Unabridged, Length: 2 hours 30 minutes, Narrator: Robin Miles
Published Sept. 22, 2015
Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy. But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel between the stars among strangers who do not share her ways or respect her customs.
Knowledge comes at a cost, one that Binti is willing to pay, but her journey will not be easy. The world she seeks to enter has long warred with the Meduse, an alien race that has become the stuff of nightmares. Oomza University has wronged the Meduse, and Binti's stellar travel will bring her within their deadly reach.
If Binti hopes to survive the legacy of a war not of her making, she will need both the gifts of her people and the wisdom enshrined within the University, …
Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy. But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel between the stars among strangers who do not share her ways or respect her customs.
Knowledge comes at a cost, one that Binti is willing to pay, but her journey will not be easy. The world she seeks to enter has long warred with the Meduse, an alien race that has become the stuff of nightmares. Oomza University has wronged the Meduse, and Binti's stellar travel will bring her within their deadly reach.
If Binti hopes to survive the legacy of a war not of her making, she will need both the gifts of her people and the wisdom enshrined within the University, itself — but first she has to make it there, alive.
Very short but super fun. Like an introduction to the story of the series. I will continue it.
I like Okoroafor's writing a lot; personable and relatable yet from a culture different than mine.
I loved it. It comes close to creating the optimistic feeling of science (and mathematics in particular) being great that I got from [b:The Glass Bead Game|16634|The Glass Bead Game|Hermann Hesse|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1386922806s/16634.jpg|2959456]. It also deals with being from an unfamiliar culture in what seems like a realistic but still a positive way.
I listened to it in Robin Miles narration, which was amazing for this book.
My one complaint is that it's so short. (But I'm glad the stupid "3 books behind" on my reading challenge thingy goaded me into picking it up because it's short.)
Even though it's sci-fi, it feels magical. And the way that mathematics was referred to made it feel like something occult too, but, surprisingly, not in a bad way.
Another sort of complaint I might have is that the conflict is kind of downplayed, at least the violent part of it, the characters emotional turmoil …
I loved it. It comes close to creating the optimistic feeling of science (and mathematics in particular) being great that I got from [b:The Glass Bead Game|16634|The Glass Bead Game|Hermann Hesse|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1386922806s/16634.jpg|2959456]. It also deals with being from an unfamiliar culture in what seems like a realistic but still a positive way.
I listened to it in Robin Miles narration, which was amazing for this book.
My one complaint is that it's so short. (But I'm glad the stupid "3 books behind" on my reading challenge thingy goaded me into picking it up because it's short.)
Even though it's sci-fi, it feels magical. And the way that mathematics was referred to made it feel like something occult too, but, surprisingly, not in a bad way.
Another sort of complaint I might have is that the conflict is kind of downplayed, at least the violent part of it, the characters emotional turmoil - not so much but I think that just adds to this books optimism and positivism.
It might help my loving thig book that Binti get's blue tentacles for hair, which just seems so cyberpunking cool to me.
This is just a brilliant story. It is short and to the point, very much like a particular race in the book, and the author gave such a full fleshed character in Binti that I've felt I was having coffee in a market somewhere as she spoke to me.
The customs of the Himba, though not all of them described I'm sure, is so alien from anything that I know that it made the story more interesting. The background of Binti has inspired me to learn more about the Himba people and I am thankful to the author for bring them to me.
I highly recommend the audible version. Robin Miles narration is beautiful and feels authentic. She gives one a true sense of the Himba people through her telling Binti's story. I am very glad I found this story and author and can't wait to find more works by …
This is just a brilliant story. It is short and to the point, very much like a particular race in the book, and the author gave such a full fleshed character in Binti that I've felt I was having coffee in a market somewhere as she spoke to me.
The customs of the Himba, though not all of them described I'm sure, is so alien from anything that I know that it made the story more interesting. The background of Binti has inspired me to learn more about the Himba people and I am thankful to the author for bring them to me.
I highly recommend the audible version. Robin Miles narration is beautiful and feels authentic. She gives one a true sense of the Himba people through her telling Binti's story. I am very glad I found this story and author and can't wait to find more works by Nnedi Okorafor.
I'm happy when sci-fi takes me into a new world. I'm just as happy to learn a new voice in sci-fi and that it isn't just an American genre but an international genre.
