Paolo Bacigalupi

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Paolo Bacigalupi (2012)

Paolo Bacigalupi (born August 6, 1972 ) is an American science fiction writer.

His work Biokrieg is about a gloomy future in which raw material shortages , famine and genetic laboratories are part of everyday life.

Bacigalupi's works have received several awards. For his first novel Biokrieg ( The Windup Girl ) he received the Hugo Award , the Nebula Award and the Compton Crook Award for the best debut novel . The Time Magazine took the work to its list of the ten best books of the year in 2009. The French translation La Fille automate received the Prix ​​Une autre Terre in 2013 . The Roman Ship Thieves ( Ship Breaker ) from the year 2010 for the National Book Award nomination. The Tangled Lands collection, written together with Tobias S. Buckell , won the World Fantasy Award in 2019 .

Awards

0000 Hugo Award for The Windup Girl as best novel
0000 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for The Windup Girl in the category "Science Fiction Novel"
0000Locus Award for The Windup Girl in the "First Novel" category
0000 Nebula Award for The Windup Girl for best novel
  • 2011 Locus Award for Ship Breaker in the category "Young Adult Book"
  • 2012 Kurd-Laßwitz-Prize for The Windup Girl in the category "foreign work"
0000 Premio Ignotus for La chica mecánica in the category "Mejor novela extranjera" (best foreign language novel)
0000 Seiun Award for The Windup Girl in the "Translated Long Form" category
0000Seiun Award for Pocketful of Dharma in the "Translated Short Form" category
  • 2015 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for La fille-flûte et autres fragments de futurs brisés ( Pump Six and Other Stories ) in the "Nouvelle étrangère" category
0000Premio Ignotus for El jugador in the category "Mejor cuento extranjero" (best foreign language story)

bibliography

Windup / bio war
  • The Calorie Man (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October-November 2005 )
    • German: The calorie man. In: In: Paolo Bacigalupi: The player. 2012.
  • Yellow Card Man (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, December 2006 )
    • German: Yellow Cards. In: In: Paolo Bacigalupi: The player. 2012.
  • The Windup Girl (2009)
    • German: Biokrieg. Translated by Hannes Riffel and Dorothea Kallfass. Heyne SF & F # 52757, 2011, ISBN 978-3-453-52757-7 .
Ship breaker
Tangled Lands (with Tobias S. Buckell )
  • The Alchemist (2010, in: Tobias S. Buckell and Paolo Bacigalupi: The Alchemist and The Executioness )
  • The Alchemist and The Executioness (2010)
  • The Children of Khaim (2018, in: Tobias S. Buckell and Paolo Bacigalupi: The Tangled Lands )
  • The Tangled Lands (2018)
Novels
  • The People of Sand and Slag (short novel in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 2004 )
  • Zombie Baseball Beatdown (2013)
  • The Doubt Factory (2014)
  • The Water Knife (2015)
Collections
  • Pump Six and Other Stories (2008)
  • The player. German by Birgit Herden. Edited by Hannes Riffel & Karlheinz Schlögl. Golkonda, 2012, ISBN 978-3-942396-15-8 .
Short stories

1999:

  • Pocketful of Dharma (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1999 ; also: A Pocket Full of Dharma , 2012)
    • English: The bag full of Dharma. In: In: Paolo Bacigalupi: The player. 2012.

2003:

  • The Fluted Girl (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2003 )
    • German: The Flute Girl. In: In: Paolo Bacigalupi: The player. 2012.

2004:

  • The Pasho (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2004 )
    • German: The Pascho. In: In: Paolo Bacigalupi: The player. 2012.

2006:

  • Pop Squad (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October-November 2006 )
  • Yellow Card Man (2006)
    • German: Yellow Cards. In: In: Paolo Bacigalupi: The player. 2012.

2007:

  • Small Offerings (2007, in: Lou Anders (Ed.): Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge )
  • Softer (2007, in: John Klima (Ed.): Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories )
  • The Tamarisk Hunter (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 2007 )

2008:

  • Pump Six (2008, in: Paolo Bacigalupi: Pump Six and Other Stories )
  • The Gambler (2008, in: Lou Anders (Ed.): Fast Forward 2 )
    • German: The player. In: In: Paolo Bacigalupi: The player. 2012.

2014:

  • Shooting the Apocalypse (2014, in: John Joseph Adams and Hugh Howey (Eds.): The End Is Nigh )
  • Moriabe's Children (2014, in: Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant (Eds.): Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales )

2015:

  • A Hot Day's Night (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September-October 2015 )

2016:

  • City of Ash (2016, in: Jonathan Strahan (Ed.): The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Ten )

2017:

  • Mika Model (2017, in: Jonathan Strahan (Ed.): The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Eleven )
  • A Passing Sickness (2017, in: Seat 14C )

2019:

  • Fixable (2019, in: Luke Peterson (Ed.): Futurescapes: Blue Sky Cities, Volume Two )
  • American Gold Mine (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September / October 2019 )

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Review by Michael Matzer on ship thieves at Buchwurm.info
personal data
SURNAME Bacigalupi, Paolo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1972