Rosewater
by Tade Thompson, Raúl García Campos · first published 2017
67% recommend33% neutral
"Rosewater is a town on the edge. A community formed around the edges of a mysterious biodome, its residents comprise the hopeful, the hungry, and the helpless--people eager for a glimpse inside the dome or a taste of its rumored healing powers. Kaaro is a government agent with a criminal past. A sensitive, he can navigate the massive psychic space created by the dome. But when something within the dome begins killing other sensitives, Kaaro must defy his masters to avert a horrifying future."--Back cover.
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I recently finished Rosewater by Tade Thompson and am about 20% of the way through Neal Stephenson's latest, Termination Shock. I recommend both. They are super fun and irreverent but with character depth and interesting sci-fi /…
on “Ask HN: What Books Do You Recommend Reading for 2022?” ↗I’d highly recommend Tade Thompson’s novel Rosewater. It’s a bit hard to describe honestly but it’s an afrofuturist novel taking place in Nigeria and involves aliens and mind altering experiences. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosewater_(Thompson_novel)…
on “Ask HN: Sci-fi recommendations by non-western authors?” ↗Thanks for sharing, and am always interested in more Nigerian culture since reading Rosewater.
on “The Nigerian graphic designers bringing African expression to typography” ↗…from the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson - 7/10 Fun. If "near future Nigerian/British post-colonial frontier action with guns, robots, and psychic aliens" sounds cool to you, check it out. I liked his Rosewater Trilogy just as much. Blindsight and Echopraxia by Peter Watts - tough to rate these. brilliant ideas, VERY challenging plots. I wish I didn't get so confused by the end of each book. Project Hail Mary…
on “Ask HN: What were the best books you read this year?” ↗Some awesome pics from a great Nigerian author :) Has anyone read Rosewater by Tade Thompson?
on “Books that prove Nigerians are secret weirdos” ↗I've only read the first book, and that a while ago, but my memory is that, while humans are the focus of Thompson's Rosewater trilogy, they are again neither the Big Bad nor the Big Good.
on “Sins of the Children (Adrian Tchaikovsky)” ↗