Binti

Nnedi Okorafor

2019 • 368 pages

Ratings41

Average rating3.8

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.

Genres

Mood

Adventurous

Series

3 primary books

#1-3 in Binti

Binti is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2015 with contributions by Nnedi Okorafor.

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Josep

Es raro. Interesante, prometedor, diferente y raro. Me gusta el planteamiento de la trama y me ha dejado con ganas de descubrir qué ocurre a continuación. Suerte que cogí un lote con las tres novelas, porque la primera parece ser la introducción.

October 15, 2021

Kate Mester

4.5. Such rich character and world building in such a short novella, truly impressive and created an immersive reading experience! I've been meaning to read her YA Akata series but got here first, and I'm so happy I did. Look forward to book talking this, and the gorgeous and content-matching cover will help to sell. The only slightly off detail was pronoun switching with Okwu, sometimes he and sometimes it. She fixes this in Home.

December 28, 2017

Scott - Book Invasion

Really engaging for a short read. Great on audiobook. Some alien terms and concepts but really easy to follow and digest.

September 24, 2019

Christine

For such a short tale, this packs a lot of great content in! I love the use of the Himba people literally being connected to their land, and the tension between that and going out into space.

The brevity occasionally caused some drawbacks. For instance, I understood that the Khoush were a race/group who considered themselves superior, but I wasn't clear on where they came from or how that evolved (turns out Okorafor said on Twitter that they're “clearly” Arabic, but that wasn't clear for me!” All that world/culture building could have used a little more time and detail. However, Binti's own culture was totally clear, and I don't think just because I already knew a little about the Himba people.

The other “not quite five stars” thing for me was the astounding coincidence that Binti just happens to have a cure-all for Meduse wounds AND a device that lets her communicate with them. I guess it fits well with the theme, but plotwise it seems very contrived.

Still, interested to see where this goes, and heck, maybe my spoilered complaint there actually has a deep dark backstory that will be uncovered!

March 8, 2021