Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Bacigalupi didn't originally intend for ship breaking to take such a front and center place in the novel.
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Bacigalupi thinks that having raw talent is meaningless as a writer; what matters is a person's willingness to write.
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Coincidence? Ship Breaker was published right before there was a huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Writing is hard work—Bacigalupi almost gave up his career several times.
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