Short Stories: The Gambler. Moriabe's Children. Mika Model. American Gold Mine. A Full Life. Fixable. Efficiency. The Shallow State

Deti Moraybe — sbornik rasskazov amerikanskogo fantasta Paolo Bachigalupi. Zhanrovye napravleniya, v kotoryh rabotaet avtor — preimushchestvenno nauchnaya fantastika s postapokalipticheskim uklonom i fentezi. Paolo Bachigalupi rodilsya v gorodke Paoniya na zapade shtata Kolorado, v universitete shtata Ogayo izuchal kitayskiy yazyk, a zatem neskol'ko let provel v Azii. Ego proizvedeniya nosyat otpechatok kul'tury poseshchennyh im stran. Drugie oblasti ego interesov — ekologiya, perspektivnye tekhnologii, global'nyy resursnyy krizis. Debyutnyy roman Bachigalupi «Zavodnaya» byl udostoen mnozhestva premiy, v tom chisle samyh prestizhnyh: «H'yugo» i «Neb'yula», memorial'noy premii Kempbela i desyatka drugih.