Questions About The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2)

by N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads Author)

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How did Nassun know about the word "magic"? Wasn't it introduced by Alabaster during a private talk with Essun?

Quentin Lucas

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Danica From the things she was saying and the way she was thinking at that point I think she believed that the Fulcrum way of doing things was bad and that t…moreFrom the things she was saying and the way she was thinking at that point I think she believed that the Fulcrum way of doing things was bad and that they break orogenes also making them bad. She says something along the lines of the Fulcrum way being the reason her mother could never love her, etc. Since all of the people in the Antarctic Fulcrum had already gone through the hand breaking I think she assumed that they were all beyond "saving" and already well on the road to turning out like the elders of the Fulcrum. But she also has started to see herself as a monster for being born an orogene; I can only assume she starting to think that all orogenes are monsters so that probably helped in the decision making.(less)

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Laura

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Why wasn't the map updated for this book? Is this just Orbit being cheap, or is there a reason why Castrima, Jekity, and Rennanis don't appear on the map?

Malin The author has said in interviews that she doesn't like maps, and therefore haven't made a detailed map.…moreThe author has said in interviews that she doesn't like maps, and therefore haven't made a detailed map.(less)

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