The Fifth Season (novel)
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| Author | N. K. Jemisin |
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| Language | English |
| Series | The Broken Earth (Book 1) |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Orbit |
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August 4, 2015 |
| Media type | Print, e-book |
| Pages | 512 pp. |
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The Fifth Season is a science fiction fantasy novel by N. K. Jemisin. The book was released on August 4, 2015 by Orbit Books. It was awarded the Hugo Award for Best Novel at the 74th World Science Fiction Convention on August 20, 2016. It was also nominated for the Nebula Award and World Fantasy Award for Best Novel.
The Fifth Season takes place on a planet with a single supercontinent called the Stillness. Every few centuries, its inhabitants endure what they call a "fifth season" of catastrophic climate change.
Names in the Stillness are denoted by given name followed by use-caste (rank of profession) followed by comm (community, town, or city). For instance Schaffa Guardian Warrant is a Guardian named Schaffa from the comm Warrant. Orogenes go by a single, geological-themed name, with no use-caste or comm.
Minor characters:
The society of the Stillness is broken up into many "comms," "use-castes," races and species.
Use-castes:
The New York Times review stated "'The Fifth Season' invites us to imagine a dismantling of the earth in both the literal and the metaphorical sense, and suggests the possibility of a richer and more fundamental escape. The end of the world becomes a triumph when the world is monstrous, even if what lies beyond is difficult to conceive for those who are trapped inside it." This is the first part of The Broken Earth Trilogy. The second novel in the trilogy, The Obelisk Gate, was published on August 16, 2016.
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