Pump Six and Other Stories
Night Shade Books · Paperback · February 1, 2008
Paolo Bacigalupi's debut collection demonstrates the power and reach of the science fiction short story.
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- Who it’s for
- Compact stories with bite: immersive, sharp, and interested in how systems wear people down.
- Genres
- Sci-Fi Short Stories, Short Stories (Single Author), Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
- Published
- Night Shade Books, February 1, 2008
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Paolo Bacigalupi's debut collection demonstrates the power and reach of the science fiction short story. Social criticism, political parable, and environmental advocacy lie at the center of Paolo's work. Each of the stories herein is at once a warning, and a celebration of the tragic comedy of the human experience.
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The eleven stories in Pump Six represent the best Paolo's work, including the Hugo nominee "Yellow Card Man," the nebula and Hugo nominated story "The People of Sand and Slag," and the Sturgeon Award-winning story "The Calorie Man."
Sharp Edges
Compact stories with bite: immersive, sharp, and interested in how systems wear people down.
Come here for
- compressed short-story intensity
- social and political edge with a cyberpunk/apocalyptic sheen
Expect
- brief, self-contained reads
- a mix of entertainment and explanation
Where it sits
| Sci-Fi Short Stories | 79% |
|---|---|
| Short Stories (Single Author) | 46% |
| Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic | 35% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Sci-Fi
- Hard Sci-Fi
- Short Stories (Single Author)
- Authors
- Paolo Bacigalupi
- Publisher
- Night Shade Books
- Published
- February 1, 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Sci-Fi