Kirinyaga - 00.nfo
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Title: Kirinyaga
Author: Mike Resnick
Read By: Paul Michael Garcia
Copyright: 1991
Audiobook Copyright: 2006
Genre: Sci-Fi
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Abridged: No
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Book Description
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Amazon.com
Kirinyaga: A Fable of Utopia collects Mike Resnick's famous Kirinyaga
stories and ties them together in a thematic arc that has novel-like
continuity. The story focuses on Koriba, a mundumugu (sort of like a
witch doctor and a wise man rolled into one) of the Kikuyu tribe. Koriba
feels that his tribe has been corrupted by "European" technology, so
he helps to establish a small, utopian planetoid named Kirinyaga where
the Kikuyu can return to their roots, farming the land and worshipping
the god Ngai without technological or cultural interference. As utopias
go, Kirinyaga experiences its fair share of problems--both from within
and without--each of which is detailed in the individual chapters and
stories. The writing is not stylish but the stories are all excellent,
and Resnick does a good job of integrating the traditional Kikuyu way
of life into tales that any culture can appreciate. Readers looking
for a novel may come away a bit disappointed because this book is really
a collection of stories, but as far as collections go, few are better
than Kirinyaga. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable
edition of this title.
From School Library Journal
YA-Set in the 22nd century, this stunning sci-fi allegory describes
the struggles and ultimate failure of a utopian colony on a terraformed
planetoid. In the African nation of Kenya, polluted cities crawl up
the side of Mount Kirinyaga. The magnificent animal herds of the past
are but distant memories and native crops have been supplanted by European
imports. Koriba, a well-educated man, is determined to reinstate the
ancient customs and strict laws of his Kikuyu ancestors and invites
others to join him in a new society named for their sacred mountain.
As the mundumugu-witch doctor-Koriba faces numerous challenges to the
utopian society's survival. He must deny a brilliant young woman an
education because it is not the ancient way of his people. He watches
helplessly as his charges insist on bringing in a white hunter with
a gun to kill marauding hyenas when the colony's primitive weapons prove
insufficient. With the technology comes subservience to white men's
ways. But, in an ultimate irony, Koriba maintains his pure society with
a computer link to the rest of humanity, even adjusting weather patterns
by communicating his needs to an outside "Maintenance" group. It is
the thirst for knowledge that this computer represents that becomes
the ultimate threat to the colony. Young adults will love this provocative
tale that examines the need for an orderly society, the rights of the
individual, and the siren's lure of knowledge.
Pat Bangs, Fairfax County Public Library, VA
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