Paolo Bacigalupi

"In Navola, a bustling city-state dominated by a handful of influential families, business is power, and power is everything. For generations, the di Regulai family-merchant bankers with a vast empire-has nurtured tendrils that stretch to the farthest reaches of the known world. And though they claim not to be political, their staggering wealth has bought cities and toppled kingdoms. Soon, Davico di Regulai will be expected to take the reins of power...

What happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits? And what happens when this forces humanity to the cusp of post-human evolution? This is a tale of Bangkok struggling for survival in a post-oil era of rising sea levels and out-of-control mutation.

In a future beset with rising seas, corporate government, and constant civil war, a bioengineered half-man/half-beast super-soldier who calls himself Tool breaks his conditioning to overcome his genetically enhanced sense of loyalty to the corporation that created him and seeks revenge against his old masters.

"When a radical band of teen activists [claims] that Alix's powerful father covers up wrongdoing by corporations that knowingly allow innocent victims to die in order to make enormous profits from unsafe products, she must decide if she will blow the whistle on his misdeeds"-- Provided by publisher.

Drugoy mir. Drugoe solnce. Drugie bogi. Drugoe proshloe. No tak mnogo skhodstva s proshlym nashego mira. V Navole, procvetayushchem torgovom gorode-gosudarstve, vlast' prinadlezhit neskol'kim oligarhicheskim sem'yam. Samaya uspeshnaya iz nih, di Regulai, raskinula svoi shchupal'ca po vsemu miru. Ee prestizh, vliyatel'nost' i bogatstvo grandiozny, no zashchishchat' ih prihoditsya, ne schitayas' ni s kakimi zhertvami. Yunomu Daviko di Regulai sud'boy...

Paolo Bachigalupi - amerikanskiy fantast, publikuyushchiysya s 1999 goda. Zhanrovye napravleniya, v kotoryh on rabotaet - preimushchestvenno nauchnaya fantastika s postapokalipticheskim uklonom i fentezi. On rodilsya v gorodke Paoniya na zapade shtata Kolorado, v universitete shtata Ogayo izuchal kitayskiy yazyk, a zatem neskol'ko let provel v Azii. Ego proizvedeniya nosyat otpechatok kul'tury poseshchennyh im stran. Drugie oblasti ego interesov -...

Paolo Bachigalupi - amerikanskiy fantast, publikuyushchiysya s 1999 goda. Zhanrovye napravleniya, v kotoryh on rabotaet - preimushchestvenno nauchnaya fantastika s postapokalipticheskim uklonom i fentezi. On rodilsya v gorodke Paoniya na zapade shtata Kolorado, v universitete shtata Ogayo izuchal kitayskiy yazyk, a zatem neskol'ko let provel v Azii. Ego proizvedeniya nosyat otpechatok kul'tury poseshchennyh im stran - takoy zhe yarkiy, kak i otpechatok...

Kogda global'noe poteplenie rastopit l'dy i ogromnye territorii uydut pod vodu… Kogda issyaknut zapasy prirodnogo topliva i civilizaciya skatitsya na tekhnologicheskiy uroven' stimpanka… Kogda ekologicheskie katastrofy, stirayushchie celye narody s lica zemli, stanut obydennym yavleniem... Kogda to nemnogoe, chto ostalos' ot prezhnego urovnya zhizni v byvshih razvityh stranah, budet «s"edeno» vynuzhdennymi pereselencami... Kogda poslednie monumental'nye...

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...

"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"-- Provided by publisher. A fantasy novel told in four parts. Khaim, The Blue City, is the last remaining city in a crumbled empire that overly relied upon magic until it became toxic. It is run by a tyrant known as The Jolly Mayor and his devious right hand, the last archmage in the...