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    <body><![CDATA[Not sure where to start with this book, it is immensely complex combining some very tragic personal stories with Asian culture.  I haven't been exposed to such dark Science Fiction since I went to see Alien.<br/><br/>The book is very slow to get started and will probably appeal more to those who l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75572983">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Amazon's recommendation system kept pushing this one on me, so I finally caved.  I'm glad I did, although it takes a bit of an effort to get into it.  The author doesn't do much to explain or give backstory to his future world, where the end of cheap energy and the risks of genetically modified food...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79136027">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The world imagined by Bacigalupi in this book is fabulous: I love the big corporation calorie men, the kingdom of Thai genehacking rambutans, the Grahamite priests who believe food should stay where it is produced.<br/><br/>Fabulous world imagining. Every detail seemed carefully considered. And......<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74829626">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the very few science-fiction book I've read that reads like high literature. Set maybe 150-200 years into the future, in Thailand, it feels very much like it's actually set in the past, many of the current tropes of civilization in what the characters call the &quot;expansion&quot; having van...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76005741">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[In recent years there have been a couple of terrific novels that have shown up in the science fiction section. Iain Macdonald’s River of Gods and Paul J MCauley’s The Quiet War are books that combine wild ideas, believable and tasteful world building, great atmosphere, language, political savvy,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76432745">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a terrific book. It's set in a future that is characterized by the world having exhausted the cheap energy of petroleum and then waged bio terrorism with genetically engineered diseases targeted at food crops.<br/><br/>The book is set in Bangkok, Thailand a city threatened by drowning due ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74128298">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I am soooooo not a sci-fi girl and only read this because my friend wrote it. But after finishing it, I can't get it out of my head. It really impacted me &amp; made me think about power &amp; food &amp; corruption &amp; souls. Deep stuff. Great book (especially if you're into futuristic stuff.)]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Meh.  Loved the idea and the setup in the first chapter...  But man, it was paaaainful sloggin thru it...  And I still don't understand anyone's motivations for anything... I can't help but feel sad for the windup girl, and horrified by what humanity becomes... But... meh...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I couldn't tell where this book was going. I was rooting for everyone, even when they were working against each other. The presentation of the culture makes me want to learn more about Thailand.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Apocalyptic vision of a gene-hacked city in Thailand, where calories are the most valuable currency, and governments topple over fresh genetic material.  And at the end, I was sad for the survivors.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed Bacigalupi's world and the characters in it. It felt long-winded at times. In the end, he brought the elements together in a strong closing.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Confusing. I couldn't keep track of the characters &amp; some of the action though I found the dystopian premising intriguing in concept. The Windup Girl was essentially a sex toy so it had a sexist feel. I listened to 2/3 of it, but when it came time to start the 3rd part and it felt more like an<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73149446">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Definitely a challenging book. The setting was AWESOME. Post industrial Thailand, after the 'expansion' is over, no more fuel, rampant starvation, and still recovering from the Calorie Wars. Very visceral, you really get pulled into the setting. There are several graphic sexual assault scenes that w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74730418">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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