . MIT. RetrievedJanuary 27, 2020 .
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