Ep 454 - The Obelisk Gate (Broken Earth #2), by N.K. Jemisin
Overdue
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4.6 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2021
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
The second entry in N.K. Jemisin's award-winning Broken Earth series is centered on a mother/daughter pair of magic users, each learning new ways to use their abilities to heal their shattered world. It is, of course, the second book in a planned trilogy, so we discuss how well it sets up events that will be delivered on in the next book.
Just coming to the series now? Check out our episode on the first book: The Fifth Season.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a headgun podcast. |
| 0:06.2 | While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told |
| 0:10.5 | tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary. |
| 0:16.3 | Plus these are books you should have read by now. |
| 0:43.3 | Hey everybody, it's overdue, a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read. |
| 0:47.9 | My name is Craig. |
| 0:49.9 | My name's Andrew, I like this energy that we're bringing into 2021. |
| 0:53.8 | Trying to correct for the terrible energy that's out there already. |
| 0:57.8 | I am bringing my own style. |
| 1:00.4 | Okay, well so let's talk about 2021 but not in like a current event since. |
| 1:04.5 | You know what's really good in grinding my gears about 2021? |
| 1:06.9 | These is in 2020 I got used to looking at old dates and being able to do real fast, like |
| 1:15.6 | real efficient math about how many years ago was like. |
| 1:19.4 | We are talking about the book The Obelisk Gate by N.K. |
| 1:22.9 | Jemisin which is the second book in the Broken Earth trilogy. |
| 1:26.7 | Yes. |
| 1:27.7 | And we read the first book in the Broken Earth trilogy which was called the fifth season |
| 1:33.5 | in 2018. |
| 1:35.2 | And so just now as I was prepping to get on the call I was like, oh yeah, two years |
| 1:39.1 | ago. |
| 1:40.1 | No, it's three years ago. |
| 1:41.1 | No. |
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