Emergency Skin (Forward collection)

Name: Emergency Skin (Forward collection)
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Rating: 4.2 (8825 reviews)
Author: N. K. Jemisin

by N. K. Jemisin

Literary Fiction Science Fiction

4.2 (8,825)

4.2 stars from 8,825 reviews. One of the highest rated Literary Fiction books we track.

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Perfect for you if...

You enjoy climate fiction that interrogates power structures and who gets saved when the world ends.
You want short, dense sci-fi that packs emotional gut-punches in under an hour.
You've read Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy and want more of her unflinching worldbuilding.

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You prefer optimistic visions of humanity's future or straightforward rescue narratives.
You need longer immersion in characters and worlds to feel invested.
You're looking for action-driven adventure rather than philosophical reckoning.

About this book

Winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novelette, this story follows an explorer sent to gather information from a climate-ravaged Earth. His ancestors and others among the planet's finest fled centuries ago, leaving behind a graveyard world. The explorer is warned that those who remained—described as hopeless and unbeautiful wastes of humanity who should have died out long ago—still inhabit the planet, their condition unknown after so much time. Emergency Skin is part of Forward, a collection of six stories exploring the near and far future by various authors. Each story can be read or listened to in a single sitting. The audiobook features narration by Jason Isaacs.

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Currently 4.2★ from 8,825 reviews

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