Paolo Bacigalupi. THE WINDUP GIRL. Subterranean, 2011. 1st HC/DJ. Signed Limited

Description: Bacigalupi, Paolo. THE WINDUP GIRL. Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2011. 1st edition. With “The Windup Girl Copyright©️2009 by Paolo Bacigalupi” printed on the copyright page along with “Signed, Limited Edition” printed on the copyright page and “Published by arrangement with Night Shade Books” printed on the copyright page, all of which indicate that this is the correct 1st printing of the Subterranean Press edition. This is copy #468/500. This is NOT a book-club book. This is NOT an ex-library book. Buyer beware: There were a number of hardcover printings of THE WINDUP GIRL that were published by Night Shade Books, but there was only one signed, numbered, limited edition that was published by Subterranean Press, which is offered here. SCROLL DOWN THIS PAGE IMMEDIATELY TO SEE THE CONDITION OF THIS BOOK AND THIS DUST JACKET. Paolo Bacigalupi was born in 1972 in Paonia, Colorado. Bacigalupi graduated from Oberlin College with a major in East Asian Studies. He is a writer of science fiction and fantasy and is a multiple award-winner and award-nomination honored writer in those genres. He lives in Colorado. In THE WINDUP GIRL, along with a number of his short stories, explore the effects of bioengineering and a world in which fossil fuels are not longer viable. Bioengineering has ravaged the world with food-borne plagues, produced tailored organisms as mimics to both cats and humans, and replaced today’s fossil-fuel reliant engines with muscle power, whether human or engineered animal. Energy storage is accomplished through the use of high-capacity springs, as well as simply transporting food to feed either megodonts (bioengineered elephants) or human laborers. His writing deals with the ethics and possible ramifications of genetic engineering and western dominance, as well as the nature of humanity and a world in which, despite drastic changes, people remain essentially the same. Similar themes run through his books THE WATER KNIFE (2015), where a future American Southwest is reduced to a dystopian Dust Bowl where water is a guarded commodity for the wealthy and powerful interests. Paolo Bacigalupi is the author of such great and famous books as THE WINDUP GIRL (offered here), THE WATER KNIFE, THE TANGLED LANDS (co-written with Tobias Buckell), NAVOLA, the “Ship Breaker” trilogy consisting of SHIP BREAKER, THE DROWNED CITIES, and TOOL OF WAR, THE DOUBT FACTORY, ZOMBIE BASEBALL BEATDOWN, THE ALCHEMIST, and several others. From the dust jacket flap of the Night Shade Books edition: “ . . . Anderson Lake is a company man, AgriGen’s Calorie Man in Thailand. Under cover as a factory manager, Anderson combs Bangkok’s street markets in search of foodstuffs thought to be extinct, hoping to reap the bounty of history’s lost calories. There, he encounters Emiko . . . Emiko is the Windup Girl, a strange and beautiful creature. One of the New People, Emiko is not human; she is an engineered being, creach-grown and programmed to satisfy the decadent whims of a Kyoto businessman, but now abandoned to the streets of Bangkok. Regarded as soulless beings by some, devils by others, New People are slaves, soldiers, and toys of the rich in a chilling near future in which calorie companies rule the world, the oil age has passed, and the side effects of bio-engineered plagues run rampant across the globe . . . What happens when calories become currency? What happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits, when said bio-terrorism’s genetic drift forces mankind 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 and Hugo Award nominee, 2006) and ‘Yellow Card Man’ (Hugo Award nominee, 2007) in order to address these important questions . . . “ From the rear flap of the dust jacket of the Night Shade Books edition: “ . . . Paolo Bacigalupi’s short stories have appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Asimov’s Science Fiction, and the environmental journal High Country News. His fiction has been nominated for the Nebula and Hugo Awards, and has won the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for best science fiction short story of the year. His non-fiction essays have appeared in Salon.com and High Country News, and have been syndicated in numerous western newspapers including the Idaho Statesman, the Albuquerque Journal, and the Salt Lake Tribune. He lives in Western Colorado with his wife and son, where he is working on his next novel . . . “ From the rear panel of the dust jacket of the Night Shade Books edition: PRAISE FOR PAOLO BACIGALUPI: “The most anticipated science fiction novel of the year. Bacigalupi takes the ideas and themes from his award-winning short fiction and explores them in great complexity and depth than ever before. The results are spectacular. You won’t see the future the same way ever again.” -- C.C. Finlay, author of the “Traitor to the Crown” series. “Paolo Bacigalupi is the best short-fiction writer to emerge in the past decade; he’s the Ted Chiang of the new millennium. He combines beautiful prose, startling imagery, and shocking ideas in unforgettable ways.” -- Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of HOMINIDS. “Paolo Bacigalupi is quite simply one of the best young writers to come down the pike in the last decade. For anyone who hasn’t gotten the news yet, PUMP SIX is a wonderful introduction to a singular and remarkable talent whose work will be around for years to come.” -- Elizabeth Hand, author of GENERATION LOSS and MORTAL LOVE. “Ferocious, intelligent, and precisely rendered, these stories include some of my favorite contes cruels and cautionary tales for the twenty-first century. Paolo Bacigalupi is clearly the fifth rider of the Apocalypse -- you know, the one who writes science fiction in his spare time.” -- Kelly Link, author of MAGIC FOR BEGINNERS and PRETTY MONSTERS. “I hate this guy. All of a sudden he comes out of nowhere, writing like a weird angel, and winning awards, and knocking us old pros out of the box with stories about stuff we hadn’t gotten around to thinking up yet. (Like that stupid bio dog!) Plus he’s young and good looking. Luckily, he has an unpronounceable name.” -- Terry Bisson, author of NUMBERS DON’T LIE and GREETINGS. Some of the awards and award nominations that Paolo Bacigalupi has been honored with: 1999: “Pocketful of Dharma.” Locus Award nominee for Best Novelette. 2003: “The Fluted Girl.” Theodore Sturgeon Award nominee for Best Short Fiction. 2003: “The Fluted Girl.” Locus Award nominee for Best Novelette. 2004: “The People of Sand and Slag.” Hugo Award nominee for Best Novelette. 2004: “The People of Sand and Slag.” Locus Award nominee for Best Novelette. 2004: “The People of Sand and Slag.” Nebula Award nominee for Best Novelette. 2005: “The Calorie Man.” Hugo Award nominee for Best Novelette. 2005: “The Calorie Man.” Theodore Sturgeon Award winner for Best Short Fiction. 2005: “The Calorie Man.” Locus Award nominee for Best Novelette. 2005: “The Calorie Man.” Selun Award nominee for Best Translated Short Form. 2006: “Yellow Card Man.” Hugo Award nominee for Best Novelette. 2006: “Yellow Card Man.” Theodore Sturgeon Award nominee for Best Short Fiction. 2006: “Yellow Card Man.” Locus Award nominee for Best Novelette. 2006: “Yellow Card Man.” Asimov’s Reader Poll Award winner for Best Novelette. 2008: “The Gambler.” Hugo Award nominee for Best Novelette. 2008: “The Gambler.” Theodore Sturgeon Award nominee for Best Short Fiction. 2008: “The Gambler.” Locus Award nominee for Best Novelette. 2008: “Pump Six.” Locus Award winner for Best Novelette. 2008: PUMP SIX AND OTHER STORIES. Locus Award winner for Best Collection. 2008: PUMP SIX AND OTHER STORIES. Science Fiction Site Poll Award nominee for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Book. 2009: “The Gambler.” Nebula Award nominee for Best Novelette. 2009: THE WINDUP GIRL. Hugo Award co-winner for Best Novel. 2009: THE WINDUP GIRL. Nebula Award winner for Best Novel. 2009: THE WINDUP GIRL. John W. Campbell Memorial Award winner for Best Novel. 2009: THE WINDUP GIRL. Locus Award winner for Best First Novel. 2009: THE WINDUP GIRL. Locus Award nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel. 2009: THE WINDUP GIRL. Compton Crook Award winner for Best Novel. 2009: THE WINDUP GIRL. Science Fiction Site Poll Award runner-up for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Book. 2009: THE WINDUP GIRL. British Science Fiction Award nominee for Best Novel. 2009: THE WINDUP GIRL. One of Time Magazine’s Top Ten Books of 2009. 2010: “The Alchemist.” Nebula Award nominee for Best Novella. 2010: SHIP BREAKER. Nebula Andre Norton Award nominee for Best Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel. 2010: SHIP BREAKER. Locus Award winner for Best Young Adult Book. 2010: SHIP BREAKER. National Book Award nominee for Best Young Adult Novel. 2011: SHIP BREAKER. Michael L. Printz Award winner for Best Young Adult Novel. 2012: THE WINDUP GIRL. Seiun Award winner for Best Translated Novel. 2012: THE WINDUP GIRL. Kurd Lasswitz Preis Award winner for Best Foreign Novel. 2013: “Pocketful of Dharma.” Seiun Award winner for Best Translated Short Story. 2013: THE DROWNED CITIES. Locus Award runner-up for Best Young Adult Book. 2013: THE WINDUP GIRL. Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire Award winner for Best Foreign Novel. 2014: ZOMBIE BASEBALL BEATDOWN. Locus Award nominee for Best Young Adult Book. 2015: “Moriabe’s Children.” Locus Award nominee for Best Short Story. 2015: THE DOUBT FACTORY. Locus Award runner-up for Best Young Adult Book. 2015: PUMP SIX AND OTHER STORIES. Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire Award winner for Best Foreign Short Fiction. 2016: THE WATER KNIFE. Locus Award 3rd-place winner for Best Science Fiction Novel. 2016: THE WATER KNIFE. John W. Campbell, Jr. Award 3rd-place winner for Best Science Fiction Novel. 2016: THE WATER KNIFE. Seiun Award nominee for Best Translated Novel. Clearly Paolo Bacigalupi has become (and remains) one of the best, most important, most famous, and most collectible science fiction authors in the world. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I grade books and dust jackets: fine, near fine, very good, good, fair, and poor. I describe all faults. If you sell books on EBAY (or anywhere else), it is de rigueur not to list 1st printings of book club books as 1st editions (unless they ARE the 1st edition, which occurs only occasionally); also, a 1st edition, 7th printing, is not a 1st edition. Ex-library books must be noted as such since generally they are of little value to the collector of 1st editions. Condition is also very important to those collectors. Books and dust jackets must be described in detail. In other words, it is incumbent upon the SELLER to know what is and is not a 1st edition. Mistakes can be made (and corrected), of course, but if you DON'T KNOW, don't try to sell a book as a 1st edition. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CONDITION: A FINE book in a FINE dust jacket. The book is tight and square in its cream-colored (light tan) full-cloth binding with bright metallic red lettering on the spine of the book. The book has the correct bright red textured endpapers. This may be unread copy of this book. There is no writing in the book (except for Paolo Bacigalupi’s signature on the colophon page); no bookplates; no remainder marks. The dust jacket is not price-clipped and shows the correct 1st issue publisher’s price of $75. There are no chips or tears or wrinkles to the dust jacket. The fantastic dust jacket illustration is by the great science fiction and fantasy artist Vincent Chong. This volume also contains the related (to the “Windup Girl” universe) novellas “The Calorie Man” and “Yellow Card Man.” THE WINDUP GIRL is one of only a handful of novels to have won the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, and the Locus Award. The entire list of awards that THE WINDUP GIRL has won is noted above. It is an amazing and historically very important science fiction novel. A MUST FOR THE COLLECTOR OF IMPORTANT MODERN SCIENCE FICTION 1st EDITIONS AND/OR THE COLLECTOR OF AWARD-WINNING SCIENCE FICTION 1st EDITIONS AND/OR THE COLLECTOR OF PAOLO BACIGALUPI 1st EDITIONS! ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Additional photos are available upon request. I am continuing to list some of my best books (especially science fiction, fantasy, and horror 1st editions) on EBAY not so much as auctions (due to the fact that EBAY charges quite a bit to list items for reserve auctions), but more along the lines of listing my “catalogue” of books that I have for sale. I'm not going to “give” these books away, but my opening bids and Buy-It-Now prices are usually a fair amount below market value. Furthermore, however, for certain scarce books in great condition, I do expect to get close to what they’re worth. 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