The Book of Phoenix
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⭐ "The book is grounded by its unflinching exposure of the brutalities of colonialism, racism, and greed, and exalted by the beauty of Okorafor’s prose." —Library Journal (starred review)
The Book of Phoenix is a unique work of AfricanFuturism. A prequel to the highly acclaimed, World Fantasy Award-winning novel, Who Fears Death, it features the rise of another of Nnedi Okorafor’s powerful, memorable, superhuman women.
A fiery spirit dances from the pages of the Great Book. She brings the aroma of scorched sand and ozone. She has a story to tell....
Phoenix was grown and raised among other genetic experiments in New York’s Tower 7. She is an “accelerated woman”—only two years old but with the body and mind of an adult, Phoenix’s abilities far exceed those of a normal human. Still innocent and inexperienced in the ways of the world, she is content living in her room speed reading e-books, running on her treadmill, and basking in the love of Saeed, another biologically altered human of Tower 7.
Then one evening, Saeed witnesses something so terrible that he takes his own life. Devastated by his death and Tower 7’s refusal to answer her questions, Phoenix finally begins to realize that her home is really her prison, and she becomes desperate to escape.
But Phoenix’s escape, and her destruction of Tower 7, is just the beginning of her story. Before her story ends, Phoenix will travel from the United States to Africa and back, changing the entire course of humanity’s future.
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Zukunft. Über Amerika hinweg sind Einrichtungen verstreut, in denen Menschen mit besonderen Gaben bzw. Fähigkeiten leben. Phoenix wächst in Tower 7 auf. Sie ist erst 2 Jahre alt, sieht aber aus wie eine erwachsene Frau und kann schnell Bücher lesen und aufnehmen. Eines Tages ändert sich jedoch alles und sie bricht aus und zerstört dabei Tower 7. Damit beginnt ihre Odyssee. Ich will nicht zu viel verraten, die Hintergründe sind mir nicht klar geworden und auch das Ende wirft eher Fragen auf.
It started out interesting, with a futuristic world then linking it to a world we can understand based in America. I only read the free sample, so I didn’t get that far. A woman who seems genetically modified is telling the story of her time with one of the other residents at the modification center. The resident died, and she is having an emotional reaction to it. I don’t find myself wanting to know what she feels. That is just a regular story of people and their loss of love. It’s not futuristic or interesting. I don’t hate the book and have a small amount of wonder about what the rest of the book is like, but I am going to going to stop reading here.
Description
⭐ "The book is grounded by its unflinching exposure of the brutalities of colonialism, racism, and greed, and exalted by the beauty of Okorafor’s prose." —Library Journal (starred review)
The Book of Phoenix is a unique work of AfricanFuturism. A prequel to the highly acclaimed, World Fantasy Award-winning novel, Who Fears Death, it features the rise of another of Nnedi Okorafor’s powerful, memorable, superhuman women.
A fiery spirit dances from the pages of the Great Book. She brings the aroma of scorched sand and ozone. She has a story to tell....
Phoenix was grown and raised among other genetic experiments in New York’s Tower 7. She is an “accelerated woman”—only two years old but with the body and mind of an adult, Phoenix’s abilities far exceed those of a normal human. Still innocent and inexperienced in the ways of the world, she is content living in her room speed reading e-books, running on her treadmill, and basking in the love of Saeed, another biologically altered human of Tower 7.
Then one evening, Saeed witnesses something so terrible that he takes his own life. Devastated by his death and Tower 7’s refusal to answer her questions, Phoenix finally begins to realize that her home is really her prison, and she becomes desperate to escape.
But Phoenix’s escape, and her destruction of Tower 7, is just the beginning of her story. Before her story ends, Phoenix will travel from the United States to Africa and back, changing the entire course of humanity’s future.
Book Information
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Zukunft. Über Amerika hinweg sind Einrichtungen verstreut, in denen Menschen mit besonderen Gaben bzw. Fähigkeiten leben. Phoenix wächst in Tower 7 auf. Sie ist erst 2 Jahre alt, sieht aber aus wie eine erwachsene Frau und kann schnell Bücher lesen und aufnehmen. Eines Tages ändert sich jedoch alles und sie bricht aus und zerstört dabei Tower 7. Damit beginnt ihre Odyssee. Ich will nicht zu viel verraten, die Hintergründe sind mir nicht klar geworden und auch das Ende wirft eher Fragen auf.
It started out interesting, with a futuristic world then linking it to a world we can understand based in America. I only read the free sample, so I didn’t get that far. A woman who seems genetically modified is telling the story of her time with one of the other residents at the modification center. The resident died, and she is having an emotional reaction to it. I don’t find myself wanting to know what she feels. That is just a regular story of people and their loss of love. It’s not futuristic or interesting. I don’t hate the book and have a small amount of wonder about what the rest of the book is like, but I am going to going to stop reading here.