An alien artifact turns a young girl into Death's adopted daughter in this tale of community and female empowerment by Binti's Nnedi Okorafor
NNEDI OKORAFOR, born to Igbo Nigerian parents in Cincinnati, Ohio, is an author of fantasy and science fiction for both adults and younger readers. Her Tor.com novella, Binti, won the 2015 Hugo and Nebula Awards; her children's book, Long Juju Man, won the 2007-08 Macmillan Writer's Prize for Africa; and her adult novel, Who Fears Death, was a Tiptree Honor Book.
Winner of the Nommo Award! A Locus Award Finalist! "A masterclass
in the subtleties of world-building [and a] tender portrait of a
girl rendered alien, home become unfamiliar, and the attempt at a
future despite such despairs." --Vanity Fair "Riveting from its
opening page... lyrical and compelling." --Essence "Once again the
incomparable Nnedi Okorafor has written a thought-provoking and
visionary tale of fantastic Black girl empowerment futurism." --Ms.
Magazine
"Episodic and organic, the story winds along with a limber rhythm
that allows every rich detail of Sankofa's surreal world to
surface. It's a cumulative narrative, a slow burn that builds in
emotional urgency even as the scope of Okorafor's worldbuilding
bursts into something breathtakingly vast." --NPR "Thrilling and
surprising all the way through." --The New Scientist "Okorafor's
star continues to blaze brightly." --Shelf Awareness starred review
"[Okorafor] has a rare ability to open the reader's mind to various
futures while creating complex characters and communities... A
captivating world, a tragic tale, and a dangerous future." --Kirkus
"I loved so many things about Okorafor's book. The futuristic
details have wit, energy and brilliance, but there is also genuine
depth to the narrative: a serene, folktale-ish cadence that feels
timeless." --bookreporter
"As the winner of Nebula and Hugo awards, Okorafor has been
embraced by the field, and in Remote Control she takes the acclaim
and uses it -- in an assured manner -- to radically undermine the
stories that the world tells to manifest its power." --L.A. Review
of Books
"A beautiful, sad, enthralling novella set in a futuristic Africa,
Remote Control is a refreshing oasis of creativity... I implore you
to discover this lovely, captivating story for yourself."
--BookPage "Okorafor builds a stunning landscape of futuristic
technology and African culture, with prose that will grab readers
from the first sentence." --Library Journal starred review "This
imaginative, thought-provoking story uses elements of the fantastic
to investigate the complexities of gender and community outside of
a European, colonial imagination. Readers will be blown away."
--Publishers Weekly starred review "Full of emotional depth and
resonance, this is beautiful." --The Big Issue
"Narrator Adjoa Andoh captivates listeners with a stunning new
sci-fi novella set in a near-future Ghana. Andoh is perfectly in
tune with Okorafor's compelling story." --AudioFile "Bewitching."
--The Philadelphia Inquirer More Praise for Nnedi Okorafor "Nnedi
Okorafor writes glorious futures and fabulous fantasies. Her worlds
open your mind to new things, always rooted in the red clay of
reality." --Neil Gaiman "The details of [Nnedi's]
world-building--including Binti's rich culture of origin, living
spaceships, and maths that read almost like music--are complex and
fascinating" --Veronica Roth "There's more vivid imagination in a
page of Nnedi Okorafor's work than in whole volumes of ordinary
fantasy epics." -- Ursula Le Guin "Okorafor's writing is even more
beautiful than I remember it being in Binti, evocative and sharply
elegant in its economy." --NPR on Binti: Home
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