The Windup Girl

Synopsis

What Happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits? And what happens when said bio-terrorism forces humanity to the cusp of post-human evolution? In The Windup Girl, award-winning author Paolo Bacigalupi returns to the world of "The Calorie Man"( Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award-winner, Hugo Award nominee, 2006) and "Yellow Card Man" (Hugo Award nominee, 2007) in order to address these questions.

Ideas Explored

• Bioengineered Military Technology
• Bioengineered Creature Personhood
• Corporate Dystopia
• Genetic Collapse of Earth's Biosphere
• Genetic Engineering Ethics

Metadata

Source: OpenLibrary

Tags: BioterrorismBioterrorismeDystopianFictionFiction, thrillers, generalHugo Award WinnerScience Fictionaward:hugo_award=2010award:hugo_award=novelaward:nebula_award=novelhugo-winner

isfdb_id: 1017019

openlibrary_id: OL15000756W

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