In Thailand, Anderson Lake is a calorie company man working
for big business. Under cover as a factory manager, he combs
Bangkok''s street markets in search of near-extinct foodstuffs. And
there he meets the Windup Girl, the beautiful and enigmatic Emiko -
now abandoned to the streets. She is one of the underclass of New
People, creche-grown and bred to suit the whims of the rich.
Engineered as slaves, soldiers and toys, they are seen as soulless
by some and as devils by others. As Lake becomes more drawn to
Emiko, conspiracies breed within his working life becomes and the
politics of a troubled age threaten to spiral out of control. The
pressures mount as what he should do conflicts with what he wants
to do, threatening to bring down his world. So what happens when
bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits? And could
bio-terrorism''s genetic drift force mankind to the cusp of
post-human evolution?
關於作者:
Paolo Bacigalupi is a multiple award-winning SF author whose
debut THE WINDUP GIRL has been one of the most acclaimed novels in
this area to appear in recent years. He also writes critically
acclaimed, award-winning short stories in addition to novel length
fiction. Paolo currently lives in Western Colorado with his wife
and son,