n k jemisin

Originally read N.K. Jemisin’s Stone Sky out of order. Local library doesn’t help with series of books. Gratefully re-reading it, but I’m in some sort of a campus of apparently non-human children with skills, and I’m lost, even having read the book before, as to what their role is based on...

Sci fi short story in a hard cover anthology-different authors I think. Characters are bits of code that have become sentient, form tribes for dominance and survival against rivals. Individual bits have different traits and personalities, as do the various tribes. Thoughts and actions occur at ~...

The Fifth Season In a remote future, the Earth's landmasses have been fused together into a supercontinent called the Stillness. The geological catastrophe which caused this event still haunts the planet, with frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions causing devastation across thousands of...

N.K. Jemisin has developed a world that shatters the real-world patriarchy in such a casual, unassuming way that, without focusing on those topics directly, I might never have noticed. There are so many fronts on which she wages quiet, clever war against the meta-textual “truths” that exist in...

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms N.K. Jemisin Orbit, Feb 25 2010, $13.99 ISBN: 9780316043915 Barbaric warrior Baroness Yeine Darr lives in the Northern Kingdom of Darr. When her mother dies mysteriously, she has no time to grieve or investigate. Instead she is “invited” to come to the center of...

The Broken Kingdoms N.K. Jemisin Orbit, Nov 3 2010, $13.99 ISBN: 9780316043960 A decade ago in the city of Shadow, the world tree sprung up after an incredible amount of magic was released. Blind artist Oree works in the shade of the world tree by selling junk to tourists visiting the city to...

The Dreamblood #1: The Killing Moon by NK Jemisin