The Windup Girl
Night Shade Books · Print & ebook · September 1, 2009
A Science Fiction pick for readers exploring The Windup Girl.
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- Who it’s for
- A sharp pick if you want speculative fiction with something to talk about after.
- Genres
- Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi, Dystopian, Steampunk
- Published
- Night Shade Books, September 1, 2009
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Anderson Lake is AgriGen’s Calorie Man, sent to work undercover as a factory manager in Thailand while combing Bangkok’s street markets in search of foodstuffs thought to be extinct, hoping to reap the bounty of history’s lost calories. Emiko is the Windup Girl, a strange and beautiful creature. Emiko is not human; she is an engineered being, grown and programmed to satisfy the decadent whims of a Kyoto businessman, but now abandoned to the streets of Bangkok.
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Regarded as soulless beings by some, devils by others, New People are slaves, soldiers, and toys of the rich in this 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.
Why It Clicks
A sharp pick if you want speculative fiction with something to talk about after.
Come here for
- book-club conversation fuel
- food-and-future tension
Expect
- genre-mix momentum
Where it sits
| Dystopian | 62% |
|---|---|
| Steampunk | 37% |
| Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi | 34% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Sci-Fi
- Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
- Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi
- Authors
- Paolo Bacigalupi
- Publisher
- Night Shade Books
- Published
- September 1, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Sci-Fi