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(5 diggs) The best science fiction and fantasy books for summer escapism [Summer Books]
Jul 09, 2010 from io9(io9) in Entertainment
io9 Summer is the most escapist time of year, with vacations and long voyages. And no escapist jaunt is complete without a visit to other worlds. Here are the best science fiction and fantasy books for this summer's beach reading.
Back to the Future
Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi: The Windup Girl author's latest, about an ecologically devastated Gulf of Mexico, is depressingly current. Nailer Lopez is scraping by in a post-peak-oil world, full of violence and injustice. But his whole life changes...
(1 diggs) Why are three of this year's Hugo nominees about the decline of America? [Hugo Awards]
Jul 20, 2010 from io9(io9) in Entertainment
io9 Blogger Paul Kincaid compares three of this year's five Hugo finalists, and discovers a theme: They're all about the decline of the United States of America. What causes the U.S. to fall from power in these books? Spoilers ahead.
When I set out to blog this year's Hugo shortlisted novels, I imagined something conventional like a separate post on each book. For the first two books I was able to stick to that modest ambition, but the next three I read set off such resonances and cross-currents...
(2 diggs) The best science fiction and fantasy books for summer escapism [Summer Books]
Jul 10, 2010 from io9(io9) in Entertainment
io9 Summer is the most escapist time of year, with vacations and long voyages. And no escapist jaunt is complete without a visit to other worlds. Here are the best science fiction and fantasy books for this summer's beach reading.

Back to the Future
Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi: The Windup Girl author's latest, about an ecologically devastated Gulf of Mexico, is depressingly current. Nailer Lopez is scraping by in a post-peak-oil world, full of violence and injustice. But his whole life changes...
(1 diggs) Young Adult Literature: Ship Breaker - A Novel by Paolo Bacigalupi | FrogenYozurt.Com - Literature & Entertainment
Dec 08, 2010 from frogenyozurt(FrogenYozurt.Com) in Entertainment
frogenyozurt This YA debut by Bacigalupi, a rising star in adult science fiction, presents a dystopian future like so many YA sf novels. What is uncommon, though, is that although Bacigalupi's future earth is brilliantly imagined and its genesis anchored in contemporary issues, it is secondary to the memorable characters.
(1 diggs) Video: Hugo Awards Ceremony 2010
Sep 17, 2010 from graspingwind(John Ottinger III) in *
graspingwind Miss going to the Hugo Awards this year? Feel free to watch it instead.

2010 Hugo Awards Ceremony from Kevin Standlee on Vimeo.

Presented at: Aussiecon 4, Melbourne, Australia, September 2-6, 2010
Toastmaster: Garth Nix
Base design: Nick Stathopoulos with laser etching by Lewis Morley and incorporating the Aussiecon 4 logo by Grant Gittus
Awards Administration: Vincent Docherty, Kate Kligman


Best Novel: TIE: The City & The City, China Miville (Del Rey; Macmillan UK); The Windup Girl, Paolo...

SHIP BREAKER, by Paolo Bacigalupi

Book trailer created by Gayle Lawrence, who is a librarian in Sand Springs, OK Summary: In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper ...

Curious fans ready to devour 'The Hunger Games' movie

21.05.12

"Dystopia" is the opposite of "utopia," the word that Renaissance philosopher Sir Thomas More used to describe a perfect society.

After the Soviets and the Nazis tried – and failed – to create such a society, a whole school of "dystopian" literature arose, pointing out the danger – not to mention the horror – of curtailing human freedom in the name of progress. "We" (1921) by Yevgeny Zamyatin, "Brave New World" (1931) by Aldous Huxley, "Nineteen Eighty-Four" (1948) by George Orwell and "A Clockwork Orange" (1962) by Anthony Burgess are among the books that served as models for "The Hunger Games," and other morose futuristic lit for teens. Here are some titles:

"Uglies," by Scott Westerfeld, 2005. Teenage Tally Youngblood rebels against a world where teens are turned "pretty" by compulsory cosmetic surgery. "The Maze Runner," by James Dashner, 2009. Teenage Thomas arrives at The Glade, a dystopia surrounded by a massive wall – beyond which

Source: NorthJersey.com

Nori's Closet: Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

by Nori

This book won the 2011 Michael L Printz Award. If you don’t know what that is, it’s pretty much the biggest award that can be given to a Young Adult book. The honorees get a big silver P plastered on the cover, and this one (the winner) gets a big gold P. I feel like more people are familiar with the Newberry Award, which is the award granted to Children’s books. Any way, I pay attention to this stuff. I’m a librarian at heart. I also read a lot of book reviews. And pretty much everywhere I turn, this book is praised. It even had good customer reviews on Amazon. The only negative thing I found at all was from a customer on Amazon, who said this might be more of an adult book than a YA book because the issues were so dark. Clearly, this customer is not familiar with The Hunger Games , or much of any dystopias, or the fact which is thrown at you (in BOLD lettering) at library school that kids/teens thrive on tough issues. Tough issues get reluctant readers...

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Teen survivor reading at library
Petrolia Topic - Jun 02, 2011
The books are: Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry; Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi; Hate List by Jennifer Brown; The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams; When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead; Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver; The Graveyard Book by Neil

High school students check out summer reading
News Chief - May 29, 2011
Some of them include "Split" by Swati Avasthi, "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi, and "Heist Society" by Ally Carter. There is no corresponding assignment for this reading, at least for the summer break this year.

Hugo Awards 2011: Ian McDonald i Ted Chiang v nominacích na čtenářské ocenění
Topzine.cz - May 09, 2011
Hugo Awards 2011: Ian McDonald i Ted Chiang v nominacích na čtenářské ocenění Po loňské překvapivé remíze, díky níž si vítězství připsala dvojice China Miéville a Paolo Bacigalupi, se letos opět očekává jediný vítěz románové kategorie. Výběr fanoušků je omezen na pětici jmen. Kterých pět? Ani jeden z výše jmenovaných pánů na své

Terry Pratchett fra i vincitori del Premio Nebula
Fantasy Magazine - May 24, 2011
Il libro, ancora non tradotto in italiano, ha prevalso su una rosa di finalisti che comprendeva il postapocalittico Ship Breaker di Paolo Bacigalupi, il mitologico Mockingjay di Suzanne Collins, il macabro White Cat di Holly Black, lo steampunk