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Pick of the paperbacks: THE CITY WE BECAME (★★★★★ , 29 July, Orbit) by NK Jemisin. First in a trilogy, it posits that great cities can achieve sentience, with their personality embodied in an avatar. New York has six: one overall avatar, plus five for the boroughs. Now an extra- dimensional entity wants to destroy the city, to usurp its space in the multiverse. We said: “The best urban fantasy to have come along in years… Hugely entertaining, packed with brilliantly realised set-pieces, sharply drawn characters and sly jokes.” Expect zombies, giant wolves and Fey creatures in Garth Nix’s latest,