Binti: The Complete Trilogy - Meier's Bookwyrm

368 pages

Published Feb. 5, 2019 by DAW.

ISBN:: 978-0-7564-1519-8

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 …

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.

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Kadomi@buecher.pnpde.social reviewed Binti: The Complete Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor

Three Afro-futurism novellas

3 stars

Afro-futurism about a 17 year old Himba who gets to attend the most prestigious university in the galaxy, but on the way there gets pulled into a war between the alien Meduse and humans on Earth, the Khoush. It was interesting, but I have to really like a book to enjoy first person perspective, and Binti was not my favorite narrator. It's a collection of 3 novellas, and you can tell because I felt the worldbuilding a bit shallow. I would have preferred more overall depth. But I am glad I read it, it was very interesting, especially the Afro-futurism parts of it about the Himba and their role as harmonizers.