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The Windup Girl
Published 2009 by Night Shade Books · 376 pages
Hugo · 2010
WinnerNebula · 2010
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Hugo 20106 finalists · tied winners
Paolo Bacigalupi on these ballots
2 award entries · 1 books · 2 wins · 2010–2010
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Synopsis
In a future Thailand ravaged by rising seas and engineered plagues, calorie companies control the global food supply. Emiko, a genetically modified “new person” designed as a servant, struggles for survival and freedom in Bangkok’s sweltering streets while political factions clash over the kingdom’s last reserves of genetic diversity.
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