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The surfeit of bad trends pushes me to set my stories in worlds which are often diminished versions of our own present.
Paolo Bacigalupi
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Paolo Bacigalupi
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: August 6
Environmentalist
Fantasy Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Paonia
Colorado
Paolo Tadini Bacigalupi
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Pain held no terror for him. Pain was, if not friend, then family, something he had grown up with in his crèche, learning to respect but never yield to. Pain was simply a message, telling him which limbs he could still use to slaughter his enemies, how far he could still run, and what his chances were in the next battle.
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Knowledge is simply a terrible ocean we must cross, and hope that wisdom lies on the other side.
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Life is exponential. Two becomes four, becomes ten thousand, becomes a plague.
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Politics is ugly. Never doubt what small men will do for great power.
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She smiles at him, too young to know him for a stranger, and too innocent yet to care.
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Suicide is not something I owe you or yours.
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It’s human nature to tear one another apart. Be glad you come from such a successful line of killers.
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Most of the news about the state of the environment is pretty ugly. This is frightening for me personally, but actually motivational for me artistically.
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If I cared for human approval, I would have been dead long ago.
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Knowledge is always two-edged. For every benefit, there is hazard. For every good, evil.
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