Tag: n.k. jemisin

Great Graphic Novels (#GGN2023) Featured Review of Far Sector by N.K. Jemisin, Jamal Campbell and Deron Bennet

Far Sector by N.K. Jemisin, Jamal Campbell and Deron Bennet
Young Animal / DC
Publication Date: November 16, 2021
ISBN-13: 9781779512055

Sojourner “Jo” Mullen is a new Green Lantern on a mission far from home, investigating a murder in The City Enduring, a sprawling metropolis that has known peace for 500 years due to the genetic suppression of all emotions. When one murder turns to two, Jo finds herself grasping for answers in a political, ethical, and corrupt quagmire. Can she stay one-step ahead of the forces blocking her path?   

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Amazing Audiobooks (#AA2020) Nominees Round Up, May 22 Edition

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How Long ‘Til The Black Future Month?: Stories by N.K. Jemisin; Narrated by Shayna Small, Gail Nelson-Holgate, Robin Ray Eller, Ron Butler
Orbit Hachette Audio
Publication Date: November 27, 2018
ISBN: 9780316491341

In N.K. Jemisin’s first collection of short fiction, she provides 22 short stories featuring fantasy and science fiction narratives. Each story, in essence, provides a platform for black characters to be seen in fantasy and science fiction as Jemisin states in her prologue “ How terrifying it’s been to realize no one thinks my people have a future. And how gratifying to finally accept myself and begin spinning the future I wanted to see.” Stories include a king who trusts in magic and dragons to secure his future, a woman who recreates a strange recipe featuring magical ingredients, a restaurant that can recreate any meal from your memories, strange visions in the subway train, enigmatic aliens, and how cities become live being.

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