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Paolo Bacigalupi

The Drowned Cities Blog Tour & Giveaway: A Chat with Paolo Bacigalupi

By On May 4, 2012 · 71 Comments · In Chat With an Author, Giveaways

Today we are thrilled to be a part of the blog tour celebrating the release of The Drowned Cities, Paolo Bacigalupi’s follow-up to the Printz-winning Ship Breaker (one of Thea’s favorite books of 2010). Paolo Bacigalupi needs no introduction – darling of the Speculative Fiction community, Bacigalupi’s work has been critically acclaimed and has [...]

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Nebula Readathon 2011

Nebula Readathon 2011: Blackout, Ship Breaker & Behemoth

By On April 2, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Book Reviews, Nebula Readathon

Welcome everyone, to The Book Smugglers’ Nebula Readathon 2011! In honor of the annual Nebula Awards, we will be hosting an interwebs readathon, in which we will attempt to read all of the titles on the Best Novel and Andre Norton Award for YA ballots. You can see the full details, schedule, and related posts [...]

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Book Review: Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

By On May 13, 2010 · 13 Comments · In 8 Rated Books, Book Reviews

Title: Ship Breaker

Author: Paolo Bacigalupi

Genre: Post-apocalyptic/Dystopian, Young Adult, Speculative Fiction

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: May 2010
Hardcover: 336 pages

In America’s Gulf Coast region, where grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts, Nailer, a teenage boy, works [...]

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Smugglers’ Stash and News

By On May 9, 2010 · 25 Comments · In Smugglers Stash

Hello everybody!

We have a few bits and pieces to share (including the newest Internet brouhaha) and giveaway winners to declare before we talk about what we will be reading this week.

First up are our giveaways winners.

Giveaway Winners

The four winners of Magic on the Storm by Devon Monk are:

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Steampunk Week – Book Review: The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi

By On March 9, 2010 · 8 Comments · In 7 Rated Books, Book Reviews, Steampunk Week

Title: The Windup Girl

Author: Paolo Bacigalupi

Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopia

Publisher: Night Shade Books
Publication Date: September 2009
Hardcover: 300 pages

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 [...]

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On The Smugglers’ Radar

By On October 18, 2009 · 7 Comments · In On the Radar

For the past few months, we have been including an “On our Radar” section in our weekly stash for books that have caught our eye; books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. This is how the Smugglers’ Radar was born, and because there [...]

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