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    Binti: Home
    Binti: Home
    Binti: Home
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    Binti: Home

    Written by Nnedi Okorafor

    Narrated by Robin Miles

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    About this audiobook

    It's been a year since Binti and Okwu enrolled at Oomza University. A year since Binti was declared a hero for uniting two warring planets. A year since she found friendship in the unlikeliest of places.

    And now she must return home to her people, with her friend Okwu by her side, to face her family and face her elders.

    But Okwu will be the first of his race to set foot on Earth in over a hundred years, and the first ever to come in peace.

    After generations of conflict can human and Meduse ever learn to truly live in harmony?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJan 9, 2018
    ISBN9781541483569
    Binti: Home
    Author

    Nnedi Okorafor

    NNEDI OKORAFOR, born to Igbo Nigerian parents in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 8, 1974, 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. She is an associate professor of creative writing and literature at the University at Buffalo.

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    • 5/5
      This is one of my favorite books of all time. I’m not usually into sci fiction, but I really could relate to this book. Imagination was next level with racial tensions that are relatable.
    • 4/5
      It was good. I like the authors writing. Very well spoken.
    • 4/5
      The second installment in the Binit adventure. Binit is ready to go back home to take on the pilgrimage that she believes will make her a true woman. Okwu has agreed to go with her, they will be the first to set foot on Himba land since the great Medus war. A futuristic twist on what many are still facing today! A commentary on viewing one by their skin first and never on their character. Binti quickly seems to learn that friends sometimes mean more than family.
    • 5/5
      Such well written and imaginative science fiction. so fun to read.
    • 5/5
      Wow! The author describes this in such an amazing way. I can truly visualize what is happening in the story.It's a year after the first story, Binti and her Meduse counterpart, Okwu are studying at the university. She is suffering from PTSD, and the changes that overtook her body after her initial encounter with the Meduse. She decides to return home to complete her pilgrimage which is a tradition for the women of her people.Okwu goes to earth with her. Her family welcomes her home, but later berates her for leaving home and insist that her leaving is the cause of her father's deteriorating health. Later she sees a vision of the Night Masquerade, which only men are supposed to be able to see. The "Desert People" come for her. Everyone sees them as 'savages', including the Himba, which man they have nerve considering the Khoush (the other human race on earth) sees them as 'savages', but I digress. It turns out that Binti, through her father, is a relation to the "Desert People", the Enyi Zinariya, and they are not savages at all but quite advanced and have been since before the rest of the planet had even begun to communicate outside of earth.Now she is of three people, Himba, Meduse, and Enyi Zinariya and she's even more confused than every before. But now there is also a war coming. The story continues to fascinate me. I'm looking forward to the next book.
    • 4/5
      An absorbing and beautifully woven tale.
    • 4/5
      It’s imaginative. And different. But it’s only the beginning of a story. There must be more to come, as there isn’t an ending.
    • 5/5
      Safe to say that I'm on my way to finishing out this series. Book two was even better than book one which is a big deal for me cause I really enjoyed book one. Of course, that might have something to do with the brilliance of Robin Miles' narration. As I said before, she really makes you feel the emotion. The character of Binti has obviously started to move forward in her life at the university, learning to adapt to the changes that took place as a result of events in the first book, and now is dealing with a lot of trauma around those events. We also see that things haven't been easy; not just in terms of how people judge her, but also in terms of how people judge Okwu. She's also now finally forced to face the personal guilt surrounding the circumstances of her departure that was pushed to the background given what happened before. Naturally, she decides to go home. . . and well, lets just say things don't go as planned. I mean, do they ever? Nothing can ever be simple in life whether it's fiction or reality.

      For Binti it's definitely an understatement that things take quite the turn. One of my favorite things about this series so far is that we get to learn about this character as she learns about herself. It's interesting to see the way things progress with the choices that she makes and that these choices aren't easy. That she's being forced to confront things she'd rather not? It's a powerful thing. We often try to look away from those things, which Binti does try to as well, except life doesn't always allow that to continue. . . and that's definitely something Binti is facing now. Considering what the character learned and what happened at the end of this book? I'm really excited and curious to see where book 3 is going to take the character.
    • 5/5
      For some reason, I didn't expect to enjoy this quite as much as I did. I did like the first book well enough, but I guess I didn't really believe the sequel could have as big of an impact. I'm glad I enjoyed this as much, though! The themes touched upon here are pretty deep, and to me they felt well handled. (That ending was a bitch of a cliffhanger though, I'm glad I've got the third book already lined up.) Aside from the story itself, I really like Okorafor's writing. Right up my alley.
    • 5/5
      full of chromatic references textures colors odors and other sensations make a very pleasant lecture but voice reading lacks intensity and feels painly plane...better get the book not the audiobook... if you want to enjoy this book
    • 4/5
      Okorafor's Hugo-winning novella, Binti, was exceptional. It introduced readers to Binti's world where mankind travels the stars and mingles with alien species. She is the first of her family, of her people, to attend a prestigious university on another planet. But she did so against their wishes, potentially making her an outcast. This sequel returns to Binti a year into her education. She wants to go home. Needs to. But doing so will change her as radically as her encounter with the Meduse had done.I truly enjoyed returning to Binti's world. It is richly developed despite how short the two novellas are. My only criticism is that length. This should have been published with the original novella as both are too brief for the retail price being charged. And, this one ends on a cliffhanger. I really hope the next installment is a full novel.
    • 5/5
      this book is absolutely amazing. if you are a fan of traditional sci fi you'll love this. the characters are so relatable and the story seems so real. get sucked in, its awesome!
    • 4/5
      Another good book,but I didn't enjoy it as much as the first volume of the trilogy.The content is probably better paced than the first, but lacks some of the pizzazz that electrified the first volume.
    • 5/5
      Delicious and rich -- sounds like a meal, but that's how reading an Okorafor story feels. Pleased to see a return to Binti's story, astonished all over again at the imaginative leaps and revelations.
    • 4/5
      this felt more like a large chapter than a full book, it's good, but it just gets to about half the plot progression of a story
    • 4/5
      i definitely want to read the next one, but this left off in a pretty unsatisfying place.
    • 3/5
      It's been a year since Binti left home and began attending Oomza University. Her studies are going well, but she's having emotional difficulties. She keeps having bursts of increasingly difficult to control anger. She's also suffering from PTSD-related panic attacks. Anything that reminds her of the slaughter on the spaceship that brought her to Oomza Uni can bring them on, including her best friend, the Meduse Okwu, who also happened to be one of the beings who participated in the slaughter.Binti secretly fears that the changes the Meduse made her undergo have somehow made her unclean. She decides to return home and go on a pilgrimage to help cleanse herself. However, her journey soon takes an unexpected turn and forces her to confront her prejudices and some of the things she thought she knew about herself.One of my biggest complaints about Binti was how it seemed to brush off the horrible things Binti had gone through. She lived through the slaughter of most of the people on her spaceship, several of whom she'd become friends with, and she spent a period of time terrified that she would die too. The Meduse physically changed her without her consent, robbing her of the hair she'd braided to reflect her culture. So what did she do? She became friends with one of the aliens who participated in the slaughter and who'd threatened to kill her as well. It made my skin crawl and put me off this series to such a degree that I almost couldn't bring myself to continue on. Yes, Binti is a "harmonizer," someone who, among other things, is supposed to act as a peacemaker. I was fine with her acting as a mediator for the Meduse, but it wasn't necessary for her to also become friends with one of them so quickly after they traumatized her on multiple levels. In Binti: Home, I finally got the emotional reactions from her that I'd expected in the first work, but still combined with her bending over backwards to try to make her friendship with Okwu work. I know other readers enjoy their friendship, but I can't understand why. It struck me as unhealthy and harmful for Binti.There were some interesting revelations in this volume, and I know there's only one more novella to go, but I think I'm done with this series. It rubs me the wrong way, and I'm not interested enough in the direction it's taking to want to continue on.(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)
    • 5/5
      Mild Spoilers. There is no one who creates worlds like this writer. Binti's journey in this book is less physically suspenseful than the first, but the emotional journey is even richer. I love the image of the Desert People communicating, and of course Okwu.
    • 4/5
      A good sequel, too short in some respects. Loving the world that's being built up. Feel like we are not seeing enough of it though
    • 4/5
      Digital audiobook performed by Robin MilesBook 2 in a marvelous science fiction trilogy. After a year at Oomza University, Binti returns to Earth with her friend Okwu, a Meduse. It has been over a hundred years since a creature of Okwu’s race came to Earth, and it is the first to come in peace. Suspicion and fear, prejudice and gossip make for a less-than-welcoming homecoming for Binti and her friend.Okorafor is a wonderful storyteller! I love the way she crafts her tale, combining science fiction and traditional mysticism. I also like how she weaves in a message of social justice and against racism. Binti is one strong female lead. Still young, still learning about her powers and what she feels is important, she must face challenges and make choices as few young people are required to do. I’m looking forward to Book 3, to see how (I’m not even wondering whether) Binti manages to bring peace between warring factions and ensure the future of her people. FYI … There is a movie titled “Binti” but it has absolutely nothing to do with this series. Not to say anything bad about the existing movie … but I would love to see a film of this trilogy. Robin Miles does a fantastic job of performing the audio version. I loved the voice she used for Okwu. She really brings this story to life.
    • 4/5
      I’m glad I have the third book waiting for me, because this did not have a satisfying ending at all.
    • 5/5
      Compared to the first in this series, Home was more captivating (Once I got past the first two chapters I couldn't put it down till I was done.) It flowed so well, and had a very good pace.
      I'm hoping in the third book, there's some explanation about what the stick creature is that only men (usually) see. I can't remember what it's called. On that note, despite all the unfamiliar terms/names I didn't have any trouble understanding the story, which was nice.
    • 3/5
      This novella reads like the middle chapters of a long book, which makes sense for the second in a trilogy of novellas. Having gone out into space in the first volume to expand herself beyond her insular community on Earth, Binti now must return to that community to truly discover herself. All fine and good, but right now I'm mostly glad that I have the next book on hand so I can get started on the conclusion right away.
    • 5/5
      The sequel to Binti, bring Binti back to her tribe after some time at the intergalactic university. She has changed a lot, but her tribe and family has not. It is a good book that shows a lot of growth in the characters. If you enjoyed the first you will likely enjoy Binti: Home as well.
    • 5/5
      Wow! The author describes this in such an amazing way. I can truly visualize what is happening in the story.It's a year after the first story, Binti and her Meduse counterpart, Okwu are studying at the university. She is suffering from PTSD, and the changes that overtook her body after her initial encounter with the Meduse. She decides to return home to complete her pilgrimage which is a tradition for the women of her people.Okwu goes to earth with her. Her family welcomes her home, but later berates her for leaving home and insist that her leaving is the cause of her father's deteriorating health. Later she sees a vision of the Night Masquerade, which only men are supposed to be able to see. The "Desert People" come for her. Everyone sees them as 'savages', including the Himba, which man they have nerve considering the Khoush (the other human race on earth) sees them as 'savages', but I digress. It turns out that Binti, through her father, is a relation to the "Desert People", the Enyi Zinariya, and they are not savages at all but quite advanced and have been since before the rest of the planet had even begun to communicate outside of earth.Now she is of three people, Himba, Meduse, and Enyi Zinariya and she's even more confused than every before. But now there is also a war coming. The story continues to fascinate me. I'm looking forward to the next book.
    • 3/5
      Binti Binti:HomeBinti:The Night Masquerade by Nnedi OkoraforTor5.0 / 5.0This Science Fiction novella trilogy is steeped in culture, traditions and family; and a strong female, Binti, who questions them. Binti Hope's to become a Bridge between two tribes to prevent a war that could wipe out her entire race.In 'Binti', the first novella in this trilogy, she proves herself a mathematician, and is the first member of the Himbi people to be accepted into the prestigious Oozuma Uni. The Himbi tradition is to stay close to family, close to home. To attend Uni, she must leave home and board a transport ship to go to a new world. When Binto arrives, her dark skin and hair covered with a red clay called Otjize, a Himbi tradition, sets her apart and begins her questioning of Himbi tradition and history. To follow the tradition of this world, she must break the traditions she has grown up with.In the second book of the trilogy, 'Home', Binto returns home to her family and elders of the Himbi, much changed woman. She worries she will not be accepted by her family.....In the third and final book, 'The Night Masquerade ', conflict breaks between the Khoush and Meduse people. Binti and a friend try to intervene to avoid a conflict between them, but many of the Elders now see Binti as an outsider and are not willing to trust her intentions. The use of math as magic was brilliant and works well for this plot. This series is full of emotion and beautifully written. I highly recommend this series. All 3 books are short and fast to read. Binti is unforgettable.
    • 4/5
      This was a powerful read, Binti is an interesting character and her problems feel like things that come from her upbringing and what has happened to her, she's starting to be a bit less passive about what's going on with her and it will be interesting to see where this is going to take her.and how she is going to deal with what has happened to her family. Her father's reaction is heartbreaking and understandable.I want to write half as well as Nnedi does.
    • 5/5
      Second in the series.Binti returns to Earth after a year at Oomza University (the best in the galaxy). Her Meduse friend/partner, Okwu, travels with her. The Meduse are the sworn enemies of the Khoush, a people whose lands border that of Binti's tribe. Okwu is promised diplomatic safety while on Earth. As Binti is a Harmonizer she believes she may be able to bring peace to these two cultures. Binti's family is angry at her for leaving and forsaking her place as the next Harmonizer in her tribe (replacing her father, who is old and weary). They are shocked to see the physical changes in Binti, whose hair has been changed into blue okuoko (sensitive and reactive tentacle like appendages). On her first night back home Binti looks out the window and sees The Night Masquerade - a sign normally given only to men that signals that great change is coming. Outside the window are also gathered some of the Desert People. (the Enyi Zinariya) They take her into the dessert to reveal her true birthright. While she is out in the dessert the Khoush arrive at her home and attack both her family and Okwu - but she does not know the outcome of this attack. She struggles to come to grips with her new powers and make it home in time.I love this series. Recommended - esp. to those you enjoy math.
    • 4/5
      This is the second novella in Okorafor's Binti trilogy; I previously reviewed the first, [book:Binti|25667918].Binti has been at Oomza Uni for a year, studying mathematics while her Meduse friend, Okwu, studies weapons technology. Binti, of course, is now partly Meduse herself, with her hair replaced by tentacles that leave her permanently connected to the Meduse. On the one hand, she's truly enjoying her education and her life there. On the hand, she's still suffering from PTSD and experiencing panic attacks, after the traumatic events on the ship The Third Fish that brought her to Oomza.She's also intermittently experiencing rages that she barely contains, and that, as a master harmonizer, are simply wrong. She fears she's broken something within her by leaving her home in defiance of the customs and wishes of her people.So she decides that, at the end of the term, she needs to go home, and go on pilgrimage with other Himba women. She also decides to bring Okwu with her.The first novella, Binti, is basically a Heinlein coming of age story, and I really enjoyed her. However, it was, barring a young African girl who is really African and not just someone we're told has that background, not a lot more than a Heinlein coming of age story. Binti: Home is a significantly richer, fuller story, giving us more background on her family, her culture, and the world they live in. This is includes more about the technology that isn't as visible in their culture as ours is in our culture, but every much a part of their lives--and secrets Binti never knew about her own family.Her welcome home isn't as warm as she had hoped, and perhaps not helped by her decision to bring Okwu with her, given the history of conflict between the Meduse and the Himbas' neighbors, the Koush.I found it a really enjoyable and absorbing story. Fair warning, though: It ends on a cliffhanger, and you'll want to have Binti: The Night Masquerade ready to hand when you finish reading Binti: Home.Rcommended.I bought this book.
    • 4/5
      Nnedi is a fantastic author. Binti was so much better than I expected it to be and Home is no different. Superb writing and such fantastic, fascinating characters and world building.