Paolo Bacigalupi
Paolo Bacigalupi
Paolo Tadini Bacigalupiis an American science fiction and fantasy writer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth6 August 1972
CountryUnited States of America
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Mostly I sat down and said, 'I'm not going to write a boring story.' And that actually, surprisingly, solves most of your problems.
destroy interested surprises swan wisdom
I'm particularly interested in black swan events: unprecedented surprises that destroy the conventional wisdom about how the world works.
I'm less crazy and unhappy when I'm writing.
deciding narratives time until
I think there are narratives going on all the time that we think of as tangential - up until they turn out to be deciding factors in our lives.
future lack
I think that, when I think about the future that 'The Water Knife' represents, it's one where there's a lack of oversight, planning and organization.
ask data points
I say I write extrapolations. I look at data points and ask what the world could look like.
aware career death gone people
I know people who have gone into career death spins, and that's something you're always aware of as a writer.
optimistic
Fiction is optimistic or unrealistic enough to demand that there should be a meaningful narrative.
echo people supporting
As an author, you're really grateful for the people who are supporting you, but on some other level, that can be a dangerous echo chamber.
amazing books cool kids reluctant
As a writer, you should care about reluctant readers. You want these kids to feel like books are amazing and cool and that they're an escape.
arise conflicts force interested points war
I'm really interested in how conflicts arise and how they reach points of no return. I'm no pacifist. Sometimes force is necessary. But war is a choice.
interested vulnerable
I'm interested in how we react when we're heavily pressed. When we're vulnerable and our survival is in question, how do we behave?
affected companies dependent economies embedded fires less low
Economies are embedded inside ecosystems. Companies dependent on tourism, for example, are affected by low rainfall - there's less snow for skiers, and forest fires are more intense.
aware crave stories suspect themselves
I suspect that young adults crave stories of broken futures because they themselves are uneasily aware that their world is falling apart.