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by Nnedi Okorafor (Goodreads Author)

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Can anyone please explain what the “pomegranate” eyes are? I have loved everything I’ve read by Okorafor, but being a non techy person I didn’t understand all of the technology in this one.

James McGuffee I am a techie person but with a non-techie answer. imho, it's meant to be a visual allusion to connectivity. I don't think it's meant to be a literal …moreI am a techie person but with a non-techie answer. imho, it's meant to be a visual allusion to connectivity. I don't think it's meant to be a literal pomegranate.

I also thought of the ambrosia pomegranate and the connection to ancient Greek mythology that consuming ambrosia makes you an immortal god.(less)

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Nirkatze In the book, a Noor is an enormous helix-shaped wind-turbine stationed throughout the desert to harvest wind-power for many cities. The word means "li…moreIn the book, a Noor is an enormous helix-shaped wind-turbine stationed throughout the desert to harvest wind-power for many cities. The word means "light" in Arabic, and in the Acknowledgments Okorafor states the title for the novel comes from the Noor Solar Complex in Morocco.(less)

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Will this be a stand-alone or the start of a series?

Theresa Looks for now that it will be a standalone

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Appropriate for high school readers?

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Some violence, but not too graphic.
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Some violence, but not too graphic.
A couple sex scenes that mention insertion and whatnot.(less)

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