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The Windup Girl

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The Windup Girl
The Windup Girl

Dystopian bio-punk thriller, perfect for sci-fi fans.

The Windup Girl is a must-read for sci-fi fans looking for a dark, dystopian thriller. Set in a near future where bio-engineered plagues have devastated the world, the book follows the story of Emiko, a "new person" bred to be a slave. As tensions run high in a world where oil has run out and calorie companies dominate, Emiko becomes a pawn in a dangerous game of political intrigue. With heart-stopping action sequences and a razor-sharp vision of the future, this is a book that is sure to keep readers on the edge of their seats from start to finish.

  • Hugo Award for Best Novel (2010)
  • Nebula Award for Best Novel (2009)
  • Locus Award for Best First Novel (2010)
  • Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis for Bestes ausländisches Werk (2012)
  • British Science Fiction Association Award Nominee for Novel (2010)
  • John W. Campbell Memorial Award (2010)
  • Compton Crook Award (2010)
  • Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Roman étranger et Traduction (2013)
  • Premio Ignotus for Mejor Novela Extranjera (2012)
  • Prix Bob Morane for roman traduit (2013)
  • Cena Akademie SFFH for Kniha roku (Book of the Year) (2011)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction (2009)
  • Prix Une autre Terre (2013)
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ISBN: 9780356500539
Authors: Paolo Bacigalupi
Publisher: Orbit
Date of Publication: 2010-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Science Fiction, Fantasy
Related Topics: Dystopia, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fiction
Goodreads rating: 3.75
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Anderson Lake is a company man, AgriGen's Calorie Man in Thailand. Under cover as a factory manager, Anderson combs Bangkok's street markets in search of foodstuffs thought to be extinct, hoping to reap the bounty of history's lost calories. There, he encounters Emiko...Emiko is the Windup Girl, a strange and beautiful creature. One of the New People, Emiko is not human; instead, she is an engineered being, creche-grown and programmed to satisfy the decadent whims of a Kyoto businessman, but now abandoned to the streets of Bangkok. Regarded as soulless beings by some, devils by others, New People are slaves, soldiers, and toys of the rich in a chilling near future in which calorie companies rule the world, the oil age has passed, and the side effects of bio-engineered plagues run rampant across the globe. What happens when calories become currency? What happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits, when said bio-terrorism's genetic drift forces mankind to the cusp of post-human evolution? Award-winning author Paolo Bacigalupi delivers one of the most highly acclaimed science fiction novels of the twenty-first century.
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Dystopian bio-punk thriller, perfect for sci-fi fans.

The Windup Girl is a must-read for sci-fi fans looking for a dark, dystopian thriller. Set in a near future where bio-engineered plagues have devastated the world, the book follows the story of Emiko, a "new person" bred to be a slave. As tensions run high in a world where oil has run out and calorie companies dominate, Emiko becomes a pawn in a dangerous game of political intrigue. With heart-stopping action sequences and a razor-sharp vision of the future, this is a book that is sure to keep readers on the edge of their seats from start to finish.

  • Hugo Award for Best Novel (2010)
  • Nebula Award for Best Novel (2009)
  • Locus Award for Best First Novel (2010)
  • Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis for Bestes ausländisches Werk (2012)
  • British Science Fiction Association Award Nominee for Novel (2010)
  • John W. Campbell Memorial Award (2010)
  • Compton Crook Award (2010)
  • Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Roman étranger et Traduction (2013)
  • Premio Ignotus for Mejor Novela Extranjera (2012)
  • Prix Bob Morane for roman traduit (2013)
  • Cena Akademie SFFH for Kniha roku (Book of the Year) (2011)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction (2009)
  • Prix Une autre Terre (2013)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.