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I really recommend Bagciaglupi's "The Wind-Up Girl", which is kind of the novel expanded from The Calorie Man. It is dismal.
by jrochkind1 5y ago
I really recommend Bagciaglupi's "The Wind-Up Girl", which is kind of the novel expanded from The Calorie Man. It is dismal.
- the_af 5y agoDon't forget "Yellow Card Man"! Most of his stories in "Pump Six and Other Stories" are very good. Depressing, but good.
- lsaferite 5y agoI loved that book and the world the author created.
- blaser-waffle 5y agoGreat book. My friend is Thai and said he (Bagciaglupi) couldn't speak the language to save his life, but otherwise liked the book.
- the_af 5y agoI read a scathing review by a Thai that accused Bacigalupi of engaging in Orientalism, which of course he was. And still, not being Thai myself, I enjoyed the novel immensely, thought its greater themes were very interesting, and I think it wasn't dismissive of Thai culture, even if it dealt in stereotypes. I suppose Gibson is guilty of this as well, only with the Japanese instead of Thai. It doesn't bother me.