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It's amazing how much breathtakingly complete and rich worldbuilding Nnedi Okorafor squeezed into a relatively small story. The world was so real I wanted to go there. Maybe not where Binti was, though, as she seemed to have a bit of bad luck mixed with her fortune. And only if I didn't have to do all the math she kept doing. Unlike Binti, I do not find solace in maths.
The world building was the great strenght of the story, as was Binti herself. The plot itself felt weak to me, though. Not terri ...more
The world building was the great strenght of the story, as was Binti herself. The plot itself felt weak to me, though. Not terri ...more
This book won both a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award for best novella! The book is set primarily on a space craft headed for Oomza University. Binti is the main character and is from the Himba tribe on Earth. She is a math prodigy and she is the first from her tribe to be accepted to Oomza U. Against her mother's advice Binti leaves her family to board spacecraft that will take her from Earthto Oomza.
The school itself is run by the Khoush, the pale-skinned Earthens. Most of the other passengers o ...more
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Wow. I loved the world and the characters. The plot was really deep and amazing, I just fell into the world and read it all in one sitting. The length is just perfection.
Wow. I loved the world and the characters. The plot was really deep and amazing, I just fell into the world and read it all in one sitting. The length is just perfection.
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Inventive #africanfuturism book which is powerful in and of itself, but short enough that it very much feels like the beginning of a larger story. I will absolutely be reading the rest of this series.
We meet Binti as she's sneaking away from her isolated African home, determined to accept her place at Oomza University, located on another planet, far away. She knows her family will be upset, but once she reaches the University safely, surely they will understand, because she has mathmatics talents that are destined for more than making astrolabes with her family. It's that "safely" part that is a problem.
I don't read a lot of science fiction, but I thought this was really original and interes ...more
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It’s so good! I read it in one sitting. Everyone go read it immediately.
THIS STORY WAS SO GOOD!! THE AUDIOBOOK WAS SO GOOD!!!! DANG!!!!!!
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I don't want to spoil this with hint or description or spoiler. It's a fantastic novella, of three fantastic novellas. I'm so glad I read them.
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Isabel
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