Pump Six and Other Stories
A Fiction, Short Stories, Dystopia book. Knowledge is always two-edged. For every benefit, there is hazard. For every good, evil. Carelessness and convenient solutions lead to...
The eleven stories in Pump Six chart the evolution of Paolo Bacigalupi's work, including the Hugo nominated "Yellow Card Man," and the Sturgeon Award-winning story "The Calorie Man," both set in the world of his novel The Windup Girl. This collection also demonstrates the power and reach of the science fiction short story....
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Knowledge is always two-edged. For every benefit, there is hazard. For every good, evil. Paolo Bacigalupi, Pump Six and Other Stories // Lately, he'd been looking at Starbucks baristas and wishing he had their jobs. Tall, grande, latte, cappuccino, skinny, whatever. Not much complexity there. And when you left work at the end of the day you didn't have to think about a fucking thing. Who cared if they made shit for money? At least they wouldn't have to pay much in tax. Paolo Bacigalupi, Pump Six and Other Stories // Knowledge is always two-edged. For every benefit, there is hazard. For every good, evil. Carelessness and convenient solutions lead to chaos. Paolo Bacigalupi, Pump Six //
"The Calorie Man" is incredible. A world strangled by food monocultures and IP."Pop Squad": humans can live forever, can spend as long as they please perfecting their art, learning, becoming incredible athletes. But in exchange, having children is illegal. Stunning. (Can't help but think that the answer is space travel)"Yellow Card... The more I think about this book after finishing it, the more it keeps growing on me.One of the real strengths of Pump Six and Other Stories is the ability Paolo Bacigalupi has to make me squirmy and uncomfortable and to create a collection of disturbing images that just keep lingering.Some of this is from the darkly creative worlds... I've avoided short story collections for quite a while. My general glib answer is that by the time I'm invested in the characters, the story is over.After reading a few really quality short story collections lately, I've reevaluated that stance. My real problem is distrust.You have to trust that the editor, or in this case the writer,...
