false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178945485m/858859.jpg 858859 8 <i>Kirinyaga: A Fable of Utopia</i> collects Mike Resnick's famous Kirinyaga stories and ties them together in a thematic arc that has novel-like continuity. The story focuses on Koriba, a <i>mundumugu</i> (sort of like a witch doctor and a wise man rolled into one) of the Kikuyu tribe. Koriba feels that his tribe has been corrupted by "European" technology, so he helps to establish a small, utopian planetoid named Kirinyaga where the Kikuyu can return to their roots, farming the land and worshipping the god Ngai without technological or cultural interference. As utopias go, Kirinyaga experiences its fair share of problems--both from within and without--each of which is detailed in the individual chapters and stories. The writing is not stylish but the stories are all excellent, and Resnick does a good job of integrating the traditional Kikuyu way of life into tales that any culture can appreciate. Readers looking for a novel may come away a bit disappointed because this book is really a collection of stories, but as far as collections go, few are better than <i>Kirinyaga</i>. 2415326 1998 Kirinyaga: A Fable of Utopia total:71|5:17|4:29|3:20|2:5|1:0| 71 271 108 11 4 0 false false Mon May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 14:00:14 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 18:13:14 -0700 2009 Kirinyaga is an example of how science fiction isn't necessarily a genre; it's just a setting. Kirinyaga is technically science fiction, because it involves colonizing another world (the eponymous planetoid Kirinyaga, named for the mountain upon which the god of the Kikuyu, Ngai, liv...more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 21:41:18 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 00:02:21 -0700 2009
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