Ep 285 - The Fifth Season, by N.K. Jemisin

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2018

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and...then what? N.K. Jemisin's award-winning novel The Fifth Season kicks off her Broken Earth trilogy with a tale about serial apocalypses and oppressed earth mages. SPOILER ALERT: We talk about a critical plot point about 40-45 minutes in.

Other talking points include: anniversaries, Super Nintendo RPGs, and internet trolls.

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0:00.0	This is a headgun podcast.
0:06.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told
0:10.3	tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:16.5	Plus these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.0	Andrew, I need to apologize.
0:46.0	Finally.
0:47.0	I thought I forgot something last week.
0:50.0	Do you know what last week was?
0:53.8	Was it Valentine's Day?
0:55.5	That occurred.
0:57.0	But last week's episode, I should have mentioned something and I forgot.
1:03.0	Okay.
1:04.0	What was it?
1:05.0	I don't have no idea what you're talking about.
1:07.0	One week ago was our five year anniversary.
1:12.0	Oh man, we both forgot.
1:14.0	We both forgot.
1:15.0	Is that the forgetting anniversary?
1:17.0	I think you look good.
1:19.0	Which of us is allowed to get mad at the other for forgetting if we both forget?
1:24.0	I would have presumed it would have been me, but I also forgot.
1:28.0	Well happy anniversary, big boy.
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