From the Bookshelf of Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy…

Binti (Binti, #1)

Nnedi Okorafor,

N.K. Jemisin (Foreword)

Start date: November 11, 2015

Finish date: November 30, 2015

Discussion: Book Discussions

Why we're reading this: Group Novella Discussion November 2015
[close] Group Novella Discussion November 2015

Find A Copy At

Libraries

Group Discussions About This Book

Showing 2 of 250 topics — 8,801 comments total

Book Discussions

"Cyteen" by C.J. Cherryh
By deleted member · 48 posts · 103 views

last updated May 24, 2025 11:25PM

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
By deleted member · 46 posts · 150 views

last updated Mar 28, 2025 02:28PM

showing 10 of 17 topics view all »

What Members Thought

Sep 03, 2024 Nuno Ribeiro rated it really liked it

Shelves: ebooks, scifi

Com uma abordagem diferente, inovadora e cativante aos temas da ficção científica, este livro lê-se com entusiasmo de um só fôlego. A autora brinda-nos com um estilo de escrita original que proporciona uma leitura leve e fluída. Este é o 1º volume da trilogia sobre Binti e despertou-me o interesse para ler os seguintes. Muito interessante. Recomendo.

3 likes · Like · see review

Sep 14, 2020 Netanella rated it really liked it

Shelves: nebula-winners, hugo-winners, alien-encounters, 2020-september-reading-challenges

This is a wonderful story of an exceptionally bright girl, Binti, of the Himba tribe of Namibia, who's on her way to the Harvard or Yale of the future - here, it's Oomza University, and Binti is clothed in the traditional garb of her people, including the red clay ochre that defines her as a person. But Binti is not just any ordinary math genius with a godstone in her pocket - no, she is much more than that. For when she encounters the deadly, tentacled Meduse on her first voyage from home, Bint ...more

1 like · Like · see review

Jul 18, 2017 Jeremiah John rated it really liked it

Binti, winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards for best novel, is the story of a young woman who leaves her family--flouting their wishes--to study to become a master harmonizer on another planet. Binti is a young woman at odds with her culture but who loves her family and her home more than anything. The book's central conflict arises directly from from cultural misunderstandings and racism. But Binti finds the courage and resources within herself--and from her culture’s legacy--to put herself bet ...more

Like · see review

Jan 23, 2018 Meran rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, science-fiction, 2016, novella

Imaginative, beautiful, frightening-- an exceptional young Himba woman leaves her home for a University on another planet, first of her race to do so.

Jellyfish beings, Medusa, kill everyone but her about the ship (and the pilot), in horrible ways-- It's pure luck (and a device she carries, an artifact) that saves her.

As well as does the ritualistic red clay she wears on her shin and her quick mind.

Exceptional work!! Exceptional cover!!

I will read anything this author writes gladly and with great ...more

Like · see review

Jan 28, 2020 Ken McDouall rated it really liked it

Okorafor's series of short novels creates an extraterrestrial culture that feels steeped in tradition. The story is an allegory for the treatment of outsiders, racial and cultural differences, and the unique contribution that an indigenous culture makes to matters of war and peace. The title character is well-developed and compelling, immersing us in a fascinating culture. Three short novels make up this Afrofuturist series. ...more

Like · see review

Feb 12, 2019 Erica rated it really liked it

Shelves: books-i-own

Fascinating story can't wait to read the other books in the series. ...more

Like · see review

Feb 22, 2020 Andrew rated it really liked it

Shelves: award-winners, sci-fi-and-fantasy

Not what you think.

Wonderful little story about a girl leaving home to attend a "university" on another planet. She is from a Namibian-like tribe on a future-like Earth. Her tribe has incredible mathematical abilities. She doesn't have many friends. Earth is at war with an alien race called "The Meduse." To say more would be to steal wonder form this novella. Worth your time. ...more

Like · see review