Pump Six and Other Stories

Paolo Bacigalupi
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Pump Six and Other Stories

Badseedgirl
2/11/2017
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Stunning, distressing, sublime, depressing. All these words fail to describe the impact of the debut collection from Paolo Bacigalupi, Pump Six and Other Stories had on me. Each of the eleven stories in the collection could stand proud on its own, but together they make a hell of a collection.

Normally I would be taking this time to tell everyone the standout in the book, but all of these stories were equally wonderful, with this one caveat. Although an interesting and well written story, "Softer" just felt out of place in this collection.