The Windup Girl
The Windup Girl is a 2009 steampunk novel by Paolo Bacigalupi. It deals with Bioterrorism, Bioterrorisme, Dystopian and Hugo Award Winner.
Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 50 ratings, and 158 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 18 editions across 3 languages.
It runs to roughly 391 pages — 7–8 hours of reading at an average pace.
About The Windup Girl
What Happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits? And what happens when said bio-terrorism forces humanity to the cusp of post-human evolution? In The Windup Girl, award-winning author Paolo Bacigalupi returns to the world of "The Calorie Man"( Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award-winner, Hugo Award nominee, 2006) and "Yellow Card Man" (Hugo Award nominee, 2007) in order to address these questions.
Awards & lists
- 🏆Hugo Awards 2010 — Best Novel (winner)
- 🏆Nebula Awards 2010 — Best Novel (winner)
- 🏆Locus Awards 2010 — Best First Novel (winner)
- ✦Locus Awards 2010 — Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee)
- ✦BSFA Awards 2010 — Best Novel (nominee)
Quick answers
Who wrote The Windup Girl?
The Windup Girl was written by Paolo Bacigalupi and first published in 2009.
What genre is The Windup Girl?
It is usually shelved as Steampunk.
How long is The Windup Girl?
The median edition has 391 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to The Windup Girl?
Readers who like it often enjoy Stormdancer, The Mime Order and Wrath of Empire.
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