| Binti Contributor(s): Okorafor, Nnedi (Author) |
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ISBN: 0765385252 ISBN-13: 9780765385253 Publisher: Tordotcom OUR PRICE: $9.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - Alien Contact - Fiction | Science Fiction - Space Opera |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Binti |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 4.9" W x 7.9" (0.18 lbs) 96 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Prepare to fall in love with Binti. --Neil Gaiman Winner of the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for Best NovellaHer 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. The Binti Series Book 1: Binti Book 2: Binti: Home Book 3: Binti: The Night Masquerade PRAISE FOR BINTI 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 |
Contributor Bio(s): Okorafor, Nnedi: - Nnedi Okorafor, born to Igbo Nigerian parents in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 8, 1974, is an author of fantasy and science fiction for both adults and younger readers. Her children's book Long Juju Man (Macmillan, 2009) won the 2007-08 Macmillan Writer's Prize for Africa, and her adult novel Who Fears Death (DAW, 2010) was a Tiptree Honor Book. She is an associate professor of creative writing and literature at the University at Buffalo. |