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By: Veronica Roth, Blake Crouch, N. K. Jemisin, Amor Towles, Paul Tremblay, Andy Weir
Narrated by: Evan Rachel Wood, Rosa Salazar, Jason Isaacs, David Harbour, Steven Strait, Janina Gavankar
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2020 Audie Award Finalist for Best Short Stories/Collection Audiobook

For some, it’s the end of the world. For others, it’s just the beginning. With brilliant imagination, today’s most visionary writers point to the future in a collection curated by bestselling author Blake Crouch. These stories range from darkly comic to deeply chilling, but they all look forward.

ARK by Veronica Roth, read by Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld)

On the eve of Earth’s destruction, a young scientist discovers something too precious to lose, in a story of cataclysm and hope by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Divergent trilogy.

SUMMER FROST by Blake Crouch, read by Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel)

A video game developer becomes obsessed with a willful character in her new project, in a mind-bending exploration of what it means to be human by the New York Times bestselling author of Recursion.

EMERGENCY SKIN by N. K. Jemisin, read 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.

YOU HAVE ARRIVED AT YOUR DESTINATION by Amor Towles, read by David Harbour (Stranger Things)

Nature or nurture? Neither. Discover a bold new way to raise a child in this unsettling story of the near future by the New York Times bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow.

THE LAST CONVERSATION by Paul Tremblay, read by Steven Strait (The Expanse)

What’s more frightening: Not knowing who you are? Or finding out? A Bram Stoker Award–winning author explores the answer in a chilling story about human consciousness.

RANDOMIZE by Andy Weir, read by Janina Gavankar (True Blood)

In the near future, if Vegas games are ingeniously scam-proof, then the heists have to be too, in this imaginative and whip-smart story by the New York Times bestselling author of The Martian.

Ark © 2019 by Veronica Roth. Summer Frost © 2019 by Blake Crouch. Emergency Skin © 2019 by N. K. Jemisin. You Have Arrived at Your Destination © 2019 by Amor Towles. The Last Conversation © 2019 by Paul Tremblay. Randomize © 2019 by Andy Weir. ℗ 2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction
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Narration: Near perfect
Stories: 8.5/10

Normally you open a collection of short stories with the best ones; in this case it felt like they packed the best ones in the middle.

I really liked everyone except the first - which wasn't bad per-say, just very slow and forgettable. After that though, there are some real bangers. Very satisfying mix of SciFi and dystopia; maybe the only criticism is I wouldn't buy this book if you are looking for a utopian or positive outlook on the future.

Slow start that morphs into a juggernaut

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It was an enjoyable listen but a couple of the stories majorly let down by poor narration, especially the first story which was like wading through treacle to finish because of it.

Some good, some not so good narrators

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I really enjoyed these short stories. The 5th was a little hard work for me but I enjoyed the rest

Really enjoyed these short stories

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Normally there is a bogey in the middle of a collection of stories, but these were all fantastic.

Each one was so different but really engaging and I was eagerly anticipating the direction each story would take.

The narration also was top notch, it is hard sometimes to find an audiobook where the narrator and story keep me listening and to do this six times in one collection is truly impressive

Cannot praise this enough, thank you Blake Crouch for curating these works and for giving me a raft of new (to me) SF authors to look for.

Wow

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Stories all well written but mostly not very original or interesting. Some of the readers were painful to listen to.

Average stories, mixed performances

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