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“I am proud to be part machine.”

Noor by Nnedi Okorafor

September 7, 2025 by stegolily Leave a Comment

Cannonball Read Bingo: I am counting this book for the “N” square. Anwuli Okwudili is a young Nigerian woman who goes by AO, or “Autobionic Organism.” Due to an array of birth defects, followed by a freak car accident when she was a teenager, AO relies on cybernetic arms, legs, and organs to survive and function. But though she lives in a society where body augmentations are seen as unnatural, inhuman, and even sinful, AO is proud of who she is, both human and machine. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: cbr17bingo, cbrbingo17, Nnedi Okorafor

stegolily's CBR17 Review No:27 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: cbr17bingo, cbrbingo17, Nnedi Okorafor ·
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Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

August 31, 2025 by Classic Leave a Comment

“Death of the Author” follows struggling author and lecturer, Zelu. She feels lost in her very big and successful family. When she finds out that she is now fired from her job at a college and her latest book has failed to find a publisher, Zelu wonders how she can go on. We follow her over the course of years as she pulls a book out of of her “Rusted Robots” and becomes a critical darling and then “cancelled” by her fans. Through it all […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Death of an Author, Nnedi Okorafor

Classic's CBR17 Review No:124 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Death of an Author, Nnedi Okorafor ·
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Pleasant but forgettable

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

January 3, 2025 by NatalieH Leave a Comment

So, I own far too many books that I haven’t yet read. One of my goals this year is to greatly reduce that number, and I’ve somehow convinced myself that the best way to do so is to start with the shortest books first (there’s probably a flaw in my logic somewhere, but I’m going to ignore it for the time being). Coming in at 90 pages, the shortest unread book that I currently own is Binti, by Nnedi Okorafor. It won the Hugo and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Nnedi Okorafor

NatalieH's CBR17 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Nnedi Okorafor ·
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Images chosen can be disturbing

After the Rain by John Jennings

September 21, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This is one messed up book.   Yet, After the Rain based on the Nnedi Okorafor short story, is powerful and probably something we need to read. Violence, graphic image of torture and even rape imagery could be triggers. I would not recommend for under age 14 and I still think that might be too young. KNOW your reader. This is not for sensitive readers as even adults could be disturbed. And no, this should not be read at 11:30 at night because you couldn’t […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Poetry, Religion, Science Fiction Tagged With: culture, David Brame, John Jennings, Nigeria, Nigerian American young women, Nnedi Okorafor, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:494 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Poetry, Religion, Science Fiction · Tags: culture, David Brame, John Jennings, Nigeria, Nigerian American young women, Nnedi Okorafor, Social Themes ·
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There’s a moment that I thought was going to be a phenomenal ending – and then there was a quarter of the book left

Binti: Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor

September 12, 2022 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

BINGO – Funky (because of the ending(s)) Binti travels back home with a fellow harmonizer from the Desert People tribe, Mwinye because they know that the Koush, a group of people who represent the majority of Earth are looking for Binti and and her Meduse friend Owku. The Koush and the Meduse have been at war for centuries and the Koush have attacked and destroyed much of Binti’s Himba community including her home in search of this one Meduse. Seems like a bit of an […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: cbr14bingo, Nnedi Okorafor, Series

Mobius_Walker's CBR14 Review No:28 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: cbr14bingo, Nnedi Okorafor, Series ·
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Binti’s internal struggle drives another addition in the Binti-universe cut short

Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor

September 2, 2022 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

BINGO – Elephant After the whirlwind events of the first novella. Binti decides that she needs to go home. She wants to go on the pilgrimage that all young women go on to take their place in their community. She and Okwu, her Meduse friend, get special permission to go back to Earth as special envoys. They return to Earth in peace despite the war and animosity between the Meduse and Khoush. Things immediately fall apart when Okwu arrives and Binti must do what she […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: cbr14bingo, Nnedi Okorafor

Mobius_Walker's CBR14 Review No:26 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: cbr14bingo, Nnedi Okorafor ·
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