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This was a gorgeous collection of short stories by the ever-brilliant Jemisin. The settings ranged from the past to the future and everywhere in-between, in this universe and the next. A few of the stories were a little heavy on the science for my taste, but there was always something compelling to keep me interested. Some of my favorites were: The Effluent Engine – steampunk
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This second book in the Broken Earth Trilogy doesn’t pack the same punch as the first one, but it is still quite good. Essun now lives in the underground settlement of Castrima. She still wants to find her daughter Nassun, but the oncoming Season makes this nearly impossible. But in Castrima she has found Alabaster, the man who broke the world, who was her teacher,
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It’s been a long time since I read a fantasy novel like this. The Fifth Season is the first of a trilogy, so don’t expect a complete story here. It took me a little while to get into, because there is a lot of world building. The world of this story is not like our own. There is one single continent, full of “comms” that
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Chimera is the mostly satisfying conclusion to the Parasitology trilogy. Who will win in this battle for the planet, the humans or the chimeras, or will the tapeworms wipe out them all? Sal has once again found herself separated from her chosen family, this time with USAMRIID and Sally’s family. Except 1/3 of that family is in a coma, 1/3 believes Sal holds the answers
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