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Binti

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Binti

By: Nnedi Okorafor
Narrated by: Robin Miles
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Nnedi Okorafor's Binti is the w inner of the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for Best Novella!

"Robin Miles’s terrific narration creates a stellar audiobook. (Pun intended.)"—Modern Mrs. Darcy on Binti

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.

PRAISE FOR BINTI
"With her rich, lyrical voice, narrator Robin Miles effortlessly moves among such emotions as anticipation, fear, resignation, and fortitude with just the slightest adjustments in breath. Her prodigious range elevates this short novella into a resonating performance that will linger long beyond its mere two-plus hours." - School Library Journal

"Binti is a supreme read about a sexy, edgy Afropolitan in space! It's a wondrous combination of extra-terrestrial adventure and age-old African diplomacy. Unforgettable!" — Wanuri Kahiu, award-winning Kenyan film director of Punzi and From a Whisper

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What a joy it was to read this book which blended African culture and science fiction. The story is rich and well defined. The characters, especially Binti, believeable. I particularly liked the unusual tech in this future vision, including biological spaceships. The narrator, Robin Miles, is superb. Her performance covers so many emotions. I cannot wait to dig deeper into the rest of the series.

Hugo and Nebula award-winning Afrofuturism.

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I loved this story the characters are believable and the story itself is different and intriguing. Very enjoyable.

I liked the narrator's voice she brought the character of Binti to life.

I will definitely read more by this author.

Wonderful story

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The narrator did a great job and I really liked the imagined worlds. However, the story itself was incredibly boring.

Imaginative but the story/ plot was boring

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This is sci-fi with a twist. It is predictable when you see it’s the beginning of a series so I didn’t feel the jeopardy, and having read so many books over the years parts of “twist” I’d seen before. The bit that made it different was the main character and her background.

Will I buy more of the series. Probably not at “full price” (though they currently aren’t available on audible) as they are extremely short and I don’t feel particularly “connected” to the 2 main characters.

A bit different

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Even though the start was quite unusual for me, bringing very traditional cultural elements together with sci-fi, I kept wanting to know what would happen. Could have given a bit more description with certain items and situations as I often found having to go back to make sure I understood what was happening. Good ending, will listen to the next book for sure.

Never read anything like this

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