God, I'm so conflicted about Bacigalupi. There's so much in his stuff that I frankly enjoy, and I've actually assigned that story in one of my intro classes, but at the same time... yeeeeeah. I guess for me the side-eye just doesn't entirely overwhelm for whatever reason.

I'm getting into Madison on Friday, though I don't yet know when. Probably early. Have a panel on fic at midnight but otherwise wide open if you want to collide at some point.