THEY CALL IT THE DROWNED CITIES INSTINCT.It's that feeling in your gut that keeps you fighting, keeps you alive while the war rages on all around you. Mahlia thinks she's got it, though she's not so sure about Mouse. But she knows it was...

Paolo Bacigalupi's debut collection demonstrates the power and reach of the science fiction short story. Social criticism, political parable, and environmental advocacy lie at the center of Paolo's work. Each of the stories herein is at...