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The City We Became
N. K. Jemisin · 2020 · 437 pages
"Five New Yorkers must come together in order to save their city from destruction in the first book of a stunning new series by Hugo award-winning and NYT bestselling author N. K. Jemisin. Every great city has a soul. Some are ancient as myths, and others are as new and destructive as children. New York? She's got six. When a young man crosses the bridge into New York City, something changes. He doesn't remember who he is, where he's from, or even his own name. But he can feel the pulse of the city, can see its history, can access its magic. And he's not the only one. All across the boroughs, strange things are happening. Something is threatening to destroy the city and her six newborn avatars unless they can come together and stop it once and for all."--
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Ezra Klein
“A few fiction books I've loved recently: -NK Jemisin's "The City We Became" -Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone's "This is How You Lose the Time War" -Kevin Wilson's "Nothing to See Here" They're all beautiful writing built on fantastical premises. Got any more recommendations?”↗
Craig Newmark
“Have read and highly recommend the first two via @nkjemisin @tithenai @maxgladstone, gotta check out the third...”↗
Alemsah Ozturk
“"The City we became" by @nkjemisin is one of the best written and interesting sci-fi books I've read recently. A love story to NewYork. I think every city needs a book like this, amazing, very much recommended! Maybe she wrote the next one about istanbul?”↗
Victoria/V.E. Schwab
“Given the state of things, it's even harder for me to lose myself in a book--but @nkjemisin did it. Three straight days of stealing time to read. This was so weird, and so ambitious, and SO DAMN GOOD.”↗
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