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Binti

By: Nnedi Okorafor
Narrated by: Robin Miles
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Summary

Winner of the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for Best Novella!

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 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

©2015 Nnedi Okorafor (P)2015 Macmillan Audio

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Uplifting and magical

The narrators soft pronounciation seems perfect for such an uplifting and positive story. My only complaint might be that it is quite short, but that can be a positive as well. I'm glad I picked it up.

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Wonderful story

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.

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A bit different

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.

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Beautiful story!

I enjoyed listening to this beautiful sorry about Binti! the narrator is great! The story is beautifully written. it's a story of hope, peace, friendship.

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Loved it!

thoroughly enjoyed this one. short story with a lot packed in. interesting and liked the characters.

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Please use African narrators

Great story, but the narrators accent was terrible. At a minimum please get African narrators to narrate African characters. Even better, regional narrators for regional accents. And I can't fully explain it, but the accent seemed to dumb down of the characters rendering them almost childlike. Eugh, just awful.

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OUTSTANDING

ONE OF THE FEW SCI-FI STORIES TO PROMPT ONE TO DELVE INTO MATHEMATICS, AND SAVOUR THE INTRICACIES OF A CLOSE ENCOUNTER..

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Great

A Great listen. Very well narrated, I liked that it was shirt and sweet it made me want to keep listening until the end.

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Imaginative but the story/ plot was boring

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

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Never read anything like this

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.

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