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    Lagoon
    Lagoon
    Lagoon
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    Lagoon

    By Nnedi Okorafor

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    It’s up to a famous rapper, a marine biologist, and a rogue soldier to handle humanity’s first contact with an alien ambassador—and prevent mass extinction—in this novel that blends magical realism with high-stakes action.

    After word gets out on the Internet that aliens have landed in the waters outside of the world’s fifth most populous city, Lagos, Nigeria, chaos ensues. Soon the military, religious leaders, thieves, and crackpots are trying to control the message on YouTube and on the streets. Meanwhile, the earth’s political superpowers are considering a preemptive nuclear launch to eradicate the intruders. All that stands between seventeen million anarchic residents and death is an alien ambassador, a biologist, a rapper, a soldier, and a myth that may be the size of a giant spider, or a god revealed.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster
    Release dateJul 14, 2015
    ISBN9781481440899
    Lagoon
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    Nnedi Okorafor

    NNEDI OKORAFOR, born to Igbo Nigerian parents in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 8, 1974, is an author of fantasy and science fiction for both adults and younger readers. Her Tor.com novella Binti won the 2015 Hugo and Nebula Awards; her children's book Long Juju Man won the 2007-08 Macmillan Writer's Prize for Africa; and her adult novel Who Fears Death was a Tiptree Honor Book. She is an associate professor of creative writing and literature at the University at Buffalo.

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    • 4/5
      So let's get this out of the way: I loved this book. Reading the joyous thoughts of a giant swordfish made me cry.

      As readers of SF/F I think we become used to series. We see stories as spread out over pages and time, expansive with plenty of room to breathe and unfurl. I think we forget what a single book can do but this book reminded me. The people Nnedi Okorafor created exist in this relatively slim volume but they are as real and enduring as any characters that span over triologies. You feel them; they crawl up into your brains and into your guts and heart and carve out spaces--you question them, you question yourself and you understand. Each character is so deftly woven, so carefully and precisely written you're sure you've known them for far longer than this book.

      And beyond the characters, Okorafor's Lagos is a wonder. You feel the wet visceral love in every word: how love is possible for a city violent and dangerous and yet beautiful and hopeful and upsurging. The city is integral to this story and that's something, I think, fantasy and sci fi need more of: place. A sense of place, the place as a character, as a necessary character. Lagos, its gods and roads and people are absolutely 100% necessary to the existence of this novel and Okorafor has done this so well it's stunning.

      Everything Okorafor builds in this book is important and connected but never contrived. It's messy but always controlled. It's bloody but always with purpose. I'm so happy to have experienced this book, to have experienced these characters and the raw, bleeding love that they feel for their city, for their country, for each other.
    • 4/5
      seemed to me entirely eligible; it is perhaps an intersection of genre between alien invasion and magical realism (the carnivorous road, for instance, has no scientific basis that I can see) but the sf element is part of the core of the story, so as far as I am concerned we can rule it in. I also liked the politics, and the sexual politics. I did find the writing a bit clunky in places near the beginning, but that may have been just getting used to the style, and I'd be interested to see that others think.
    • 4/5
      In interesting take on alien arrival on earth. The aliens arrive in Lagos Nigeria. The tale is, at times, more like an African folk tale. The audiobook is well produced using two readers, one who takes the role of the female protagonist.
    • 2/5
      Just couldn't get into this. Too many side plots, side characters, etc. that contribute little if any to the plot or setting. And then there's a really weak resolution, to boot.
    • 5/5
      Most powerful fiction writer in my lifetime. Where are the movies?
    • 4/5
      Great read. I really enjoy getting transported to Africa by this author
    • 5/5
      A little more on the horror side of sci-fi at times, this book never the less comes with a thoroughly optimistic view point. I loved the centering of individuals usually ignored by the world. And the hilarious display of the unbelievable reality that even when change is of a magnitude beyond description, it still takes people a bit to wrap their minds around how to shift their world view, if they manage at all.
    • 3/5
      Good story of various Nigerians and a guy from Ghana involved with extraterrestrials who come to bring good changes to Lagos but a lot of chaos happens first. This is my second from the author.
    • 5/5
      Agu, Anthony, and Adaora never knew each other before the fateful night an alien ship landed in the water off the coast of Lagos, Nigeria, and a wave brought them out to the ocean. Now back on land with the ambassador, Ayodele, they need to attempt to get in touch with the president. Will this first contact be peaceful, or tear the country apart?Really inventive science fiction from one of my go-to authors. I enjoyed the premise, and the writing style incorporating a lot of points of view including a spider, a road, and a swordfish in addition to several human characters. I read impatiently to find out what would happen to the characters, and found this an all-around satisfying read.
    • 5/5
      Fantastic as usual from Okorafor. I'm not usually a fan of alien invasion novels but this was so different and well-done. A startlingly large cast of characters, brisk pace, and nice, short chapters. Chilling at times, warming at others.
    • 5/5
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      So I'm kind of on a Nnedi Okorafor binge right now, because reading Akata Witch opened up a new world for me. I picked up a used copy of Lagoon at a used bookstore and dove right in. I do not regret taking my time to finish this book. I loved the setting, and the characters, and the possibilities that the book explores. I highly recommend this to all.

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    • 3/5
      A cool premise and some decent characterization but ultimately did not work for me. The story went in all sorts of directions and ended up somewhat incoherent. Characters come and go - some return while others are not heard from again. I feel like Okorafor almost wrote a strong novel but may have lost focus at a few critical junctures. For a short book there was a lot here to like. It just didn't fulfill the promise of the early chapters.

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    • 5/5
      Maybe it's the West African setting and characters, for which I feel nostalgia though I never lived in Nigeria, but I found myself very happy reading this novel. Okorafor writes tellingly of Nigeria's problems and failings but is also hopeful for its future and compassionate toward her characters even while satirizing stereotypical ones. This is a creative first contact story that is unique even while Okorafor echoes Octavia Butler and Nancy Kress. She leaves room for at least a sequel, and I hope to read it soon.

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    • 4/5
      Nnedi Orokafor refreshes the first contact novel by setting it in Lagos, Nigeria - neither the perhaps more expected USA nor 'generic' Africa . It's a fast pace read with a diverse range of characters, portraying Lagos as a vibrant, troubled city. And the non-human characters are pretty cool too.
    • 4/5
      A mysterious object crashes off the coast of Lagos, Nigeria’s biggest city. Three people – Adaora, a marine biologist; Anthony, a hip hop artist; and Agu, the solider – are inexplicably drawn to Bar Beach, where they are the first people to encounter the aliens. Lagoon interweaves many different threads, but ultimately it is a portrait of Lagos and a story about change.I would not call Lagoon a plot based book. Instead of sticking closely to a single group of characters and story line, it prefers to give a wide perspective of how Lagos reacts to the arrival of aliens. We see from the point of views of a large number of characters, some of whom have only one appearance. We follow everyone from the main three characters to a street prostitute who witnessed the original event to an evangelical church lead by a conman to a student LGBTQ organization to a mentally handicapped boy.The only problem I had with the organization of Lagoon was it felt like the the thread following the LGBTQ group was dropped when I didn’t know if the characters were still alive or not, given that we last saw them being beaten on the street. Also, the group was mainly seen from the perspective of a straight transvestite who’s story line ended with him getting shot when his friends found his dresses. If you’re going to include queer characters and issues of homophobia, why the heck do you kill them all off or forget about them?Lagoon also combines some of the local mythology and folklore of Nigeria, especially closer to the end as the land itself changes with the presence of the aliens. It’s not a hard science book and is much less focused on the “how?” than the “what if?.” There’s krakens and chapters from the POV of a bat and road monsters and living mythological figures.As soon as the news about the aliens breaks out, there’s chaos in Lagos. There’s violence on the street, sexual assault and people getting killed. I think the violence and chaos was believable for the situation but be aware that Lagoon goes into some dark places. It also deals some with domestic abuse.Lagoon is probably the most original first contact story I’ve ever read. After all, why is it that aliens always seem to land in New York? Why not Lagos? It was a breath of fresh air. It’s a complex book but ultimately a valuable one that I would recommend.Originally posted on The Illustrated Page.

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    • 3/5
      Nnedi Okorafor is one of my favorite authors and so I really, really wanted to love Lagoon, her recent novel. It features a strong women protagonist, Nigeria as the setting and a realistic rendering of that country's culture. But I found this book to be confusing and disjointed. Some of the many themes include urban angst, religion, LGBTQ issues, male-female relationships, mythology, political corruption, environmental issues, internet fraud and other stuff which are jumbled together without clear integration. There are many characters but many of their stories are scant and unresolved. There is no explanation of the aliens' background or purpose for coming to Earth. Most of the conversations between the Nigerians and the aliens are either mysterious or not described because the key characters can't remember what actually happened. There is also a dismaying amount of graphic violence which seems to be gratuitous. While the ending is inspirational there is little foundation established for the magical expectation that everything will work out just fine. This book feels like an edited version of a longer and more detailed work but critical chunks of the text were cut without much effort make sense of the remaining text.

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    • 4/5
      I liked this book, but I wanted to like it more than I did. Ultimately, I think that this book is trying to do too much and doesn't settle on one thing that it's trying to do. Lagoon opens up several different themes including the corruption of organized religion, the way that religious leaders disenfranchise women, the difficulty of mixing class and ethnic tensions in Lagos, what responsibility a woman has to her husband (if any), what responsibility a man has to his wife/wives (if any), and political corruption. Unfortunately, since the book is dealing with so much in such a short narrative, I'm not sure these themes get explored fully and the conclusions of plot threads often feel appropriate but thin.Lagoon was originally conceived as a reaction to District 9 and it's stereotypical portrayal of Nigerians. I think this explains why the book reads like part screenplay, part folklore. The scenes are choppy and the cast of characters is huge for how short a book this is. It can be difficult to keep all the characters and relationships straight, especially through the first two acts, simply because there are so many of them.I did enjoy reading this book. I wanted to figure out what happened and am glad I read it, but I did not savor the experience of reading it.

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    • 3/5
      THIS BOOK IS NOT SCIENCE FICTION, IT IS CONTEMPORARY FANTASY (magic in the modern world) that happens to have some creatures called "aliens". There's nothing wrong with contemporary fantasy but I think I would have enjoyed this much more if I hadn't thought it was SciFi.2015-11-27/15%: I'm having a number of problems with this. The pidgin English that I can barely make out is one. ... But it just occurred to me to go look in the book and there's a "Special Bonus Feature" that explains some of the pidgin English. That's been fairly minor though, more annoying was the characters who were taken and when we next see them their back. I thought I'd skipped a chapter or there was one missing but the info got backfilled. It seems like a bad idea to confuse your readers unnecessarily. Also, I really hate that these folks have been hanging with the alien for hours now and no one has got around to "why are you here?" and "what are your intentions?". WTF? I could get the author not wanting to blatantly answer those but if the characters are hanging out with the alien they at least need to be addressed.2015-11-28/39%: Is it bad that I keep looking at the percent read and being disappointed that it's still not past 50%?2015-11-28/66%: Yay! Finally past the half-way point. I'm going to finish this one, but only out of sense of obstinance. I want to like it, but it's just not working for me. The writing is good except the pidgin that's annoyingly hard to understand. Also, I thought I was reading a SciFi novel and it turns out that it's a contemporary fantasy novel. Sure, they're called "aliens", but these aliens do magic without visible technology and, more importantly, there are roads that are alive and the protagonists all had magic powers before the aliens arrived.One item that was hugely annoying was Ayodele's reaction to being shot. This is a being that reads minds, and you'd think they'd have studied humans for a while, but lets assume they just decided to take over the first planet they arrived at and didn't bother to look around at all. She reads minds but she's apparently surprised when they shoot her? And it's implied that this is the first time she's experienced pain. And then there's the ultra-childish "I'll turn into a monkey so I don't have to talk to you". I really don't like these "aliens". 2015-11-30/100%: I think if I know this was contemporary fantasy going in I'd have enjoyed it more. I was expecting scifi and instead got Nigerian mythology and nonsense aliens. It was short enough, and good enough (barely) to push through and finish despite my annoyance but this just didn't do it for me. I hated the "aliens", who were just ancient wise spirits with a "space ship" and alternated between childish and all-knowing. I wouldn't have minded having Udide and Ijele and whoever else show up if this had billed as fantasy. My overall opinion is that the book was too scrambled for me. I wanted a story about aliens (from space, with technology) showing up in Nigeria but by the end I was so tired of the silly "aliens" and the magic that I just didn't care about any of any more. PS. Yes, I'm well aware of Clark's Third Law but that doesn't apply to human superheroes or mythological beings.
    • 2/5
      Most first contact stories have aliens landing in New York or some other big city, and making contact with world leaders. Lagoon starts with the intriguing premise that aliens land on the coast of Nigeria and intentionally make their first contact with a small, poor country.Unfortunately, the premise was the only part of this book that I found intriguing. It was interesting reading about Nigerians' pride in their country, despite the corruption and the poverty, but other than that, the story really fell flat. Despite a lot of big action scenes, the story never seemed to go anywhere, and the aliens' purpose in coming to earth was never clearly revealed to the reader. There were a lot of characters for a relatively short book, which meant we never really got to know the characters well. The three main human characters all share strange magical abilities, but it is never explained where those abilities come from or how they are connected to the aliens. I really wanted to like this book, but the story seemed to be a great big muddle, and it was ultimately unsatisfying.
    • 4/5
      While I can see how some folks might be turned off by how a rebuttal to the film "District 9" sort of sprawled out a bit considering the short length of the novel, I still enjoyed it and believe that it's a good introduction to Okorafor's work.

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    • 3/5
      There is a lot of good about this book, much to stimulate thought and so on. However I stopped reading it a number of chapters in because I am tired of books where the bad guys (in this case, to my delight, NOT the aliens) are so unidimensionally bad, where they are caricatures instead of characters, and where we get to simply despise them instead of seeing them as infuriating but human beings.

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    Lagoon - Nnedi Okorafor

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