The World We Make by N. K. Jemisin audiobook

The World We Make: A Novel

By N. K. Jemisin
Read by Robin Miles

Orbit, Hachette Book Group 9780316509893

The Great Cities Series: Book 2

12.98 Hours • Unabridged
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Four-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts a glorious tale of identity, resistance, magic and myth. All is not well in the city that never sleeps. Even though the avatars of New York City have temporarily managed to stop the Woman in White from invading—and destroying the entire universe in the process—the mysterious capital "E" Enemy has more subtle powers at her disposal. A new candidate for mayor wielding the populist rhetoric of gentrification, xenophobia, and "law and order" may have what it takes to change the very nature of New York itself and take it down from the inside.  In order to defeat him, and the Enemy who holds his purse strings, the avatars will have to join together with the other Great Cities of the world in order to bring her down for good and protect their world from complete destruction. N.K. Jemisin’s Great Cities Duology, which began with The City We Became and concludes with The World We Make, is a masterpiece of speculative fiction from one of the most important writers of her generation.   The Great Cities Duology The City We Became The World We Make  

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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award

An Amazon Editor’s Top Pick in Science Fiction & Fantasy

An AudioFile Editors’ Pick of the Month

Four-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts a glorious tale of identity, resistance, magic and myth.

All is not well in the city that never sleeps. Even though the avatars of New York City have temporarily managed to stop the Woman in White from invading—and destroying the entire universe in the process—the mysterious capital "E" Enemy has more subtle powers at her disposal. A new candidate for mayor wielding the populist rhetoric of gentrification, xenophobia, and "law and order" may have what it takes to change the very nature of New York itself and take it down from the inside. 

In order to defeat him, and the Enemy who holds his purse strings, the avatars will have to join together with the other Great Cities of the world in order to bring her down for good and protect their world from complete destruction.

N.K. Jemisin’s Great Cities Duology, which began with The City We Became and concludes with The World We Make, is a masterpiece of speculative fiction from one of the most important writers of her generation.
 

The Great Cities Duology

The City We Became
The World We Make

 

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Miles gives a masterful performance, truly transforming the essence of each of the five boroughs, and the city itself, into their physical representatives…Miles’s dynamic and powerful performance will linger in listeners’ minds. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.” —AudioFile
“Hopeful and enthralling.” —Esquire
“It’s some of the most brilliant, unapologetic speculative fantasy I’ve read in years.” —Washington Post
“[A] fantastical page-turner. If The City We Became is a love letter to New York City, then The World We Make is a love song.” —USA Today
[Audiobook narrator Robin] Miles gives a masterful performance...she smoothly portrays the distinctive variations in the boroughs’ dialects and accents, making each vibrant and distinctive. Smart use of technical effects renders the invading city of R’lyeh alien and unnatural; Miles’s voicework makes it even more chilling. Long after the final battle for eight million souls has been fought, Miles’s dynamic and powerful performance will linger in listeners’ minds. —AudioFile
It's a glorious fantasy, set in that most imaginary of cities, New York. It's inclusive in all the best ways, and manages to contain both Borges and Lovecraft in its fabric, but the unique voice and viewpoint are Jemisin's alone. —Neil Gaiman on The City We Became
"The City We Became takes a broad-shouldered stand on the side of sanctuary, family and love. It's a joyful shout, a reclamation and a call to arms. —The New York Times
"The City We Became is a masterpiece of eldritch urban fantasy. —Buzzfeed News
Jemisin's fantastical stories are anchored in complex societal systems and fully-imagined new worlds-all with fault lines lying in wait-that aim to help us better understand our own. —TIME on The City We Became
Jemisin is now a pillar of speculative fiction, breathtakingly imaginative and narratively bold. —Entertainment Weekly on The City We Became
A love letter, a celebration and an expression of hope and belief that a city and its people can and will stand up to darkness, will stand up to fear, and will, when called to, stand up for each other." —
— NPR on The City We Became —
Thrillingly expansive without ever becoming abstract or high-flown. —The Los Angeles Times on The City We Became
Three consecutive Hugo Awards and a cover blurb from Neil Gaiman -yes, it's time for you to pick up a novel by Jemisin, whose speculative fiction has a degree of inclusivity rare in the science-fiction world. —The Washington Post on The City We Became
As always, Jemisin's writing is visionary and immersive...[Jemisin is] a science-fiction/fantasy GOAT. —GQ on The City We Became
"The City We Became is a raucous delight, a joyride, a call-to-arms, a revolution with plenty of dancing. Eat your heart out, Lovecraft. —Alix E. Harrow, author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January on The City We Became
Some of the most exciting and powerful fantasy writing of today... Jemisin's latest will attract ... even those who don't typically read genre fiction. —Booklist (starred review) on The City We Became
The most important speculative writer of her generation...She's that good. —John Scalzi
As raw and vibrant as the city itself. —Library Journal on The City We Became
A love/hate song to and rallying cry for the author's home of New York... Fierce, poetic, uncompromising. —Kirkus (starred review) on The City We Became
A fierce, opinionated vision of a storied metropolis facing down existential threats." —
— Shelf Awareness on The City We Became —
This contemporary fantasy of living cities in a multiversal struggle demonstrates [Jemisin's] accomplished storytelling and characterization. Highly recommended for anyone interested in some of the most exciting and powerful fantasy writing of today... Jemisin's latest will attract both media attentions and curious readers, even those who don't typically read genre fiction. — Literary Hub on The City We Became
One of the most celebrated new voices in epic fantasy. —Salon.com

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Author Bio: N. K. Jemisin

Author Bio: N. K. Jemisin

N. K. Jemisin is an American author who has won three consecutive Hugo Awards for Best Novel. Her work has also won the Nebula, Locus, and Goodreads Choice awards. She is a reviewer for the New York Times Book Review, and she has been an instructor for the Clarion and Clarion West writing workshops.

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Available Formats : Digital Download, CD
Category: Fiction/Fantasy
Runtime: 12.98
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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