So I loved "Windup Girl." And two (maybe 3) of the stories are set in the same world.
These stories get surprisingly dark and... gross (I won't say horrifying because it's more... real world disturbing, mind-trippy than 'scary'- which is what people think of when you say 'horror.'
(I'd heard 'The People of Sand & Slag' on... escape pod? and it squicked me out - but I get that way about animal stories...)
Bacigalupi is a hell of a wordsmith, he can craft worlds and just drench you with the smells and tastes and tactile details. Most of his worlds... STINK - but that kind of visceral depth - in short stories especially, is rare.
(I'd love to see him take on zombies as subject matter, though I'd probably need a barf bag.)
Worth reading. The title story especially. Because it's the literary equivalent of the movie "Idiocracy."
These stories get surprisingly dark and... gross (I won't say horrifying because it's more... real world disturbing, mind-trippy than 'scary'- which is what people think of when you say 'horror.'
(I'd heard 'The People of Sand & Slag' on... escape pod? and it squicked me out - but I get that way about animal stories...)
Bacigalupi is a hell of a wordsmith, he can craft worlds and just drench you with the smells and tastes and tactile details. Most of his worlds... STINK - but that kind of visceral depth - in short stories especially, is rare.
(I'd love to see him take on zombies as subject matter, though I'd probably need a barf bag.)
Worth reading. The title story especially. Because it's the literary equivalent of the movie "Idiocracy."
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