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2 weeks ago | 
collider.com | Bruce Sterling |Kate Elliott |Nnedi Okorafor |Ann Leckie
If one has yet to hear of the Dune franchise, they've been living under a rock or actively trying to avoid good science fiction stories. With Denis Villeneuve's recent film adaption franchise of the story from 1963– first published in a magazine and later published in novel format in 1965– the Frank Herbert series has exploded in popularity among the general masses who had not heard of the franchise beforehand.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
winteriscoming.net | Daniel Roman |Nnedi Okorafor
The latest novel from genre fiction author Nnedi Okorafor is her most ambitious work yet, blending realities to weave a searingly powerful and unique story. Every once in a while, a book comes along that leaves you so stunned that it almost feels like passing through a portal; you've just read something unlike anything else you've experienced before and have no idea if or when you'll read something like it again.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
winteriscoming.net | Daniel Roman |Nnedi Okorafor |C.L. Clark |Nicholas Binge
It's a new year, and that means it's time to look forward to all the fantasy and science fiction books coming out in the next 12 months. Here are 16 books that we're dying to read in 2025:January is officially underway, and the previous year is fading in the rearview. It's going to be an interesting year ahead to say the least...but one thing we can count on, even in strange times, is that more books will come along to transport us to imaginative dreamscapes and far-off worlds.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
matr.net | Nnedi Okorafor
In Nnedi Okorafor’s new book, Death of the Author, a young author experiences the exhilaration, and panic, of living in the world she’d previously only dreamed of.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
technewstube.com | Nnedi Okorafor
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
wired.com | Nnedi Okorafor
The sun beat down on Zelu as she waited on the curb in front of the house for the robot to arrive. It was mid-July, and it was 95 degrees Fahrenheit and what felt like 100 percent humidity. As uncomfortable as she was, Zelu was used to it. She was a Chicagoan, which meant she was used to every weather extreme except hurricanes. The problem was that sometimes she just wasn’t prepared for it. What had she been thinking when she’d put on jeans instead of shorts on a day like this?
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Nnedi Okorafor |William Morrow
DEATH OF THE AUTHOR, by Nnedi OkoraforIn 2019, after Nnedi Okorafor had grown tired of being called an "afrofuturist," she coined a new descriptor for herself on her blog: "africanfuturist." Both terms concern the Black diaspora, Okorafor wrote, but africanfuturism is specifically rooted in Africa. "I needed to regain control of how I was being defined," she asserted.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
booklistonline.com | Nnedi Okorafor
Jan. 2025. 443p. Morrow, $30 (9780063391147).
REVIEW.
First published November 1, 2024 (Booklist).
In many ways, Okorafor’s latest (after She Who Knows, 2024) feels recognizable: the main character, Zelu, deals with family drama, grief and loss, and discovering her purpose in life. However, the author quickly flips expectations. Zelu is a Nigerian American paraplegic woman who writes a hugely popular sf novel without even being a fan of the genre.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
winteriscoming.net | Daniel Roman |Nnedi Okorafor
The latest novella from visionary speculative fiction author Nnedi Okorafor is out now, expanding on the world of her popular story Who Fears Death. She Who Knows is the first book in a trilogy which will explore the story of Najeeba, the mother of Who Fears Death's main character Onyesonwu. It takes place in a future version of our Earth, in a desert where Najeeba discovers latent powers within herself which change the course of her life and community.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
reactormag.com | Nnedi Okorafor
We’re thrilled to share an excerpt from She Who Knows by Nnedi Okorafor, the first book in a trilogy set in the same universe as Who Fears Death—publishing with DAW on August 20th. When there is a call, there is often a response. Najeeba knows. She has had The Call. But how can a 13-year-old girl have the Call? Only men and boys experience the annual call to the Salt Roads. What’s just happened to Najeeba has never happened in the history of her village. But it’s not a terrible thing, just strange.
