Join Amazon Prime and ship Two-Day for free and Overnight for $3.99. Already a member? Sign in.

 

or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
More Buying Choices
38 used & new from $14.58

Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Pump Six and Other Stories
 
See larger image
 
Tell the Publisher!
I’d like to read this book on Kindle

Don’t have a Kindle? Get yours here.
 
  

Pump Six and Other Stories (Hardcover)

by Paolo Bacigalupi (Author)
5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

List Price: $24.95
Price: $16.47 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details
You Save: $8.48 (34%)
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available.

Want it delivered Tuesday, July 7? Choose One-Day Shipping at checkout. Details
21 new from $15.63 11 used from $14.58 6 collectible from $42.00
Also Available in: List Price: Our Price: Other Offers:
Hardcover (1ST) 2 used & new from $174.99

Frequently Bought Together

Customers buy this book with The Ant King: and Other Stories by Benjamin Rosenbaum

Pump Six and Other Stories + The Ant King: and Other Stories
Price For Both: $30.55

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Cyberabad Days

Cyberabad Days

by Ian McDonald
5.0 out of 5 stars (6)  $10.20
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection (Year's Best Science Fiction)

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection (Year's Best Science Fiction)

by Gardner Dozois
3.4 out of 5 stars (17)  $14.93
Anathem

Anathem

by Neal Stephenson
3.8 out of 5 stars (208)  $19.77
Dark Integers And Other Stories

Dark Integers And Other Stories

by Greg Egan
4.0 out of 5 stars (2)  $10.17
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse

Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse

by Stephen King
3.9 out of 5 stars (39)  $10.85
Explore similar items

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. Bacigalupi's stellar first collection of 10 stories displays the astute social commentary and consciousness-altering power of the very best short form science fiction. The Hugo-nominated The Calorie Man explores a post–fossil fuel future where genetically modified crops both feed and power the world, and greedy megacorporations hold the fates of millions in their hands. The People of Sand and Slag envisions a future Earth as a contaminated wasteland inhabited by virtually indestructible post-humans who consume stone and swim in petroleum oceans. The Tamarisk Hunter deals with the effects of global warming on water rights in the Southwest, while the title story, original to this volume, follows a New York sewage treatment worker who struggles to repair his antiquated equipment as the city's inhabitants succumb to the brain-damaging effects of industrial pollutants. Deeply thought provoking, Bacigalupi's collected visions of the future are equal parts cautionary tale, social and political commentary and poignantly poetic, revelatory prose. (Apr.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Product Description
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 once a warning, and a celebration of the tragic comedy of the human experience. The eleven stories in Pump Six represent the best Paolo's work, including the Hugo nominee "Yellow Card Man," the nebula and Hugo nominated story "The People of Sand and Slag," and the Sturgeon Award-winning story "The Calorie Man."

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 248 pages
  • Publisher: Night Shade Books (February 15, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 159780133X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1597801331
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #257,304 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

Pump Six and Other Stories
89% buy the item featured on this page:
Pump Six and Other Stories 5.0 out of 5 stars (5)
$16.47
The Drowned Life (P.S.)
4% buy
The Drowned Life (P.S.) 4.8 out of 5 stars (8)
$11.66
Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy
3% buy
Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy 3.2 out of 5 stars (4)
$10.17
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse
2% buy
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse 3.9 out of 5 stars (39)
$10.85

Tags Customers Associate with This Product

 (What's this?)
Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
Check the boxes next to the tags you consider relevant or enter your own tags in the field below.

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
Help others find this product — tag it for Amazon search
Paolo Bacigalupi suggested this product show on searches for "dangerous futures". What do you suggest?

Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store

If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store. Learn more

 

Customer Reviews

5 Reviews
5 star:
 (5)
4 star:    (0)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
5.0 out of 5 stars (5 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Dark Stories from a Very Possible Future, May 10, 2008
By David B Richman (Mesilla Park, NM USA) - See all my reviews
(TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)   
I first read a short story by Paolo Bacigalupi in High Country News. It was "The Tamarisk Hunter" about a man named Lolo who removes the weed trees from a water hungry Southwest and who has a darker secret. It was well written and very plausible to those who know the tamarisk (or saltcedar, as it is also called) and the water problems of the southwestern border states. I then found this collection titled "Pump Six and Other Stories" in the local library.

These are dark stories of a Dalai Lama in a datacube, a modified human, a world of scavengers, a cultural conflict, genetically engineered life forms, population crises, life in a future Thailand, murder and a polluted world, as well as the tamarisk hunter. To a large degree these are cautionary tales - tales of what might be, if we take no action or take the wrong action. The biggest fear is that they will happen despite anything we can do and the author does not relieve us of this fear. Finally, these are finely crafted stories of the very near and far futures of human existence and they will leave you very uneasy. For all that, they are well worth the reading.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Ecology of Fear, February 14, 2009
Once in a while you stumble across a writer who isn't a big name, but you're convinced that he must have many existing books that are ripe for discovery, because in the first one you find so much experience and maturity. Well this is actually Paolo Bacigalupi's first book and I'm already salivating for more, as he has unleashed what has to be the most bodacious speculative fiction debut in recent memory. The short stories here are from Bacigalupi's periodic and consistently award-winning submissions to various magazines and anthologies. (Watch for his debut novel in late 2009). Bacigalupi's stories are mostly near-future dystopias, but he has a unique specialization - dystopias caused by current environmental problems or challenges in international relations.

For example, "The People of Sand and Slag" and "The Tamarisk Hunter" feature near-future humans who have gone to terrifying lengths to adapt to the ruination of the world by our current pollution patterns, and "The Calorie Man" shows a disturbing worldview based on the little-known current social problem of the creeping corporate control of farming practices. "The Pasho" and "Yellow Card Man" are allegories of globalization and the slowly developing misery to come from this modern ideological craze. Another high point here (in a collection full of high points) is the beautifully disturbing "The Fluted Girl," a tale of body modification gone mad. Bacigalupi's stories are consistently haunting but often with open-ended conclusions, giving the reader a feeling of possible hope amidst ecological and social chaos. If you're into modern speculative fiction and distressingly believable dystopian visions, keep an eye on Paolo Bacigalupi. A star is born. [~doomsdayer520~]
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Does Everything Well, March 24, 2008
By Angus W. Stocking (Paonia, CO United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
Paolo Bacigalupi writes gritty, dystopian SF, but if that's all he did there wouldn't be much reason to buy this book. What puts him over the top is the way he combines seriously beautiful and excellent writing with really great ideas. In other words, he sugar coats the bitter pill so well, he makes a meal out of it.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars conjuring beautiful despair
Each of these stories is dark and despairing, yet when finished, ultimately hopeful if one can only fully absorb the inherently cautionary nature of these tales. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Daniel Nelson

5.0 out of 5 stars Against the grain
I am not normally a fan of short fiction but I really love this book. Mr. Bacigalupi manages, in just a few pages, to create an engaging and intriguing story with a bit of spine... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Ryan Foster

Only search this product's reviews



Customer Discussions

 Beta (What's this?)
New! See all customer communities, and bookmark your communities to keep track of them.
This product's forum (0 discussions)
  Discussion Replies Latest Post
  No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
  [Cancel]


   


Product Information from the Amapedia Community

Beta (What's this?)


Look for Similar Items by Category


SpaFeatures: Free Shipping

bath poof
Get free shipping on all SpaFeatures orders of $50 or more. See new items from SpaFeatures here.

Shop SpaFeatures now

 

Big Savings in Books

Bargain Books
Find great titles at fantastic prices in our Bargain Books Store.
 

Dive into Summer Reading

Summer Reading for Kids and Teens
Don't even think about hitting the beach without browsing the books in our Summer Reading Store. Discover bestsellers, paperback picks, beach reads, and more terrific titles all summer long.
 

Fimco Industries

Shop for Fimco products
Fimco manufactures sprayers and agricultural equipment ideal for lawn and garden protection.

Shop all Fimco products

 

 

Feedback

If you need help or have a question for Customer Service, contact us.
 Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
Is there any other feedback you would like to provide?

Your comments can help make our site better for everyone.


Where's My Stuff?

Shipping & Returns

Need Help?

Your Recent History

  (What's this?)
You have no recently viewed items or searches.

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.

Look to the right column to find helpful suggestions for your shopping session.

Continue shopping: Top Sellers
Glenn Beck's Common Sense
Paranoia
Paranoia by Joseph Finder
Glenn Beck's Common Sense
Darkfever
Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning

Conditions of Use | Privacy Notice © 1996-2009, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates