{"id":2430,"date":"2009-12-08T13:26:29","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T21:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=2430"},"modified":"2009-12-08T16:11:54","modified_gmt":"2009-12-09T00:11:54","slug":"an-aside-the-windup-girl-by-paolo-bacigalupi-is-one-of-times-ten-best-novels-of-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/news\/an-aside-the-windup-girl-by-paolo-bacigalupi-is-one-of-times-ten-best-novels-of-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"An Aside | ‘The Windup Girl’ by Paolo Bacigalupi is one of Times’ Ten Best Novels of 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"\"The<\/a>\n

Amidst their enormous ‘The Top 10 Everything of 2009<\/a>‘ list on Time<\/em> magazines list, is their choice of the ten best novels of the year<\/a>, regardless of genre. The only adult Science Fiction (or Fantasy) novel to make it? The Windup Girl<\/a><\/strong> by Paolo Bacigalupi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Top 10 Fiction Books<\/p>\n

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  1. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel<\/li>\n
  2. The Financial Lives of the Poets by Jess Walter<\/li>\n
  3. Swimming by Nicola Keegan<\/li>\n
  4. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins<\/li>\n
  5. Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned by Wells Tower<\/li>\n
  6. Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi by Geoff Dyer<\/li>\n
  7. In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin<\/li>\n
  8. Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell<\/li>\n
  9. The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi<\/strong><\/li>\n
  10. The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

    So, a big congrats to Paolo! Now I just need to get my hands on a copy of The Windup Girl!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Amidst their enormous ‘The Top 10 Everything of 2009‘ list on Time magazines list, is their choice of the ten best novels of the year, regardless of genre. The only adult Science Fiction (or Fantasy) novel to make it? The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi. Top 10 Fiction Books Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel The… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n