The Resource The windup girl, Paolo Bacigalupi
The windup girl, Paolo Bacigalupi
Resource Information
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Resource Information
The item The windup girl, Paolo Bacigalupi represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- What happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits? And what happens when this forces humanity to the cusp of post-human evolution? This is a tale of Bangkok struggling for survival in a post-oil era of rising sea levels and out-of-control mutation
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 359 pages
- Isbn
- 9781597801577
- Label
- The windup girl
- Title
- The windup girl
- Statement of responsibility
- Paolo Bacigalupi
- Title variation
- Wind-up girl
- Subject
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- truePost-apocalypse
- Bangkok (Thailand) -- Fiction
- trueAgribusiness
- trueScience fiction
- truePosthumanism
- Bioterrorism -- Fiction
- trueCorporations
- trueScience fiction
- trueBiological terrorism
- trueGenetically engineered women
- trueCivil war
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueDystopias
- Bioterrorism -- Social aspects -- Fiction
- trueDystopian fiction
- trueTerrorism
- trueBangkok, Thailand
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- What happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits? And what happens when this forces humanity to the cusp of post-human evolution? This is a tale of Bangkok struggling for survival in a post-oil era of rising sea levels and out-of-control mutation
- Summary
- Living in a future where food is scarce, Anderson Lake tries to find ways to exploit this need, as he comes into conflict with Jaidee, an official of the Environmental Ministry, and encounters Emiko, a engineered windup girl who has been discarded by her creator
- Award
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- Hugo Award for Best Novel, 2010.
- John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, 2010.
- Library Journal Best Books, 2009.
- Locus Award for First Novel, 2010.
- Nebula Award for Best Novel, 2009.
- RUSA Reading List, 2010.
- Awards note
- Hugo Award for Best Novel, 2010.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 331540
- Cataloging source
- UKM
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bacigalupi, Paolo
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Bioterrorism
- Bioterrorism
- Bangkok (Thailand)
- Science fiction
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The windup girl, Paolo Bacigalupi
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn373482688
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 359 pages
- Isbn
- 9781597801577
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)373482688
- Label
- The windup girl, Paolo Bacigalupi
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn373482688
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 359 pages
- Isbn
- 9781597801577
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)373482688
Subject
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueAgribusiness
- Bangkok (Thailand) -- Fiction
- trueBangkok, Thailand
- trueBiological terrorism
- Bioterrorism -- Fiction
- Bioterrorism -- Social aspects -- Fiction
- trueCivil war
- trueCorporations
- trueDystopian fiction
- trueDystopias
- trueGenetically engineered women
- truePost-apocalypse
- truePosthumanism
- trueScience fiction
- trueScience fiction
- trueTerrorism
Genre
Included in
- trueFor Fans of 1984
- trueHugo Awards: Best Novel
- trueJohn W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
- trueLibrary Journal Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books
- trueLocus Awards: First Novel
- trueNebula Awards: Best Novel
- trueThe Reading List (RUSA): 2010
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
- Award
- Hugo Award for Best Novel, 2010.
- Award
- John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, 2010.
- Award
- Library Journal Best Books, 2009.
- Award
- Locus Award for First Novel, 2010.
- Award
- Nebula Award for Best Novel, 2009.
- Award
- RUSA Reading List, 2010.
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