The Book of Phoenix
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (558 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0756410789 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Incredible praise for Who Fears Death: “Both wondrously magical and terribly realistic.” —The Washington Post “Okorafor’s expository sections sing like poetry. Descriptions of paranormal people and battles are disturbingly vivid and palpable.” —Village Voice “A fantastical, magical blend of grand storytelling.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Beautifully written, this is dystopian fantasy at its very
She holds a PhD in English and is a professor of creative writing at Chicago State University. She has been the winner of many awards for her short stories and young adult books, and won a World Fantasy Award for Who Fears Death. She lives in Chicago with her daughter Anyaugo and family. . She can be contacted via her we
Annathegreat said A unique and educational book. I really enjoyed The Book of Phoenix. I found it to be both entertaining and quite educational.I will start of by saying that I didn't give this book five stars because I don't think it's life changing. However, it still deserves high marks because I think it is well written and a unique kind of story.Three aspects of this book that I appreciated. Too many 'and here is where the magic happens' moments It felt like a mishmash of the Maximum Ride saga (James Patterson), thrown in with some X-men lore, and some convenient magic occurrences. The plot was not matured to where it could have been, it relied significantly on readers faith, with too many 'here is where the unexplained magic happens' moments. I expected a lot more after reading Binti, f. "An enormously self-satisfied anticolonial morality play" according to M. Mullany. I usually love feminist speculative fiction, but this book was constructed from a paint by numbers crit-lit kit by way of a bad Xmen sequel. Might have worked as a comic book.
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.Phoenix was grown and raised among other genetic experiments in New York’s Tower 7. Before her story ends, Phoenix will travel from the United States to Africa and back, changing the entire course of humanity’s future.. 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. She has a story to tell…. The Book of Phoenix is a unique work of magical futurism. A fiery spirit dances from the pages of the Great Book. 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. She brings the aroma of scorched sand and ozone. 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