Paolo Bacigalupi

@paolobacigalupi.bsky.social

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Author of the forthcoming NAVOLA (Knopf, July 2024)

Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy Award winner. Micheal L Printz Award winner. National Book Award finalist.

Wrote THE WINDUP GIRL, THE WATER KNIFE, and SHIP BREAKER, among others.

windupstories.com.

Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 17:36 UTC

Sweet!

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 17:35 UTC

I'm so glad!

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:20 UTC

Yes. A couple days early.

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:19 UTC

I hope they do! Harangue them if not! 😂

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:19 UTC

Yeah, I was really happy with this cover. So evocative.

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:18 UTC

Well, I only started writing Navola after I was completely burned out on environmental and climate science fiction stories. Fell into a hole and didn't climb out for a while. Navola is what I came out with.

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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:05 UTC

So my loves, pre-orders are amazing for writers and sales are amazing for readers, let me flag this one! B&N Rewards Members, for this week you can get 25% off when you pre-order LONG LIVE EVIL. Promo code at checkout: PREORDER25 #saleforthepages
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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 03:17 UTC

Fabulous!

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 19:37 UTC

It feels like a sort of consumerism. The customer is always right. All info widgets should be consistent. McInfo shall be perfectly formed, breaded and fried. Your deviations shall be met with disappointment.

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 19:32 UTC

I had a lot of fun talking with them.

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 19:31 UTC

I'm curious to hear how the narration goes!

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 15:51 UTC

Yeah. I was so happy when I saw it.

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 15:50 UTC

I'll be curious to hear what you think. It's quite a shift for me.

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 15:49 UTC

You have excellent taste sir! Lol.

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 15:48 UTC

Awesome. I won't spoil anything.

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 15:45 UTC

I'm so glad you liked it! I loved writing it.

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 14:11 UTC

Launch day!

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 07:02 UTC

French printing of the Basic D&D Rulebook from 1980

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 07:02 UTC

Hello insomnia. How you doing?

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 06:16 UTC

Battle of the Five Armies board game

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 14:10 UTC

Please yell at my publisher. I would love to come back to Austin!

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 18:32 UTC

I'm sure if you call Boulder and place an order, I can sign one for you. If not there, Townie Books in Crested Butte will ship signed books. Regardless have a great bike race!

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 16:57 UTC

Woot!

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 16:57 UTC

More NAVOLA dates! DC, Brooklyn, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, LA, SDCC

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 16:55 UTC

Also Cambridge, Mass!

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[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 16:55 UTC

Yes!!!

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Andrew Liptak @andrewliptak.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 14:58 UTC

Authors this round include @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social, @sarahbethdurst.bsky.social, @levgrossman.bsky.social, @drkarenlord.bsky.social, @pengshepherd.bsky.social, @chucktingle.bsky.social, and more! transfer-orbit.ghost.io/july-2024-sc...

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 16:53 UTC

NAVOLA tour dates! Boulder, Fort Collins, Crested Butte, Paonia, Portland, Seattle...

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Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinette.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 13:58 UTC

We unlocked another stretch goal overnight! Now all tiers with a patch set will get a sticker sheet of the patch designs and the sheet will be available for a $7 add-on! Next up, more upgrades to both the soft & hard cover edition of the book.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...

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Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinette.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 21:28 UTC

There are several opportunities for us to get together (virtually) this month and even more chances to hang out (in-person) soon. I share that information and a Kickstarter for creatives by @sandratayler.bsky.social in my monthly newsletter. maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/july...

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 15:09 UTC

Yeah. Books are a bit like recipes and cooking. You figure one out, make it amazing, and then you start building a new one. Some of the stuff applies to the next recipe, but most of it... Different ingredients, different spices, different pans, ovens, shit whole different kitchen....

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 14:57 UTC

In the current @uncannymagazine.bsky.social, I interview
@gregvaneekhout.bsky.social about "Across the Street," a surreal tale set in a world where extraordinary things await, just across the street.

Read the story: uncannymagazine.com/article/acro...

And the interview:
tinyurl.com/mpa9tmnr

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 14:57 UTC

Gorgeous

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 14:57 UTC

If I knew, this current one would definitely be easier. 😂

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 14:56 UTC

Seems legit

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 01:49 UTC

A fine choice!

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 01:48 UTC

Excellent!

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 22:12 UTC

Lol. I feel seen! The current project has spawned a multiverse of possible plot lines all of which exist on top of each other and none of which are compatible with the others. Currently whittling madly.

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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 02:04 UTC

Happy Dyke March to all who celebrate

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Martha Wells @marthawells.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 15:22 UTC

Witch King is coming out in paperback from Tordotcom on July 9! Cover art by Cynthia Sheppard.

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 22:01 UTC

Current Mood: Do something nice for yourself. Yes, you.

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Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 01:41 UTC

Here’s my little bit of wisdom for new writers coming up: everyone who makes it as an artist or writer has their career shot out from under them a time or two.

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Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 01:26 UTC

Looking back, I appreciate the editor from Tor who in one conversation told me: 1- They weren’t picking up my new series 2- They weren’t going to publish the last book of The Long Price Quatret in paperback 3- He was sure that someday I’d write a mature book. Dinner anecdote for life, that.

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 17:05 UTC

True wisdom.

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 13:36 UTC

In 2001 coal + methane made up 97% of the power produced for Colorado. Now together they're only 63%. That's real progress. Methane (natural gas) did grow, but renewables outpaced it.

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 19:07 UTC

Nice base on that one! Is that from San Antonio?

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 19:07 UTC

But I like stabbing myself in the eye over and over again!

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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 18:58 UTC

Giving out ARCs of my Beat era fantasy at #ala2024, booth 2534C! That's Rosarium Publishing, and they have FREE copies of The Day and Night Books of Mardou Fox. Plus more great stuff to read and fondle and buy.

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Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 21:12 UTC

Yes yes yes. My favorite Jane Smiley quote: “You can either love the work or the rewards. Life is a lot easier if you love the work.”

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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 18:06 UTC

Was just asked in an interview what one piece of advice I have for new writers. Enjoy the act of writing. If you can enjoy the process--the one thing you can control--then you'll be more resilient in the face of the things you can't control. And in this business, you can't control most of it.

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