I finally got around to reading Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor. I can’t remember where I found out about it, just that it was a sci-fi book people were loving.
It wasn’t what I expected and it didn’t seem science fiction enough, at least at the start. It was interesting enough to keep me going through the beginning, and it certainly got better.
One of the main themes of the book, and maybe the most endearing part of it for me, was the power of stories and how stories are unique to humanity.
“Stories contain our existence; they are like gods. And the fact that we create them from living, experiencing, listening, thinking, feeling, giving—they remind me of what’s great about being alive.” (Nnedi Okorafor, Death of the Author)
In the end, I enjoyed this one quite a bit. Recommended!
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