“At the time, he told his children to watch themselves, to understand that the tides of conservatism came and went and if… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
“There were times when he'd told her that every star was a bit of gold that was hers for the taking, because… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
At some point, you realize you can't provide a perfectly monolithic description of a foreign culture's future any more than you can… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
Environmental science is telling us a lot about our future and what it could look like, whether we're talking about global warming… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
“If I could put my finger on the moment we genuinely fucked ourselves, it was the moment we decided that data was… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
Take three different Thai writers and ask them to extrapolate their county's future, and one hopes that you'll get three very different… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
For me as a kid, reading cyberpunk was like seeing the world for the first time. Gibson's Neuromancer wasn't just stylistically stunning;… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
“If she had been born in another place, during another time, he supposed she might have been the sort of girl who… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
Food should come from the place of its origin, and stay there. It shouldn't spend its time crisscrossing the globe for the… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
“Save your shaming for the girl, Doctor. If I cared for human approval, I would have been dead long ago.” He turned… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
Pain held no terror for him. Pain was, if not friend, then family, something he had grown up with in his crèche, learning to… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
“At the time, he told his children to watch themselves, to understand that the tides of conservatism came and went and if they could… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
“Doctor Mahfouz was always yammering on about how everyone had humanity in them. From Mahlia’s experience, the doctor was sliding high, but now, as… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
Politics is ugly. Never doubt what small men will do for great power. — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
“Believing is for Santa Claus, right? It's for Tooth Fairies. It's for your boyfriend when he says he's never met anyone like you and… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
Never beg for mercy. Accept that you have failed. Begging is for dogs and humans. — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
“Maybe it will die on its own, a hopeful voice whispered, but the general suppressed the thought. Wishes were for victims.” — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
I used to love reading, but since I've started writing, it's harder for me to immerse, because I spend so much time looking at… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
