The Water Knife

Paolo Bacigalupi
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The Water Knife

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9/14/2022
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This thriller was more a general speculative fiction than a full-fledged science fiction. It's a near future tale of water rights in an American Southwest of climate change and drought. I was a little hesitant about this online book club selection because I didn't care for the author's Hugo winning "The Windup Girl" from several years back. But this one was quite exciting and relatable, after a slow start. The prose, character development, and world building were all quite good and the ending was a surprise. I didn't quite see it coming. This book was nominated for two 2016 awards, including the Campbell.

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