Comments on: The People of Sand and Slag by Paolo Bacigalupi http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/06/the-people-of-sand-and-slag-by-paolo-bacigalupi/ The Best Science Fiction Short Stories - and where to find them! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:17:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Omphalos http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/06/the-people-of-sand-and-slag-by-paolo-bacigalupi/comment-page-1/#comment-1248 Omphalos Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:13:46 +0000 http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/06/the-people-of-sand-and-slag-by-paolo-bacigalupi/#comment-1248 I think he has a collection coming out soon, which I may buy. I heard that The Fluted Girl was great, but everyone also liked The Calorie Man, which was pretty boring, IMHO. I think he has a collection coming out soon, which I may buy. I heard that The Fluted Girl was great, but everyone also liked The Calorie Man, which was pretty boring, IMHO.

]]> By: Rusty http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/06/the-people-of-sand-and-slag-by-paolo-bacigalupi/comment-page-1/#comment-1246 Rusty Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:34:58 +0000 http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/06/the-people-of-sand-and-slag-by-paolo-bacigalupi/#comment-1246 Omphalos, Yeah, this was a bizarre but cool story. The only other story I have read from Paolo Bacigalupi is <a href="http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/09/10/the-fluted-girl-by-paolo-bacigalupi/" rel="nofollow">The Fluted Girl</a> - which I liked even more than this one. It was also creepy, but cool at the same time. Omphalos,

Yeah, this was a bizarre but cool story. The only other story I have read from Paolo Bacigalupi is The Fluted Girl – which I liked even more than this one. It was also creepy, but cool at the same time.

]]> By: Omphalos http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/06/the-people-of-sand-and-slag-by-paolo-bacigalupi/comment-page-1/#comment-1244 Omphalos Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:08:35 +0000 http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/06/the-people-of-sand-and-slag-by-paolo-bacigalupi/#comment-1244 I thought that this story was great, but I hated his follow up, The Calorie Man. I thought that this story was great, but I hated his follow up, The Calorie Man.

]]> By: Rusty http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/06/the-people-of-sand-and-slag-by-paolo-bacigalupi/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Rusty Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:26:59 +0000 http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/06/the-people-of-sand-and-slag-by-paolo-bacigalupi/#comment-62 Cin, I agree that there were some bizarre ideas in this story, like what they eat, and those parts at the end on the beach, but I think that is part of what makes it so interesting. A little mind stretching going on there! Cin,

I agree that there were some bizarre ideas in this story, like what they eat, and those parts at the end on the beach, but I think that is part of what makes it so interesting. A little mind stretching going on there!

]]> By: Cin http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/06/the-people-of-sand-and-slag-by-paolo-bacigalupi/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Cin Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:19:13 +0000 http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/06/the-people-of-sand-and-slag-by-paolo-bacigalupi/#comment-61 This was bizarre, I pictured the people as x-men-ish. Some interesting thoughts on evolving as a species I suppose. I liked the interest they showed in the dog, the things they learned about it showed their humanity, uh...up until the end... This was bizarre, I pictured the people as x-men-ish. Some interesting thoughts on evolving as a species I suppose. I liked the interest they showed in the dog, the things they learned about it showed their humanity, uh…up until the end…

]]> By: Blue Tyson http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/06/the-people-of-sand-and-slag-by-paolo-bacigalupi/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Blue Tyson Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:03:04 +0000 http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/06/the-people-of-sand-and-slag-by-paolo-bacigalupi/#comment-52 The other thing is I have seen Shepard say explicitly he likes Bacigalupi's stuff, too, for further evidence. The other thing is I have seen Shepard say explicitly he likes Bacigalupi’s stuff, too, for further evidence.

]]> By: Rusty http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/06/the-people-of-sand-and-slag-by-paolo-bacigalupi/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Rusty Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:32:27 +0000 http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/06/the-people-of-sand-and-slag-by-paolo-bacigalupi/#comment-46 Blue Tyson, Yeah, the military part of "Sand and Slag" seemed to be fairly similar to military parts of "Salvador." It is all that other "in between" stuff that really separates the two. Where "Sand and Slag" evolves into a little bit of "aw - how nice", "Salvador" more or less evolves into "Ooh - that is crazy!" Blue Tyson,

Yeah, the military part of “Sand and Slag” seemed to be fairly similar to military parts of “Salvador.” It is all that other “in between” stuff that really separates the two. Where “Sand and Slag” evolves into a little bit of “aw – how nice”, “Salvador” more or less evolves into “Ooh – that is crazy!”

]]> By: Blue Tyson http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/06/the-people-of-sand-and-slag-by-paolo-bacigalupi/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Blue Tyson Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:25:00 +0000 http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/03/06/the-people-of-sand-and-slag-by-paolo-bacigalupi/#comment-45 Yes, that is a good point - if you like Shepard, fair chance you will like Bacigalupi, and vice versa. Yes, that is a good point – if you like Shepard, fair chance you will like Bacigalupi, and vice versa.

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