The aggressors, the Nuru, have decided to follow the Great Book and exterminate the Okeke. “In a far future, post-nuclear-holocaust Africa, genocide plagues one region. And I’m not the only one by any means who thinks so– The Guilded Earlobe had it as honorable mention #1 in his best of 2011 - not in the list proper only because the audiobook was published in 2010. Nnedi Okorafor’s Who Fears Death, read by Anne Flosnick for Brilliance Audio - I’ve listened to this World Fantasy Award winner in full, and it’s an utterly fantastic audiobook. She sees a fellow artist.” This is one I haven’t (yet!) listened to, but the sample makes me look forward to completing my pledge of listening to the titles on this list I haven’t gotten to yet. But June sees more to Enki than amber eyes and a lethal samba. The whole city falls in love with him (including June’s best friend, Gil). But her dreams of fame become something more when she meets Enki, the bold new Summer King. In the midst of this vibrant metropolis, June Costa creates art that’s sure to make her legendary. The lush city of Palmares Tres shimmers with tech and tradition, with screaming gossip casters and practiced politicians. Against a backdrop of horror emerges a message of hope: if we are willing to embrace divine change, we will survive to fulfill our destiny among the stars.” Get: Īlaya Dawn Johnson’s The Summer Prince, read by Rebecca Mozo and Lincoln Hoppe for Scholastic Audio - “A heart-stopping story of love, death, technology, and art set amid the tropics of a futuristic Brazil. The young woman’s diary entries tell the story of her life amid a violent 21st-century hell of walled neighborhoods and drug-crazed pyromaniacs – and reveal her evolving Earthseed philosophy. That is the central truth of the Earthseed movement, whose unlikely prophet is 18-year-old Lauren Olamina. Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower, read by Lynne Thigpen for Recorded Books - One of the absolute all-time best books and audiobooks I’ve ever encountered. (Of course one may quibble, but those that I have read that are on this list are fantastic books.) Here’s an audiobibliophile tour of the list: 9 ARE IN AUDIO: Making the Internet rounds yesterday was a new list from Buzzfeed of 19 Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels by Women of Color You Must Read and as headline-bait listicles go it’s actually pretty good.
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