City We Became by N. K. Jemisin | Open Library
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The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin, unknown edition,

I have been on a kick recently looking at novels where ideas become “entities” and this novel is an interesting look at what constitutes a “city”.

  • Eq0@literature.cafe
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    1 year ago

    I have never read Jemisin, but from what you said, maybe you would enjoy The City and the City by Mieville.

    • caseyweederman
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      1 year ago

      I found it! I had to browse this community from a separate instance in the browser and tell my Lemmy client to open the permalink on your comment before it would show up.
      Anyway I’m a fan of both Jemisin and Mieville and would encourage you to read some Jemisin. Maybe not as gritty and grimy but still really good.

    • Eq0@literature.cafe
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      1 year ago

      I feel like an idiot… it took me days to figure out that Jemisin is also the author of the Broken Earth trilogy, that I read and really enjoyed. Somehow I did not merge the two.

  • caseyweederman
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    1 year ago

    I can’t see the other comment since logging in because ??federation?? but as someone who has read both this book and The City and the City by China Mieville, I would like to agree that you would enjoy the latter as well.

    While The World We Make (Become’s sequel) didn’t live up to my hopes, I will still buy anything with Jemisin’s name on it.