tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711195880526876235.post591592458194508868..comments2024-03-09T03:30:45.524-05:00Comments on Mad Hatter's Bookshelf & Book Review: REVIEW | The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade Books)The Mad Hatterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135107584625716128noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711195880526876235.post-14541494941016556282012-05-09T21:46:10.498-04:002012-05-09T21:46:10.498-04:00Like all avid scifi readers, I heard of Bacigalupi...Like all avid scifi readers, I heard of Bacigalupi's Hugo and Nebula award-winning novel, and I certainly wanted to read it. I fairly recently read a great short story of his previously, 'Pop Squad', in Brave New Worlds (a very well written, disturbing dystopian story), and I wanted to read more of him.<br /><br />The Windup Girl is one of the best novels of any genre I have read, in many years. It deserves its Hugo and Nebula awards, as it is a masterpiece of futuristic world building, within the confines of Earth's future. It's characters are sensitively portrayed in detail, and the plot is intricate, surprising in its turns, and penetrating in theme. It is what any aspiring speculative fiction writer wants to achieve. It is a benchmark, a masterpiece. I don't use superlatives like these too often. The novel is that good.Canadahttp://rantofimitation.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711195880526876235.post-28577741807025444832011-03-31T07:42:56.647-04:002011-03-31T07:42:56.647-04:00"Readers of Ian McDonald's River of Gods ..."Readers of Ian McDonald's River of Gods and China Mieville would absolutely love The Windup Girl."<br /><br />Spot on. I've thoroughly enjoyed every China Mieville book I could get my grubby paws on, and Ian McDonald's Desolation Road is a recent favorite of mine, and I loved The Windup Girl. My love of weird settings and depressing future stories makes up for any failings in the writing (that I frequently fail to notice).Lexhttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=671622766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711195880526876235.post-76086199305685711232009-10-27T20:31:16.657-04:002009-10-27T20:31:16.657-04:00I liked it, but I didn't enjoy it and I think ...I liked it, but I didn't enjoy it and I think that is an important distinction. Paolo clearly has an amazing ability with words, but the storyline and characters were lacking a bit. The world is what made me rate it as high as I did. I'm interested in what else he has is working on.The Mad Hatterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14135107584625716128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711195880526876235.post-73129304238627659082009-10-27T20:20:48.826-04:002009-10-27T20:20:48.826-04:00I loved his short fiction but really didn't th...I loved his short fiction but really didn't think that this novel was up to par...Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15126093513818104194noreply@blogger.com