New Releases by Paolo Bacigalupi

¡Última entrega de esta trilogía de ciencia ficción! Tool, mitad hombre y mitad bestia diseñada para el combate, demuestra ser capaz de mucho más de lo que sus creadores habían soñado nunca. Erigido en líder de un grupo de niños soldado y perseguido implacablemente por alguien decidido a destruirlo, Tool guarda celosamente su secreto más preocupante: ha encontrado la manera de resistir sus impulsos implantados genéticamente de sumisión y lealtad hacia sus amos. Ahora ha llegado el momento de empezar una guerra contra quienes lo crearon como esclavo. De uno de los maestros indiscutibles de la ciencia ficción contemporánea llega un relato fascinante que explora las intrincadas relaciones que conectan al cazador y la presa, al amo y al esclavo, al humano y al monstruo.

Paolo Bacigalupi, Terry Bisson, Jean-Claude Dunyach, Greg Egan, Yves Frémion, Laurent Genefort, Nancy Kress, Sylvie Lainé, Wildy Petoud, Lisa Tuttle... ... sont les Architectes du vertige. Cinquante années de Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire. Dix textes sélectionnés parmi les lauréats du plus prestigieux des prix littéraires dédiés à la science-fiction, au fantastique et à la fantasy. Dix récits du vertige et de l’émerveillement. Une anthologie anniversaire au faîte d’un monument.

Dia makhluk yang aneh namun cantik. Emiko bukan manusia; dia digerakkan oleh mesin, tumbuh dan diprogram untuk memberi kepuasan bagi para pebisnis Kyoto. Namun setelah dianggap tak berguna lagi, dia dibuang ke Bangkok. Di Thailand, robot disebut Orang Baru. Mereka dianggap tak berjiwa dan sama seperti iblis. Mereka adalah budak, tentara, dan mainan bagi pabrik kalori yang akan segera memimpin dunia. Apa yang akan terjadi jika kalori dijadikan alat tukar? Apa yang akan terjadi jika bio-terorisme dijadikan alat untuk mendapatkan keuntungan perusahaan? Benarkah bio-terorisme telah membawa umat manusia ke titik puncak evolusi pasca-manusia?

A collection of science fiction stories, art, and essays exploring how the transition to solar energy will transform cities; catalyze revolutions in politics, governance, and culture; and create diverse futures for human communities. Cities of Light emphasizes that the design of solar energy matters in shaping the future of urban communities and explores how each city's geographic and social features, along with the arc of its particular local history, create unique challenges and opportunities as we work collectively to design more equitable energy futures. The collection features stories by award-winning science fiction authors, working in collaboration with visual artists and graphic designers, and experts from Arizona State University and the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory in fields ranging from engineering and data science to sociology, public policy, and architecture.

WINNER OF THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD FOR BEST COLLECTION From award-winning and New York Times bestselling authors Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias Buckell comes a fantasy novel told in four parts about a land crippled by the use of magic, and a tyrant who is trying to rebuild an empire—unless the people find a way to resist. Khaim, The Blue City, is the last remaining city in a crumbled empire that overly relied upon magic until it became toxic. It is run by a tyrant known as The Jolly Mayor and his devious right hand, the last archmage in the world. Together they try to collect all the magic for themselves so they can control the citizens of the city. But when their decadence reaches new heights and begins to destroy the environment, the people stage an uprising to stop them. In four interrelated parts, The Tangled Lands is an evocative and epic story of resistance and heroic sacrifice in the twisted remains surrounding the last great city of Khaim. Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias Buckell have created a fantasy for our times about a decadent and rotting empire facing environmental collapse from within—and yet hope emerges from unlikely places with women warriors and alchemical solutions.

Guerrier mi-homme mi-bête, Tool a été créé pour le combat dans un futur dévasté par le changement climatique et les conflits. Échappant aux impulsions de soumission génétiquement implantées, pourchassé avec acharnement, il a quitté sa meute d'esclaves de guerre modifiés pour devenir le leader d'une bande d'enfants-soldats. Mais le temps est venu de se révolter contre ceux qui l'ont asservi.

Set in a dark future devastated by climate change, Tool of War is the third book in a major adventure series by a bestselling and award-winning science fiction author and starring the most provocative character from the acclaimed novels Ship Breaker and The Drowned Cities. In this gripping, eerily prescient sci-fi thriller that Kirkus described as "masterful," Tool--a half-man/half-beast designed for combat--proves himself capable of so much more than his creators had ever dreamed. He has gone rogue from his pack of bioengineered "augments" and emerged a victorious leader of a pack of human soldier boys. But he is hunted relentlessly by someone determined to destroy him, who knows an alarming secret: Tool has found the way to resist his genetically ingrained impulses of submission and loyalty toward his masters... The time is coming when Tool will embark on an all-out war against those who have enslaved him. From one of science fiction's undisputed masters comes a riveting and all-too-timely page-turner that explores the intricate relationships connecting hunter and prey, master and enslaved, human and monster. "Suzanne Collins may have put dystopian literature on the YA map with 'The Hunger Games'...but Bacigalupi is one of the genre's masters, employing inventively terrifying details in equally imaginative story lines." -- Los Angeles Times

Jonathan Strahan, the award-winning and much lauded editor of many of genre’s best known anthologies is back with his 11th volume in this fascinating series, featuring the best science fiction and fantasy. With established names and new talent this diverse and ground-breaking collection will take the reader to the outer-reaches of space and the inner realms of humanity with stories of fantastical worlds and worlds that may still come to pass. Featuring // Catherynne M. Valente // Paolo Bacigalupi // Aliette De Bodard // Joe Abercrombie // Rich Larson // Naomi Novik // Alyssa Wong // Daryl Gregory // Alex Irvine // Sam J. Miller // Alice Sola Kim // Seth Dickinson // Carolyn Ives Gilman // Genevieve Valentine // Caitlín R. Kiernan // Amal El-Mohtar // Theodora Goss // Ian R. Macleod // Delia Sherman // Geoff Ryman // Nina Allan // N.K. Jemisin // Lavie Tidhar // Yoon Ha Lee // Paul Mcauley // Charles Yu // E. Lily Yu // Ken Liu

ITS THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT... For decades, the apocalypse and its aftermath have yielded some of the most exciting short stories of all time. From David Brin's seminal The Postman to Hugh Howey's Deep Blood Kettle and Tananarive Due's prescient Patient Zero, the end of the world continues to thrill. This companion volume to the critically acclaimed WASTELANDS offers thirty of the finest examples of post-apocalyptic short fiction, with works by: Ann Aguirre Megan Arkenberg Paolo Bacigalupi Christopher Barzak Lauren Beukes David Brin Orson Scott Card Junot Díaz Cory Doctorow Tananarive Due Toiya Kristen Finley Milo Joe R. Lansdale George R. R. Martin Jack McDevitt Seanan McGuire Maureen F. McHugh D. Thomas Minton Rudy Rucker & Bruce Sterling Ramsey Shehadeh Robert Silverberg Award-winning editor John Joseph Adams has once again assembled a who’s who of short fiction, and the result is nothing short of mind-blowing. --- PRAISE FOR WASTELANDS: Everything that is best about the trope, from bleak, empty worlds to beacons of hope. - Booklist. The best anthology of any kind I have read to date. - Grasping for the Wind. A great collection that gets my highest recommendation.- Bookgasm

FEATURING Paolo Bacigalupi • Elizabeth Bear • Greg Bear • Jeffrey Ford • Neil Gaiman • Nalo Hopkinson • Nisi Shawl • Simon Ings • Gwyneth Jones • Caitlin R. Kiernan • Anne Leckie • Kelly Link • Usman T. Malik • Ian McDonald • Vonda McIntrye • Sam J. Miller • Tamsyn Muir • Robert Reed • Alastair Reynolds • Kim Stanley Robinson • Kelly Robson • Geoff Ryman • Nike Sulway • Catherynne Valente • Genevieve Valentine • Kai Ashante Wilson • Alyssa Wong Jonathan Strahan, the award-winning and much lauded editor of many of genre’s best known anthologies is back with his 10th volume in this fascinating series, featuring the best science fiction and fantasy from 2015. With established names and new talent this diverse and ground-breaking collection will take the reader to the outer-reaches of space and the inner realms of humanity with stories of fantastical worlds and worlds that may still come to pass.

In this Hugo and Nebula Award-nominated short story, a Laotian journalist, Ong, tries to succeed in an American news agency where glamorous “click-bait” stories drive revenue, and in-depth news stories are a dying breed. As Ong struggles to survive in the newsroom, he must choose whether he will pursue clicks and success, or stay true to his ideals, and risk everything because of it. “The Gambler” was nominated for the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Novelette, and the 2009 Nebula Award for Best Novelette. It was featured in Gardner Dozois’s “Year’s Best SF” Twenty-Sixth Edition, Jonathan Strahan’s “Best SF of the Year” Volume 3, and originally published in Pyr’s Fast Forward 2 Anthology. Reviews: “The stories he [Paolo] chooses to write are those that make an easy extrapolation of the present into the near future, but with an immediacy and richness of detail that shows the reader just how close we are to seeing this come to pass. The world of The Gambler isn’t as dystopian as what we normally get from him, but his protagonist still serves a similar function as a lone voice of reason in a future you would not prefer but which seems somehow inevitable. There may be some analogy there with the author himself, but either way this is a nicely done story.” --- Mataglap SF “…The story … wisely spends its time deepening Ong’s quiet but firm sincerity. The end of the “The Gambler” is probably the most touching thing Bacigalupi has yet written: what Ong gambles on is human nature, and Bacigalupi makes us want him to win.” ---Torque Control

In “The People of Sand and Slag,” a Hugo and Nebula Award-nominated short story, Paolo Bacigalupi weaves a tale about the lives of three technologically modified guards, their barren, heavily mined landscape, and a chance encounter with a creature rare for their time period – a dog. What starts off as a hunt for an enemy ends up as a story of empathy, and what it means to be human. “The People of Sand and Slag” was nominated for the 2005 Hugo Award for Best Novelette, and the 2006 Nebula Award for Best Novelette. It was featured in Gardner Dozois’s “Year’s Best SF” Twenty-Second Edition, Jonathan Strahan’s “Best SF of the Year” 2004 Edition, and in John Joseph Adams’ “Wastelands” Anthology in 2008. Reviews: “A difficult and touching story, which steps pretty far outside the box to examine our relationship to pets, and to nature. At every stage, Bacigalupi gets it right.” --- Internet Review of Science Fiction “Bacigalupi posits a future where humanity has adapted itself to living in a hostile environment. ... There is plenty of techie stuff entwined with the premise itself to satisfy the hardest of hard sf readers, but the main attraction of this story is the faint hope that those parts of us that can accept the "other" might still exist in a world where self-preservation and survival come first.” --- Tangent Online

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A "fresh, genre-bending thriller” (Los Angeles Times) set in the near future when water is scarce and a spy, a hardened journalist and a young Texas migrant find themselves pawns in a corrupt game. "Think Chinatown meets Mad Max." NPR, All Things Considered In the near future, the Colorado River has dwindled to a trickle. Detective, assassin, and spy, Angel Velasquez “cuts” water for the Southern Nevada Water Authority, ensuring that its lush arcology developments can bloom in Las Vegas. When rumors of a game-changing water source surface in Phoenix, Angel is sent south, hunting for answers that seem to evaporate as the heat index soars and the landscape becomes more and more oppressive. There, he encounters Lucy Monroe, a hardened journalist with her own agenda, and Maria Villarosa, a young Texas migrant, who dreams of escaping north. As bodies begin to pile up, the three find themselves pawns in a game far bigger and more corrupt than they could have imagined, and when water is more valuable than gold, alliances shift like sand, and the only truth in the desert is that someone will have to bleed if anyone hopes to drink.

FEATURING KELLY LINK * HOLLY BLACK * KEN LIU * USMAN T. MALIK * LAUREN BEUKES * PAOLO BACIGALUPI * JOE ABERCROMBIE * GENEVIEVE VALENTINE * NICOLA GRIFFITH * CAITLÍN R. KIERNAN * GREG EGAN * K. J. PARKER * RACHEL SWIRSKY * ALICE SOLA KIM * GARTH NIX * KARL SCHROEDER * ELLEN KLAGES * KAI ASHANTE WILSON * MICHAEL SWANWICK * ELEANOR ARNASON * JAMES PATRICK KELLY * IAN MCDONALD * AMAL EL-MOHTAR * TIM MAUGHAN * ELIZABETH BEAR * THEODORA GOSS * PETER WATTS Science fiction and fantasy has never been more diverse or vibrant, and 2014 has provided a bountiful crop of extraordinary stories. These stories are about the future, worlds beyond our own, the realms of our imaginations and dreams but, more importantly, they are the stories of ourselves. Featuring best-selling writers and emerging talents, here are some of the most exciting genre writers working today. Multi-award winning editor Jonathan Strahan once again brings you the best stories from the past year. Within you will find twenty-eight amazing tales from authors across the globe, displaying why science fiction and fantasy are genres increasingly relevant to our turbulent world.

In this page-turning contemporary thriller, National Book Award Finalist and New York Times bestselling author Paolo Bacigalupi explores the timely issue of how public information is distorted for monetary gain, and how those who exploit it must be stopped. Everything Alix knows about her life is a lie. At least that's what a mysterious young man who's stalking her keeps saying. But then she begins investigating the disturbing claims he makes against her father. Could her dad really be at the helm of a firm that distorts the truth and covers up wrongdoing by hugely profitable corporations that have allowed innocent victims to die? Is it possible that her father is the bad guy, and that the undeniably alluring criminal who calls himself Moses--and his radical band of teen activists--is right? Alix has to make a choice, and time is running out, but can she truly risk everything and blow the whistle on the man who loves her and raised her?

A mutant baby goes on a rampage through Central Park. An immigrant reveals secrets in the folds of a perfect gift. Lucky Cats extend their virtual paws to salute a generous revolution. The Internet invades a third-world village. The premier speculative-fiction magazine Fantasy & Science Fiction continues to discover and showcase many of the most inventive authors writing in any genre. Now drawing even more deeply upon F&SF’s impressive history, this extraordinary companion anthology expands upon sixty-five years’ worth of top-notch storytelling. The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Volume Two is a star-studded tribute to the continuing vision of F&SF.

Dans une Amérique en plein chaos, où la guerre est omniprésente et les enfants transformés en machines à tuer, deux orphelins vivent à l'écart d'un village, protégés des maltraitances par leur amitié et le vieux médecin qui les a recueillis. Au cours d'une exploration, ils rencontrent Tool, un homme génétiquement modifié pour la guerre, mercenaire aujourd'hui fugitif réfugié dans la jungle. Avec lui, nos deux jeunes héros vont être placés devant un choix crucial, un choix qui va transformer leur destin : se sauver soi-même, ou sauver la vie de celui qui a sauvé la vôtre ? Un choix qui va emporter nos héros dans une puissante histoire de loyauté, de survie, et finalement, d'espoir.

In this inventive, fast-paced novel, New York Times bestselling and Printz Award-winning author Paolo Bacigalupi takes on hard-hitting themes--from food safety to racism and immigration--and creates a zany, grand-slam adventure that will get kids thinking about where their food comes from. The zombie apocalypse begins on the day Rabi, Miguel, and Joe are practicing baseball near their town's local meatpacking plant and nearly get knocked out by a really big stink. Little do they know the plant's toxic cattle feed is turning cows into flesh-craving monsters! The boys decide to launch a stealth investigation into the plant's dangerous practices, unknowingly discovering a greedy corporation's plot to look the other way as tainted meat is sold to thousands all over the country. With no grownups left they can trust, Rabi and his friends will have to grab their bats to protect themselves (and a few of their enemies) if they want to stay alive...and maybe even save the world.

Jede Zukunft beginnt mit einer scheinbar unlösbaren Frage ... Unsere Welt ist nicht mehr dieselbe. Nach der Klimakatastrophe und dem Anstieg des Meeresspiegels sind zahlreiche Küstenregionen überflutet. Rohstoffmangel, genetische Manipulationen und politische Wirren haben ihr Übriges getan, um die Welt ins Chaos zu stürzen. Die beiden Kinder Mahlia und Mouse sind Flüchtlinge, die das Gebiet der Versunkenen Städte verlassen wollen - die Gegend, die früher einmal Washington DC genannt wurde. Im angrenzenden Dschungel treffen sie auf einen schwer verletzten Halbmenschen und wollen ihm helfen, als sie von einem Trupp Kindersoldaten entdeckt und voneinander getrennt werden. Auf einmal steht Mahlia vor der schwersten Entscheidung ihres Lebens: Soll sie alles für ihren Freund riskieren? Oder soll sie nach dem einen Ort suchen, an dem Frieden und Freiheit noch möglich zu sein scheinen ... Paolo Bacigalupi ist bereits als Kurzgeschichtenautor in Erscheinung getreten, bevor er mit 'Biokrieg' seinen preisgekrönten Debütroman veröffentlichte. Das Time Magazine wählte 'Biokrieg' promt in die Top Ten der besten Romane des Jahres 2010, Bacigalupi gewann im selben Jahr den Hugo und den Nebula Award. Auch für seine Kurzgeschichten erhielt Paolo Bacigalupi schon mehrere Auszeichnungen. Er lebt mit seiner Frau und seinem Sohn in West Colorado.

The thrilling companion to Bacigalupi's Printz Award winner "Ship Breaker." In a dark future America, young refugees Mahlia and Mouse have managed to leave behind the war-torn lands of the Drowned Cities. But when they discover a wounded half-man who is being hunted by a vengeful band of soldiers, their fragile existence quickly collapses.

Roman de science-fiction. Roman d'anticipation. Présentation de l'éditeur : Fin du XXIe siècle, ère post-pétrole, les Etats-Unis sombrent dans le tiers-monde. Dans un bidonville côtier de Louisiane, Nailer, un jeune ferrailleur, dépouille avec d'autres adolescents les carcasses de vieux pétroliers pour récupérer des métaux qu'ils revendent pour survivre. Mais un jour, il découvre un voilier naufragé ultramoderne qui renferme des richesses phénoménales et une belle jeune fille en très mauvaise posture. Nailer va-t-il la sacrifier pour partager le trésor avec les siens, ou la sauver et vivre les aventures maritimes dont il rêve depuis toujours ?

Offers a collection of short stories about post-apocalyptic survival from such authors as Kage Baker, Cory Doctorow, Paul Tremblay, and Blake Butler.

UN JOVEN HÉROE. UN MUNDO PELIGROSO. UNA GRAN AVENTURA. Cable de cobre. Planchas de hierro. Chatarra. A veces aceite o incluso un bidón de petróleo, un recurso de otra época. Estos son los tesoros que el joven Nailer rescata de los barcos varados en la playa. En la costa de lo que una vez fue el golfo de México, la gente sobrevive desguazando antiguos petroleros y buques mercantes, y malvendiendo a las grandes empresas. Nailer y sus compañeros, la «cuadrilla ligera», afrontan el trabajo más arriesgado: meterse en las entrañas de los barcos. Es una profesión dura en un mundo duro, en el que nadie cuida de nadie y gana quien es más rápido. Solo hay una manera de escapar: con un golpe de suerte. Y la suerte sonríe a Nailer el día que descubre un hermoso velero, uno de los clíperes con los que siempre ha soñado, encallado en las rocas. Con lo que saque del naufragio, podría abandonar la playa. Aunque dentro también hay una chica prisionera: si la mata, será rico; si la ayuda a regresar con los suyos... empezará la aventura. Reseñas: «Una aventura fascinante en un mundo devastado ... El cementerio de los barcos es una de las mejores novelas que he leído en los últimos tiempos.» SCOTT WESTERFELD «A los lectores que saborearon ese mundo sombrío y duro de Los juegos del hambre y están buscando una historia distinta, les encantará El cementerio de los barcos. El futuro que imagina y los maravillosos personajes hacen de esta novela una lectura inolvidable.» SUITE101.COM «Un mundo extraordinariamente bien imaginado; unos personajes excelentes; un ritmo imparable; ni un segundo de aburrimiento.» SF SIGNAL «Una novela de aventuras con una historia trepidante, un ritmo exquisito y unos protagonistas llenos de vida.» THE ZONE