Binti

  • Type: Books
  • By: Nnedi Okorafor
  • Age Category: Adults
  • Genre: Sci Fi/Fantasy/Horror
  • Recommended by: Jessica T.
  • ISBN/UPC: 9780765385253
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The trip to Oomza University will be long, painful, and wholly change her.

Binti is the first of her people invited to attend the finest university in the galaxy, but the Himba don't leave the planet--they barely leave their villages. Against her families' wishes Binti sneaks off to catch the shuttle, where she meets a group of people who love science, maths, and learning as much as her... and then the Meduse come. Okorafor's novella is suspenseful, beautifully strange, and terrifying. The story explores a lot of ideas but at heart it looks at what we view as alien--including a Himba girl out in the wider world, or a jellyfish-like alien in a human dominated galaxy.