Tag Archives: N.K. Jemisin

Reading Well: The Dreamblood Duology by N.K. Jemisin

Posted on September 3, 2024 by Daniel (@MKNN)

The Killing Moon and The Shadowed Sun (both 2012) form a bridge between Jemisin’s Inheritance trilogy and the magnificent Broken Earth series. I mean that not in terms of its content or setting or characters, but more in how it … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: How Long ‘Til Black Future Month by N.K. Jemisin

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Daniel (@MKNN)

How Long ‘Til Black Future Month (2018) collects short stories from N.K. Jemisin‘s career dating back roughly twenty years, meaning they stretch before she was one of the faces of contemporary imaginative fiction. It’s a fun collection to read, perhaps … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: The Inheritance Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Daniel (@MKNN)

This massive collection encompasses The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (2010), The Broken Kingdom (2011), and The Kingdom of Gods (2014). A shorter novella, The Awakened Kingdom (2014) is tossed in for good effect. Having been really pleasantly surprised by N.K. Jemisin’s … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

You may have noticed that I usually don’t read mutli-volume entries in order. N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth Trilogy (The Fifth Season [2015], The Obelisk Gate [2016], and The Stone Sky [2017]) is so good it made me break that rule, and … Continue reading →

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