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A review by blairconrad
Pump Six and Other Stories by Paolo Bacigalupi
3.0
Chock full of interesting ideas, and glimpses into richly imagined worlds and settings. Grim though. Super grim. The Wind-up Girl universe-set stories were very good, as was "The Fluted Girl". And I really enjoyed "The Pasho". Right up until the end. If only things weren't so bleak, and in many cases the characters so reprehensible.
"Softer", though should've been left out. It didn't fit the speculative fiction theme and was just… disturbing. Not entirely without merit, but not something I wanted to read.
I wouldn't necessarily say no to reading [b:The Windup Girl|6597651|The Windup Girl|Paolo Bacigalupi|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1278940608s/6597651.jpg|6791425], but I'd at least find out if there's an ounce of human kindness in it before I did.
"Softer", though should've been left out. It didn't fit the speculative fiction theme and was just… disturbing. Not entirely without merit, but not something I wanted to read.
I wouldn't necessarily say no to reading [b:The Windup Girl|6597651|The Windup Girl|Paolo Bacigalupi|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1278940608s/6597651.jpg|6791425], but I'd at least find out if there's an ounce of human kindness in it before I did.