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Books & Short Stories

Books

tangled lands

Tangled Lands

A fantasy novel told in four parts about a land crippled by the use of magic, and a tyrant who is trying to rebuild an empire—unless the people find a way to resist written by authors Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias Buckell.

2019 Winner of The World Fantasy Award for Best Collection

(2018 Gallery / Saga Press)

Tool of War by Paolo Bacigalupi

Tool of War

Tool, a half-man/half-beast designed for combat, is capable of so much more than his creators had ever dreamed… A gripping, eerily prescient story of the most provocative character from Ship Breaker and The Drowned Cities.

(October 2017, Little, Brown Books)

The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi

The Water Knife

A story of climate change, drought, and water politics set in the American Southwest, loosely based in the same world as the short story “The Tamarisk Hunter.” 

(Spring 2015, Knopf)

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The Doubt Factory

Explores the timely issue of how public information is distorted for monetary gain, and how those who exploit it must be stopped.

 (2014, Little Brown Books)

Zombie Baseball Beatdown by Paolo Bacigalupi

Zombie Baseball Beatdown

The apocalypse begins on the day Rabi, Miguel and Joe are practicing baseball near their town's local meatpacking plant and nearly get knocked out by a really big stink. Little do they know the plant's toxic cattle feed is turning cows into flesh-craving monsters...ZOMBIES!!! (2013, Little Brown Books)

US Edition

The Drowned Cities 

Mahlia and Mouse struggle to survive in the war-torn territories of the Drowned Cities but when a bio-engineered half-man crashes into their lives, their fragile existence is threatened. (2012, Little Brown Books) 

Los Angels Times Book Prize Finalist

US Edition

Ship Breaker

Nailer Lopez labors as a scavenger of the Accelerated Age, tearing apart ancient oil tankers and freighters. When a hurricane-wrecked clipper ship washes onto his shores, he’s faced with a deadly choice. (2010, Little Brown Books)

National Book Award Finalist, Michael L Printz Award Winner, LOCUS Award Winner

New Cover (2015)

The Windup Girl

Anderson Lake is a company man, AgriGen’s man in Thailand…  (2009, Night Shade Books) 


Hugo Award Winner, Nebula Award Winner, John W. Campbell Award Winner, LOCUS Award Winner, TIME Magazine Top Ten Books of the Year

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Pump Six and Other Stories

Paolo Bacigalupi’s debut collection demonstrates the power and reach of the science fiction short story. Includes most of his short stories to date, plus a new original for the collection. (2008, Night Shade Books)

The Locus Award-winning collection includes stories which have received 3 Hugo Award nominations, 1 Nebula Award nomination, won the Theodore Sturgeon Award, the Locus Award and the Asimov’s Readers Choice Award.

Partial List of Short Stories

The short stories listed below published before 2008, with the exception of “The Gambler”, can by found in Pump Six and Other Stories.

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"Efficiency"

2021, Cities of Light. Grist.org read online

A Full Life

"A Full Life"

2019, MIT Technology Review read online

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"American Goldmine"

2019, Fantasy and Science Fiction

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"Fixable"

2019, Futurescapes Anthology

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"A Passing Sickness"

2017, Xprize read online

Mika Model

"Mika Model"

2015, Slate.com read online

City Of Ash

"City of Ash"

2015, Medium.com read online

A Hot Days Night

"A Hot Days Night"

2015, High Country News read online  

The End is Nigh

"Shooting the Apocalypse"

2014, John Joseph Adams

Science Fiction and Fantasy

"Moriabe's Children"

2014, Science Fiction and Fantasy

The Alchemist by Paolo Bacigalupi

"The Alchemist"

July 2010, Audible.com
Nebula Award Nominee for Novella

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"The Gambler"

October 2008, Fast Forward 2
Hugo Award Finalist
Year’s Best Science Fiction 26th Annual Collection
The Best Science Fiction And Fantasy Of The Year Volume 3

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"Pump Six"

February 2008, Pump Six and Other Stories
Locus Award Winner
The Year’s Best SF 14

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"Softer"

 March 2007, Logorrhea – Good Words Make Good Stories

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"Small Offerings"

February 2007, Fast Forward 1 – Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge

Asimov's Science Fiction - December 2006

"Yello Card Man"

December 2006, Asimov’s Science Fiction
Hugo Award Finalist
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Finalist
Year’s Best Science Fiction 24th Annual Collection
The Best Science Fiction And Fantasy Of The Year Volume 1

Fantasy & Science Fiction - OctoberNovember 2006

"Pop Squad"

October/November 2006, Fantasy & Science Fiction

High County News - The Tamarisk Hunter

"The Tamarisk Hunter"

June 26, 2006, High Country News

Fantasy & Science Fiction - October/November 2005

"The Calorie Man"

October/November 2005, Fantasy & Science Fiction
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award WINNER
Science Fiction: The Best of 2005
Year’s Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection
Hugo Award Finalist

Asimov's Science Fiction - January 2004

"The Pasho"

September 2004, Asimov’s Science Fiction

Fantasy & Science Fiction - February 2004

"The People of Sand and Slag"

February 2004, Fantasy & Science Fiction
Science Fiction: The Best of 2004
Year’s Best Science Fiction 22nd Annual Collection.
Hugo Award Finalist
Nebula Award Finalist

Fantasy & Science Fiction - June 2003

"The Fluted Girl"

June 2003, Fantasy & Science Fiction
Science Fiction: The Best of 2003
Year’s Best Science Fiction 21st Annual Collection.
Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror 17th Annual Collection.
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Finalist

Fantasy & Science Fiction - February 1999

"Pocketful of Dharma"

February 1999, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction

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Paolo Bacigalupi

Paolo Bacigalupi

Paolo Bacigalupi's writing has appeared in High Country News, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Salon.com, and Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. He is a Hugo and Nebula Award winner, and a National Book Award finalist.

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