Datruedave

Datruedave asked Paolo Bacigalupi:

Are you planning on revisiting the post-GMO-apocalyptical world of The Windup Girl in another novel sometime? It's a scary and intriguing world, but I'd love to read more about it!

Paolo Bacigalupi At some point, I probably will go back to it. But if I do, it won't be to follow Emiko, as I feel like I've taken her story as far as I can. Most likely, I would shift focus to India. I've always wondered what mischief characters like Richard Carlyle, Tan Hock Seng, and Mai might get up to. And after exploring a country like Thailand, which has resisted the calorie companies, I think I'd like to explore a country that has instead completely been taken over by them. It's something I continue to mull.

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Zach Chapman

Zach Chapman asked Paolo Bacigalupi:

In light of new GMO technology like Golden Rice (a winner of the 2015 Patents for Humanity Award by the United States Patent and Trademark Office), and its potential to save lives in starving countries, have you adjusted your opinions of GMOs? What do you think of companies like Monsanto and Syngenta giving away these patents for free for humanitarian reasons? Will you address these issues in your future work?

Evan

Evan asked Paolo Bacigalupi:

Do you and your publisher have any plans to sell your eBooks DRM-free again, as Pump Six was during a Humble eBook Bundle?

Ben

Ben asked Paolo Bacigalupi:

I've read that you haven't been able to write full-time until the last few years. How did you balance your work with your writing before then? How much and how consistently did you write before you began publishing successfully?

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