Emergency Skin: Forward Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Jason Isaacs (Narrator), N. K. Jemisin (Author), Amazon Original Stories (Publisher)

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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.

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1 hour and 4 minutes
Author

N. K. Jemisin
Narrator

Jason Isaacs
Audible release date

17 September 2019
Language

English
Publisher

Amazon Original Stories
ASIN

B07X7J17DX
Version

Unabridged
Program Type

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Listening Length	1 hour and 4 minutes
Author	N. K. Jemisin
Narrator	Jason Isaacs
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com.au Release Date	17 September 2019
Publisher	Amazon Original Stories
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B07X7J17DX
Best Sellers Rank	58,646 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 114 in Genetic Engineering Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) 162 in Science Fiction Anthologies & Short Stories 203 in Literature Anthologies

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Maxine

Fantastic quick read

Reviewed in Australia on 14 October 2019

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My first foray into in N.K. Jemison's work and I loved it.
She uses sci-fi to explore issues facing society today.

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Junior

Interesting but unsubtle

Reviewed in Australia on 1 June 2021

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NK Jemison hammers it home slightly too much for my taste, even though the premise and ideas are very interesting.

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Jessica

Great read. Not sure about second-person viewpoint though.

Reviewed in Australia on 28 December 2021

Great story and skillfully written with seamless exposition and near perfect pacing for my tastes.

I wasn't a huge fan of the second-person perspective. Drew me out of the story at times. Not sure why. Maybe just not used to reading from this perspective.
Made me think of the tongue-in-cheek Ursula Le Guin quote: "every so often somebody writes a story in the second person under the impression that it hasn't been done before," but maybe I'm being mean spirited!

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Chris (Obsqur)

Our future awaits

Reviewed in Australia on 26 October 2019

I've always been very torn on the subject of colonising another planet VS careing for this one/finish exploring it before we leave (oceans)
I wanted both! New horizons & to love the dirt we stand on. But we can't do that any of that if we're always fighting. We won't ever truely progress unless we work together!
This story has solidified my feelings to that sentiment... All you folk out there with your fancy high tech & high ideals: go build your ships, evacuate this rock. We'll be just fine with each other, some trees & some beautiful Earth ❤️

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Kristyn Willson

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Reviewed in Australia on 4 January 2020

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Celia King

Amazing

Reviewed in Australia on 19 November 2019

Loved this! It was a brilliant story, loved it. She’s a great writer! Couldn’t put it down once I’d started

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Norma Miles

"The babble of the rabble."

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 February 2021

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When earth, mentioned in polution, was no longer able to support it's growing population, the wealthy, the powerful, the 'best of the best', flew away to found new woods and shape them to be better. They left everyone else behind to die. Centuries into the future, a young soldier is sent back to Tellus - their new name for Earth - to try to recover something essential which was fast running out and was known to have been plentiful in that planet. He goes alone in this dangerous task but with an A.I.implant to guide and instruct him - and it is from this 2nd person point of view that we learn the story; the voice of the young soldier himself is never heard.

The writing format is unusual but very effective, if a little clunky at times. The A.I.'s comments and outbursts are often amusing in context and the whole is a clever indictment of present day politics. Narrator Jason Isaacs does an excellent job of providing voice both for the A.I. and for the others encountefed. Well paced and nicely modulated, also, his was a good performance.

A fun, far futuristic short story, which pokes fun at present day circumstances, if a little over hopeful about the furure. Nothing wrong with that: we all need a little more hope in our lives.

Victor

Good Story, But Delivery Not To My Taste

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 February 2020

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The premise of this story is actually very good, my only reservation was in the way it was written. I wasn't really a fan of the pacing with the back and forth dialogue between the characters. It keeps the story moving at a rapid pace, but I found it hard at times to tell who was saying what.

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Emilia

Brilliant science fiction

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 July 2022

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Earth was abandoned centuries ago due to climate changes that made it uninhabitable. Now, a soldier is sent to retrieve valuables necessary for future development. Warned about the hazardous nature of his mission, he explores the land believed to be populated by devolved descendants of those left behind during the exodus.

Emergency Skin is a brilliant short story written by N. K. Jemisin as part of the Forward collection. It is written from an interesting point of view of an AI interface focused entirely on the explorer’s mission, giving him commands and guiding him through Earth. It is a confident and self-righteous voice, and his narration contains offensive comments. I listened to this story as an audiobook, and Jason Isaacs adds to it with his very dramatic performance. I would recommend this story to everyone, especially the audiobook.

Ralston

Hmmmm

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 September 2020

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This was quite well written and I was really looking forward to reading it due to the rave reviews and the possibilities hinted at in blurbs and bios. However I found it highly politicized in a left wing way, seemingly blaming a certain demographic for all of earth's problems. It was far too simplistic and quite niave in terms of human nature. Was pleased when it finished. Oh well.

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Capt.Scarlet

Not saying she's a bad author, just this is a well worn theme

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 September 2019

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Plodding and unremarkable. Three pages in and you know everything and can see the "twist" coming a mile off.

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