About the Book
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. Paolo's fiction has been
collected in various best of the year anthologies, has been nominated
for the Nebula and Hugo awards, and has won the Theodore Sturgeon
Memorial Award for best SF short story of the year.
The eleven stories in Pump Six represent the best of
Paolo's work, including the Hugo nominee "Yellow Card Man," the
Nebula-and Hugo-nominated story "The People of Sand and Slag," and the
Sturgeon Award-winning story "The Calorie Man." The title story is
original to this collection. With this book, Paolo Bacigalupi takes his
place alongside SF short fiction masters Ted Chiang, Kelly Link and
others, as an important young writer that directly and unabashedly
tackles today's most important issues.
Contents:
- Pocketful of Dharma
- The Fluted Girl
- The People of Sand and Slag
- The Pasho
- The Calorie Man
- The Tamarisk Hunter
- Pop Squad
- Yellow Card Man
- Softer
- Pump Six
