The Windup Girl
November 1st 2010 05:41
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THE WINDUP GIRL
Paolo Bacigalupi
Earth in the future. Bioterrorism is rife. Mutant plagues are destroying ecologies and food crops. The jungles of South East Asia are dying. But in the markets of Bangkok recreated varieties of old tropical fruits are appearing again.
The Thais have a hidden seedbank a treasure greater than gold or diamonds in this ravaged world. The Americans want it.
Another treasure is the abandoned "windup girl" Emiko. Created grown and trained to be a combination secretary courtesan froma mixture of human and animal genes her owner too stingy to pay her fares home has left her behind in Bangkok in a country where her existence is illegal and she is desperately trying to escape her destiny.
The fate fo Bangkok, governments, police, refugees, secret agents, rogue genineers, and many others intertwined in this SF novel.
I hope it wins many awards!
Be warned this book is not suitable for children or younger teens however mature they think they are due to a couple of graphic scenes of sexual abuse of one character.
Paolo Bacigalupi
Earth in the future. Bioterrorism is rife. Mutant plagues are destroying ecologies and food crops. The jungles of South East Asia are dying. But in the markets of Bangkok recreated varieties of old tropical fruits are appearing again.
The Thais have a hidden seedbank a treasure greater than gold or diamonds in this ravaged world. The Americans want it.
Another treasure is the abandoned "windup girl" Emiko. Created grown and trained to be a combination secretary courtesan froma mixture of human and animal genes her owner too stingy to pay her fares home has left her behind in Bangkok in a country where her existence is illegal and she is desperately trying to escape her destiny.
The fate fo Bangkok, governments, police, refugees, secret agents, rogue genineers, and many others intertwined in this SF novel.
I hope it wins many awards!
Be warned this book is not suitable for children or younger teens however mature they think they are due to a couple of graphic scenes of sexual abuse of one character.
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