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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance Trilogy #1)

N.K. Jemisin

Paperback | Pages: 427 pages

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Title	:	The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance Trilogy #1)
Author	:	N.K. Jemisin
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 427 pages
Published	:	February 25th 2010 by Hachette Book Group Orbit
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Romance. High Fantasy. Epic Fantasy

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I picked up this book after reading a thought-provoking article about the author in The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015.... I really liked what she said about coming to fantasy with no interest in maintaining the status quo. She's right that so many fantasy books are about restoring order to a kingdom, returning a rightful heir to the throne, or getting back to the good old days by defeating some dark power that threatens to unbalance society. Jemisin, as an African American female writer, says this simply doesn't resonate with her or interest her, and why should it? Instead, she writes science fiction which challenges those in power, threatens the ordered society, and questions whether the good old days ever existed. I like books that force me to rethink paradigms, so I decided to check out her work. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is a wonderful read. The first book of a trilogy, it introduces us to Yeine Darr, an outcast from the ruling family of Sky and the product of an unsanctioned biracial marriage, who is summoned home to the palace and suddenly made one of three heirs to the throne for reasons unclear. Soon she is locked in a cold war with her two cousins, both of whom have much more power and understanding of politics. But Yeine gains some powerful if unstable allies: the Enefadah, gods who were enslaved by the ruling family after those deities lost a war against the Lord of Light, the patron god of Sky. You know me. I can't resist a good book with gods knocking around, causing chaos among mortals. I loved the mythology Jemisin created, and how she turned the bright shiny castle with the glorious white king and the heavenly patron god into just about the most horrible place you can image. I'm looking forward to the next two books, though after that ending (NO SPOILERS, BUT WOW) I have no idea where she will go with the story!

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Original Title:	The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
ISBN:	0316043915 (ISBN13: 9780316043915)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Inheritance Trilogy #1
Characters:	Dekarta Arameri, Kinneth Arameri (post mortem), Yeine Darr/Arameri, Scimina Arameri, Relad Arameri, Itempas, Nahadoth, Enefa ('post mortem'), Sieh, T'vril Arameri
Literary Awards:	Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (2011), Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (2010), Locus Award for Best First Novel (2011), World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (2011), David Gemmell Morningstar Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Newcomer (2011) David Gemmell Ravenheart Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Cover Art (2011), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy (2010), James Tiptree Jr. Award Honor List (2010), Prix Elbakin.net for Meilleur roman fantasy traduit (2011)

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I picked up this book after reading a thought-provoking article about the author in The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015.... I really liked what she said about coming to fantasy with no interest in maintaining the status quo. She's right that so many fantasy books are about restoring order to a kingdom, returning a rightful heir to the throne, or getting back to the good old days by defeating some dark power that threatens to unbalance society. Jemisin, as an African American

[This review is based on an Advanced Reading Copy:]What if gods were realand walked among usenslavedand were used as weaponsand were really pissed off about it?N.K. Jemisin is a gifted storyteller and The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is a satisfying tale built on intriguing ideas. Buy this book if you love the flights of imagination only possible in fantasy. Buy it if you love stories of betrayal, murder, hard truths, and being in way over your head.The book is written in the first person. To be

This book had a lot of hype when it was first released, followed by a backlash that seemed primarily motivated by the fact there is romance in it. Now that Ive gotten around to reading this, I did not enjoy it, but that had less to do with the fact that the protagonist hooks up with a dark god than that the story just isnt very interesting. Yeine is a young woman who travels to a distant land and gets caught up in court politics over her head standard fantasy stuff. The story is told through

For the record, my copy of N.K. Jemisin's The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms came courtesy of a contest conducted by the writer Tricia Sullivan, whose novel, Maul, I read a few years back and which which has since stayed with me far more strongly than most. I wish I could say the same about The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms. Stormwinds over a cardboard world: Nebula-nominated first novel is epic failure I opened N.K. Jemisin's (now Nebula Award nominated) first novel, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms,

a pleasingly old-fashioned fantasy - and by old-fashioned, i mean the opposite of the dense, complicated, multiple perspective, incredibly epic mega-fantasies that have had the most popularity over the past couple decades. this is something different. the language is straightforward, for the most part, and certainly beautiful at times. although the mystery is a complicated one, and deals with rather large issues such as the making and unmaking of an entire world, it still feels somehow

3 Stars After her mother's murder, Yeine is summoned to the floating city of Sky from which her grandfather pretty much rules over the world. Against her will she is named one of his heirs, resulting in a power-struggle between her and her two cousins. As if that wasn't enough, Yeine also is drawn into the intrigues of the four gods who are living in Sky enslaved by humanity. With only a few days until the ceremony of succession and Yeine's inevitable death, she tries to survive and solve her

Very much enjoyed it. I have a great love of fantasy that does something a little different, and this book is a little different in a whole lot of ways.Good book. Recommended.