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One book on the list:
The Windup Girl, by Paolo BacigalupiRead about another work on the list.
In this magic realist eco-thriller, Bacigalupi imagines a world where genetically-engineered crops are ravaged by viruses and humans scrabble to survive on the few foodstuffs that remain. Gene-tweaked "New People," scorned by many, may be humanity's only hope.
--Marshal Zeringue