Upper Middlebrow

Upper Middlebrow


Episode 24: “How to Make a Pangea Omelette,” or N.K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season

July 06, 2023

The Fifth Season is… a lot. Fantasy? Sure. Sci-fi? Maybe.  Allegory? Definitely. The first half introduces us to three apparently different protagonists, with action in an uncertain number of timelines, and the sense that this particular world is about the be transformed. But why? And how?