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The City We Became (openlibrary.org)

submitted 1 year ago by Arthur to c/printsf

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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".

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[–] Eq0 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 1 points 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.

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 1 points 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.