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
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