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Full review here: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
Note: This novella is set in the future.
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*THE* Naijamerican PhD-holding, World Fantasy, multi-Hugo, Nebula, Eisner Award-winning, New York Times bestselling rudimentary cyborg writer
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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Full review here: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
Note: This novella is set in the future.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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Another starred review for my forthcoming book SHE WHO KNOWS: Firespitter. This one from Kirkus Reviews. ⭐️! "…the prose is sharp and immersive, the characters provide insight into family drama and healing, and the narrative seamlessly blends elements of fantasy, folklore, and speculative fiction."
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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I will take a look but disappointed it’s once again in Salem. Blah.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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Great. But I’m looking for novellas or longer.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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Definitely not looking for YA. Plenty of that out there and I’d like to read about and center older ladies for once.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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I find it strange that anyone would wear and thus represent anything that they don’t know a thing about (I even look into every logo I wear, no matter how cool their logo is)…but I guess I’m from “a different time”, 😒.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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Yeah, that’s a phenomenon I never saw coming, 😬.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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Probably not.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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I constantly have to remind myself that a kid wearing a t-shirt with a band name or logo on it does not necessarily mean they like that band. It’s highly likely that that kid has no idea who Alice in Chains is, 🙁
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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lol, no worries. Put it on my wishlist. 😊
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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Argh, not out yet.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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Yes, I am writing one of THESE. But I sometimes just want to sit back, relax and READ this stuff.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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This has happened to me, like, three times in a row in the last few days. I don't want these same old stories, nor do I want sexy witches or...I just want something else, but about mystical, powerful, flawed (preferably older) women that society has a problem with that's not set in the past.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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I get so excited about books about witches, but I lose ALL excitement when I look at the summary and see that it's set in the past. I just am NOT interested in reading about the past or Salem or references to that one subject/time period. Sigh.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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This is the cultural difference I’m talking about. For me, it’s not a choice. That leads to a very different worldview and way of addressing things. 🤷🏾♀️
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True. Esp apparent to an American who’s lived in places where ‘oldness’ is not despised or feared and generations mix freely. Where spaces contain 80 year olds and 50 year olds and 25 year olds and no one doubts that all could have a good conversation.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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I don’t want or need your sympathy. Nor does my mom. We are fine. Just let me SPEAK.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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I don’t want or need your sympathy. Nor does my mom. We are fine. Just let me SPEAK.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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Pardon my typos. 🙏🏾 You know what I meant, lol. Had a lot to say and autocorrect is an opportunistic demon.
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One more thing: I wouldn’t judge Biden one bit if he decided to abandon the American people to the wolves surrounding us & just went to live the rest of his life in peace, quiet and luxury because for all his decades of effort, sooo many of you have been overly judgmental assholes to him. Ijs. 😊
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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NOTE: I’m not a democrat (I’m an independent who leans faaaaaar left on most issues…fuck a label, though. And I don’t move with a herd…sometimes that sucks, but it’s the way I am. I like my freedom and space) and I’m not a fan of Biden, though I respect (not agree with all!) his decades of work.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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And some of you hate that he is just old because you hate older people. Period. You need to address that with yourself NOW. And some of you are weaponizing the fact that he’s older in an awful way (while ignoring that Trump is, too, just in a different way).
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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Note: My mother is journeying through Alzheimer’s and the jokes I’m hearing about the disease enrage me. 🖕🏾🖕🏾 I also know what it looks like. That’s not what I see with Biden. I see an old slower man, who still can and is willing (for some reason) to work, even if he has his moments.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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I see it now in how people talk about and interpret Biden and and how they try and differentiate Biden and Trump.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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We saw a nice dose of this in the US during the height of the pandemic when people didn’t care if the elders died. How they are useless, vapid and have no purpose, by definition. “Get out of the way, make room for me, a younger person”. Our elders! Remember?? I do.
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I come from a culture (this part of me is VERY Nigerian) where “respect your elders” is pounding into your psyche. I’m glad. I watch the way people talk about older people. The way we treat getting older, the fear, the denial, the sadness, the envy, 😮💨, it’s such a problem, smh.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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Americans have a real problem with older people and the concept of aging. The culture is rife with ageism. It’s going to official bite us in the ass if we don’t address it. Wow.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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Neptune just heard the first firework. He ran upstairs & probably won't be down until...until the fireworks stop. I hope I can get him to eat his dinner (he's a little pig, so that is likely, just while under my bed). It's only 6pm and the sun won't set for another hour and half!
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Yup.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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Yep. 😊 Here are two Phoenix-area events that I have coming up:
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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I'm pleased to see my science fiction novel NOOR on this list. It's VERY much a novel about disability. www.libraryjournal.com/story/Book%2...
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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YES. They are so so awesome!!! 😃 I've got a place right outside my home where I can see them almost every night in the summer after nightfall. It's a blessing...though I seem to be the only person who goes to stare at them, haha.
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I got home around 2 AM last night and just before I went inside, I saw a great horned owl fly by, 😃!!!!! I love owls!! 😃 What a grand welcome home, 😃. Also saw a ton of nighthawks at what I call my “nighthawk tree”. I’m still smiling about it all.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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Sneak peek, early character sketches by illustrator Tana Ford:
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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I’ve previously posted a few sneak peeks. I’ll be reposting soon. It’s a really *gorgeous* book. Tana outdid herself with this one; our editor really pushed her to stretch! When the cover is ready, that’ll be the next post. 😊
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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Spring 2025, 😊 #Catfuturism
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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What’s been said to me: “I am voting for Trump because I like his policies.” Riiiiight. 😒 Suuuuure that’s your reason. Mmmmhm. Also, if you can’t trust the guy to behave rationally and do what he says he’ll do, what’s the point? [that’s a rhetorical question].
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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I wonder who’s coming through. 🤖or 👽 or 🕷️ or 🦉?
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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Yes. I have watched it twice. But as I said, I’m not asking for recs.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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lol, this was not me asking for recs. This was me making a point.
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Loved it but it doesn’t have a diversity of ages.
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if it's not progressive then it's a pass for me. i am tired of a certain slant that dominates most nollywood productions when it comes to women. i am long tired. it's gotten to the point where i am just not interested any more and there is only so much time i have to watch things.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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Ooooh, it’s phenomenal. Be ready. It’s wonderfully deceptive.
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The time period and the subject matter of A League of Their Own insures who is at the center of that narrative, so that one is a pass for me.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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Off the top of my head? Girls on the Bus and Carol and the End of the World.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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Is that mainly about wyt women? Are you talking about something new or the old movie? Because if so, that’s not it, lol.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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I’ll check it out, since you mention it here …hopefully, attitudes are more progressive that what Nollywood usually dishes out.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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That’s children’s programming.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
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I’m not a Trekkie. Also, I know there are rare gems. Girls on the Bus is one for me. That’s not my point here. My point is it’s too hard to find these shows. There are way too few.
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