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Lädt ... Binti (2015)
Werk-InformationenBinti: Allein von Nnedi Okorafor (2015)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. I first read this novella several years ago, but read it again in preparation to go through the complete trilogy in one go. I rated Binti 4 stars in my initial read, mostly due to the originality of the premise and characters. Reading it again, I'm less struck by that (since I know what is going to happen). In fact, the story is a little thin considering how much happens. Okorafor doesn't give us much backstory about Binti herself, the Meduse aliens, or the state of the universe in general. I still like the juxtaposition of Binti's cultural/tribal practices and rituals and her mathematical and scientific abilities. I like the themes of clashing cultures and otherness. I like seeing the world through the eyes of an unconventional character. I just wanted more of everything, but Okorafor chooses to tell this story as though we are Binti's contemporaries and know everything that she knows. I still like the story, but today I might give it 3.5 stars instead of 4. But I'll let my original rating stand. I enjoyed the start of this coming-of-age novella about a young woman who leaves her family (against their wishes) and culture to study at a faraway university. Then the story changes and she turns into a negotiator between warring alien factions. I didn't like the pseudo-mysticism of this part of the story, and I felt like the massacre was pushed aside and forgotten too easily. All in all, a reasonably good read, but probably not deserving of so much hype. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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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 gifts of her people and the wisdom enshrined within the University, itself--but first she has to make it there, alive. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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It was too slender a work to carry its content. Expanded to novel length, I suspect this would have been wonderful. There was so much imagination and unfamiliar territory (to purely European–American backgrounds) in this work. But it was only a tease.
The apposition of Binti's Himba culture and the hinted mathematical/technical wizardry of their astrolabes, neither really explored. The barely hinted Khoush culture, and its role in the politics of Earth and the wider universe. The tentacled Meduse (a hint of Greek myth merging in or a false cognate with Nigerian folklore?) who remain little more than honorable, violent jellyfish. Aliens who can mutate a human with a touch, yet not heal themselves—but clay and oil from Nigeria can.
It was a fascinating world to contemplate, but the glimpse was too small to be satisfying. ( )