Fifteen books set in sci-fi & fantasy versions of fascinating places on Earth

At io9, Madeleine Monson-Rosen tagged 15 books that take place in science fiction and fantasy versions of the most fascinating places on Earth, including:Paolo Bacigalupi's Bangkok, The Windup Girl

Bacigalupi's Thailand manages to be geopolitically unique in a future that's both distant and familiar. And his Bangkok, a "drowning city" stands out in his dystopic Asia, where almost every other