Binti: The Complete Trilogy
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Nnedi Okorafor
Includes a brand-new Binti story!Collected for the first time in an omnibus edition, the Hugo- and Nebula-award-winning Binti trilogy, the story of one extraordinary girl's journey from her home to distant Oomza University.In her Hugo- and Nebula-winning novella, Nnedi Okorafor introduced us to Binti, a young Himba girl with the chance of a lifetime: to attend the prestigious Oomza University. Despite her family's concerns, Binti's talent for mathematics and her aptitude with astrolabes make her a prime candidate to undertake this interstellar journey.But everything changes when the jellyfish-like Medusae attack Binti's spaceship, leaving her the only survivor. Now, Binti must fend for herself, alone on a ship full of the beings who murdered her crew, with five days until she reaches her destination.There is more to the history of the Medusae--and their war with the Khoush--than first meets the eye. If Binti is to survive this voyage and save the inhabitants of the unsuspecting planet that houses Oomza Uni, it will take all of her knowledge and talents to broker the peace.Collected now for the first time in omnibus form, follow Binti's story in this groundbreaking sci-fi trilogy.
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Author
Nnedi Okorafor
Pages
368
Publisher
Astra Publishing House
Published Date
2019-02-05
ISBN
0756415195 9780756415198
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"All time favorite science-fiction!"
Aliyah
"Just finished reading this compilation of novellas and it's incredibly accessible, engaging, and well-written #scifi. Read it NOW! "
Dragon Army
"Sci-fi is not normally my thing but I loved these books"
Felicia Ogunjube
"Great for a weekend read...as always, good SciFi mimics the issues of our own world. Wonderful for an entertaining read as well as thought provoking!"
ReGene Gorman
"Sci-fi story bout a young lady of color wanting to leave her tribe and join the greatest collegium in the known galaxy. It also deals with PTSD"
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Kat
"3.5<br/>This is a cool story that explores a lot of topics in a multifaceted way. The main character deals with a lot of trauma, prejudice, and high expectations from her family. These internal struggles mix pretty well with the sci-fi, political, and cultural elements. <br/><br/>I appreciate the approach this book used when it came to conflict, but I think things are settled too easily sometimes. Binti is set up as a mediator, and people seem to make peace fast when she’s there to sum up their arguments, and it wasn’t always believable. <br/><br/>Some things were hard to picture, and I never fully understood how they worked. I’m still a little confused about what treeing is and how Binti and her mom visualize math. I understood that she repeated numbers to soothe herself, but I struggled to imagine how she comes up with equations and uses electrical currents. I’m good at math and science, so I think stuff like this is trying to appeal to me, but I don’t get characters who come up with figures like this out of nowhere. <br/><br/>There’s a lot of good ideas brought up in here that explore identity. Some of the side characters felt a little underdeveloped, but they weren’t all bad. The way the trans girl was incorporated felt kinda lazy, but I could feel the author’s good intentions. I recommend reading this if you want more stories centered on Afrofuturism."
Izzie
"This has got to be one of my all-time favorite Sci-fi stories I've read. Nnedi Okorafor is an incredible writer."
Rachael Behen
