┬атАЬThe GamblerтАЭ was nominated for the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Novelette, and the 2009 Nebula Award for Best Novelette.┬а┬аIt was featured in Gardner DozoisтАЩs тАЬYearтАЩs Best SFтАЭ Twenty-Sixth Edition, Jonathan StrahanтАЩs тАЬBest SF of the YearтАЭ Volume 3, and originally published in PyrтАЩs┬аFast Forward 2┬аAnthology.
┬аReviews:
тАЬThe stories he [Paolo] chooses to write are those that make an easy extrapolation of the present into the near future, but with an immediacy and richness of detail that shows the reader just how close we are to seeing this come to pass. The world of The Gambler isnтАЩt as dystopian as what we normally get from him, but his protagonist still serves a similar function as a lone voice of reason in a future you would not prefer but which seems somehow inevitable. There may be some analogy there with the author himself, but either way this is a nicely done story.тАЭ ---┬аMataglap SF
тАЬтАжThe story тАж wisely spends its time deepening OngтАЩs quiet but firm sincerity. The end of the тАЬThe GamblerтАЭ is probably the most touching thing Bacigalupi has yet written: what Ong gambles on is human nature, and Bacigalupi makes us want him to win.тАЭ ---Torque Control
Paolo Bacigalupi is a National Book Award Finalist, and a Hugo, Nebula, Michael L Printz, John W. Campbell, and Locus Award Winner. ┬аHis most recent book is The Water Knife, which was a New York Times bestseller.
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