The Blossoming of the Big Tree

Ododo Novella: Book 1

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Female Protagonist, Neurodiversity, Afrofuturism, Solarpunk, Science Fiction, and Novellas

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The Blossoming of the Big Tree

Ododo Novella: Book 1

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Blurb

A grandmother coordinates the defense of her solarpunk village when a coloniser invades.

An autistic grandma struggles to fit in because her village has a very tight sense of community. To avoid being seen as anti-social, since its easier for her to interact with others over work, she accepts to chair the committee for national defense. The job is simple, requiring her to coordinate responses to the climate crisis, until a colonizing superpower invades to capture the technology that makes her country a solarpunk utopia. Her nation is a loose union of hundreds of thousands of self-sufficient villages, and they have no army, no weapons, so how will she coordinate their defense? Will the invasion lead to a disintegration of their utopia, or will they find a way to defeat the colonizer?

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Genres

Female Protagonist, Neurodiversity, Afrofuturism, Solarpunk, Science Fiction, and Novellas

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Ododo Novella — Book 1

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Publication Date

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Author

Dilman Dila is a writer and filmmaker. His books include Where Rivers Go To Die, which was shortlisted for the Philip K Dick Awards (2024), and The Future God of Love. He was shortlisted for the BSFA Awards (2021), the Nommo Awards for Best Novella (2021), and the Commonwealth Short Story Prize (2013), among many accolades. His short fiction appeared in The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Six, and in The Best of World SF V.2, among many anthologies. His first novel, Dreams of a Yellow Balloon, is coming in 2028. His films have won multiple awards.

Publisher

Ododo Press