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By: Interview: Paolo Bacigalupi « A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy

Interview: Paolo Bacigalupi « A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 01:22:27 +0000

[...] Bacigalupi is the author of Ship Breaker (Little, Brown, 2010) (National Book Awards finalist) and The Windup Girl (Night Shade Books, 2009) (Nebula and Hugo Awards for Best Novel). His short [...]

By: Liz B

Liz B — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 01:17:58 +0000

Moira, that is how I feel about most of the Newbery discussions — I root for one book, because it’s the only one of the discussed books I’ve read. SHIP BREAKER is so great from a science perspective, and it shows you can have science fiction without spaceships.

By: Moira

Moira — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:39:43 +0000

Liz, to be fair to the competition, I haven’t read either “Mockingbird” or the others. But I so enjoyed “One Crazy Summer” I was rooting for it.

I really want to read “Shipbreaker.” I’m glad there’s a rise in interest in science fiction for young people. A few days ago I overheard a mother in a bookstore tell her son that they’d look for science fiction. He was too young for “Shipbreaker,” or I would have mentioned it.

By: Liz B

Liz B — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:23:11 +0000

I wonder how MOCKINGBIRD works on audio. It’s definately a voice driven book, and if you don’t “buy” the voice, the book is a disappointment. Since the reader can make (or break) a book, I’m interested in hearing how it works.

Moira, I was rooting for SHIP BREAKER because I love the world building.

By: Moira

Moira — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:18:09 +0000

“Mockingbird” won instead of “One Crazy Summer??” ARGH!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:11:08 +0000

Out of the list I’ve only read Shipbreaker and thought it was quite good. Not a favorite read for me like it was for you, but I still enjoyed it a good deal. Quite interesting. I believe I have Mockingbird on audio, I should make the connection with that one sooner than later it seems.