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Emergency Skin

By: N. K. Jemisin
Narrated by: Jason Isaacs
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2020 Audie Award Winner for Best Science Fiction

Audible narration by Jason Isaacs (Star Trek: Discovery)

What will become of our self-destructed planet? The answer shatters all expectations in this subversive speculation from the Hugo Award - winning author of the Broken Earth trilogy.

An explorer returns to gather information from a climate-ravaged Earth that his ancestors, and others among the planet’s finest, fled centuries ago. The mission comes with a warning: A graveyard world awaits him. But so do those left behind - hopeless and unbeautiful wastes of humanity who should have died out ages ago. After all this time, there’s no telling how they’ve devolved. Steel yourself, soldier. Get in. Get out. And try not to stare.

N. K. Jemisin’s Emergency Skin is part of Forward, a collection of six stories of the near and far future from out-of-this-world authors. Each piece can be read or listened to in a single thought-provoking sitting.

©2019 N. K. Jemisin (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Dystopian Fiction First Contact Genetic Engineering Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Funny Witty Thought-Provoking Global Emergency
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Critic reviews

“Emergency Skin, by the award(s)-winning Jemisin, is part of a sensational project called Forward, which brings together six writers, each telling a story about Earth’s imagined future.” --Spine Magazine

“Narrator Jason Isaac’s voice is the perfect mix of insistent, pedantic, and scornful…This brief but clever tale is truly best enjoyed on audio.” (AudioFile - Earphones Award Winner)

“The tale is a fascinating experiment in story structure…Thoughtful and interactive.” (LOCUS)

“This is exactly how I like my techno-anxiety…Happy bingeing!” (Audible, an October Editors Pick)

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alot of the text is one side of a conversation, which I thought worked very well. enjoyable and interesting short story.

told from an interesting perspective

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The narrator really brought this story to life, particularly the later part where we were introduced to the character of the old man.

Enjoyable and thought provoking

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I really, really enjoyed this short story! It’s hilarious. Using absurdity Jemisin illuminates a hopeful attitude of how we could change our world for the better. I listened to the audio book narrated by Jason Isaacs who is nothing short of brilliant.

Absurd, subversive, fun

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A really engrossing hour or so in a well realised world, Definitely try further titles in the series

Short Story

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A fascinating little story that was very interesting and amusing at the same time and Jason Isaacs makes a great story teller.

Loved It

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