"The Water Knife" by the reliable Paolo Bacigalupi is a story of a near-future America suffering through the destruction of the American Southwest due to water shortages. The draining of the aquifers, combined with the lack of snow-melt from the Rockies, leaves California, Nevada, Arizona, and displaced Texans all struggling in a world where rivers are covered to prevent excess evaporation/5(K). Paolo's latest novel for adults is The New York Times Bestseller THE WATER KNIFE, a near-future thriller about climate change and drought in the southwestern United States. A new novel set in the Ship Breaker universe, TOOL OF WAR, will be released in bltadwin.ru by: · The Water Knife is a carefully constructed thriller, with elements ofChinatown and The Maltese Falcon. But the novel ultimately transcends its pulpier origins. Bacigalupi offers a carefully calibrated warning of what might happen if the US refuses to address global climate change and its own water-wasting bltadwin.ru: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
(The Water Knife, by Paolo Bacigalupi. Knopf, , pp., $) reviewed by Zeke Teflon Following his frightening yet entertaining corporate capitalism/GMO sci-fi-disaster novel, The Windup Girl (), Paolo Bacigalupi wrote a string of young adult books. He's finally delivered another eco-disaster sci-fi novel, The Water Knife. I've been anticipating this book keenly, as it's set mostly. This mind-at-the-end-of-its-tether tone did not seem to condone defeatism or any throwing-in of the towel, at least for Bacigalupi himself. Since that review he has produced three books, one of which, The Drowned Cities, deals explicitly with issues congruent with those in van Gelder's tome. But all three of those books were aimed at young adults; The Water Knife is Bacigalupi's first. 'The Water Knife' Cuts Deep Equal parts thriller and alarm call, Paolo Bacigalupi's new novel depicts a future America ravaged by drought. Reviewer Jason Heller says Bacigalupi keeps the plot taut.
The water knife is a pretty torrential but enjoyable take on the apocalypse, there's no virus, no nuclear fallout, it's much easier to imagine than that. It’s all about Water. The good old USA is suffering from a distinct lack of rain, so much so that the southern states, Texas and New Mexico are all but abandoned, the Texans are struggling to survive along with the other unfortunates of society. The Water Knife Paolo Bacigalupi Alfred A. Knopf Release Date: ISBN We read the news; we hear of the drought in California, the suggested restrictions rarely enforce. Paolo's latest novel for adults is The New York Times Bestseller THE WATER KNIFE, a near-future thriller about climate change and drought in the southwestern United States. A new novel set in the Ship Breaker universe, TOOL OF WAR, will be released in October.
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