The Catherine

Over the years I have read many, many, many sci-fi book, and watched many shows and movies. That being said I am always delighted to read or see something that gives a different perspective on a topic, or something that is entirely new. I read sci-fi for the possibility of it all. This book is very dystopian. It writes from the point of our human failings, which are many, but still gives a ray of hope that there is some more... Read Full Review

This wasn't at all what I was expecting and it ended up on my DNF list. It took me two weeks to muster up the enthusiasm to read 17 pages. Boring!

The Windup Girl is the first book I've read in 20 years to take me to a world I haven't been to before. I don't want to give too much away about the story, so let's just say the backdrop is: Peak oil has come and gone, empires have fallen and all energy is created by calories. I would however, like to talk about the characters a little. Here you are treated like an intelligent human being by the author, and presented with... Read Full Review

After living in Thailand for several years and being married to a Thai women, the book is accurate in the ways it uses the culture of Thailand and especially the way it deals with the climate warming, peak oil, and ecological destruction within the Thai cultural framework. It was fascinating that he choose Thailand, and only referred to a broken-up Europe, a destroyed America (Emprie of America?), Finland ( seed bank in Norway),... Read Full Review

Paolo Bacigalupi's debut novel The Windup Girl is a frightening, realistic and brilliant look at the near future of the world. Taking place in Thailand at some point in the future, Bacigalupi paints a picture of a world that is caught between several major problems: climate change has affected the lives of many people around the world, and in turn, has brought a rise in global agricultural corporations, and global energy resources... Read Full Review