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Emergency Skin
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- Narrated by: Jason Isaacs
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
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Summary
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.
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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- Nelo
- 24-09-20
Brilliant!
Absolutely brilliant. This was a hot to listen to I can't believe I didn't read this sooner.
The best way to describe this book is that it's intelligent writing. you are listening from the POV of a Nagging A.I and a revolutionary "alien". The earth N.K created is one I want to live in. This is an excellent introdutory to her writing.
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- C. Windermere Stoke
- 21-09-20
Incredible
Why have I never heard of this author before? This story was briliant. I didn't know it was possible for someone to write so amazingly. My review of this story can't do it justice because I haven't the author's way with words. I too am obsessed with immortality, but this story delves into what the consequences of eternal life might be, and what such an existence would entail. Should we want for longevity at any cost? And yet the vibe of the author's storytelling is also quirky in a smart clever way. So glad I've found a new favourite author to read! Well, listen to audibooks. And this one being narrated by Jason Isaacs is brill. He's so good at accents it seems he's really born where he's talking from.
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- Anon
- 01-07-20
Boom!
This one hit me hard. A quick read (listen) to smash your senses. Beautiful. Read it.
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- Heather Trow
- 27-03-22
Solid bit of sci-fi
I just really enjoyed this. I loved the premise of the plot, I loved how the story was told. Solid bit of sci-fi, albeit it short.
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- Tom D
- 25-03-21
told from an interesting perspective
alot of the text is one side of a conversation, which I thought worked very well. enjoyable and interesting short story.
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- Miss Ah
- 14-09-20
Wow this is good, thoroughly enjoyed it.
Very short but don’t be put off by that, as it’s really very good, a definite must listen to.
Clever in the way it’s told, you wouldn’t think it’d work but it just does.
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- O.O
- 23-02-21
How Earth could be.
I enjoyed this story tremendously, and the narrator. Themes include: technological advancement, humanity, survival.
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- Michela
- 15-12-20
What if even skin was a luxury?
A great premise for a captivating story about oppression in the name of privilege for the few, and the start of a revolution for a shared abundance. The plot slowly builds up and finally reveals the horrible truth about the protagonist's world and destiny, mostly unbeknownst even to him. The only narrating voices we hear are that of the guiding AI, dictating the best course of action to the soldier on a crucial mission, and that of the local inhabitants of the seemingly hostile planet. Yet, the protagonist's actions and decisions appear even more remarkable and poignant. Great job by the audiobook narrator too.
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- GaryMac
- 25-01-23
Short Story
A really engrossing hour or so in a well realised world, Definitely try further titles in the series
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- Diane Severson
- 26-09-19
Absurd, subversive, fun
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.
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