I’ve had this book on my radar for a while (thanks, certainly, to the wonderful cover art and interesting synopsis), but a recent essay of Jemisin’s, titled Power and Privilege in Fantasy, put it right back near the top of my I’m-slavering-with-unabashed-anticipation list.
Now, we can check out the first two chapters of Jemisin’s debut novel thanks to her website, with a third chapter on its way. Chapter One can be found HERE and Chapter Two can be found HERE.
Isnt it odd that Robert Jordans cover art that is compositionally nice but inspiring not,gets lots of comments and this wheich I think is excellent gets no comments aprt from me.
Jake
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Even if I hadn’t known about the book through her blog and her participation in MetaFandom and the RaceFail discussion, this cover alone would have sold the book for me. It’s so beautiful I want to frame it or something.