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Pump Six and Other Stories
Written by Paolo Bacigalupi
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Average Score:
90(5)
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. 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."
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Book Details
Science Fiction
Hardcover,
248 Pages
Published
by Night Shade Books on February 15, 2008
First Published by Night Shade Books in 2008
ISBN-10 159780133X
ISBN-13 978-1597801331
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Reviews
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SF Site
| Rich Horton
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Review Rating: 100
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Pump Six and Other Stories, with its retrospective organization and in that it features the author's entire published short fiction to date, quite strikingly positions Paolo Bacigalupi as one of the best young SF writers of our time: a writer who has already done first-rate work and who is ready, I feel sure, to really thrill us.
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SFRevu
| Andrew Brooks
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Review Rating: 100
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These stories make you wonder, they involve you in a way that I believe great post-apocalyptical tales do and, as a bonus, will entertain the hell out of you.
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Strange Horizons
| Abigail Nussbaum
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Review Rating: 100
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With its contents presented roughly in order of publiction, Pump Six is effectively a retrospective of Bacigalupi's career thus far, and as such offers us a chance to observe a writer growing, discovering his voice and dominant themes, and perfecting them.
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BSCReview
| Rob
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Review Rating: 80
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Take your time reading this collection so the bleak futures Bacigalupi don't overshadow the glimpses of hope and optimism and you'll find some true gems in this collection.
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SF Signal
| John DeNardo
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Review Rating: 70
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A great showcase of Bacigalupi's unique style and his mastery of short fiction.
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