Showing posts with label Donald Ekpeki Oghenechovwe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Donald Ekpeki Oghenechovwe. Show all posts

Saturday, December 17, 2022

O2 Arena, by Donald Ekpeki Oghenechovwe

O2 Arena won the Nebula this year.  Possibly as encouragement because the story itself reads like a new author, one that will find his way but is early in his career.  Which Oghenechovwe is.  The setting is familiar--people fighting for their right to breathe--but brings Nigerian cultural perspective to it.  The story is often kind of on the nose with social justice, but then we keep that African perspective in mind--these things need saying.  What is unique and compelling here is how this is tied in with climate failure, and the overriding consciousness of the characters--they know that a world where you need supplemental oxygen to survive is one that doesn't have long anyway.  The law school backdrop of the story is cramming a 3 year course of study into 8 months because they simply don't have time.  I look forward to reading more from this author.

Death of the Author, by Nnedi Okorafor

I think I'm going to agree with others and say that this isn't a science fiction book. But it's getting a lot of SF award nomina...