epub, 33 pages
English language
Published by Amazon Original Stories.
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 eons 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
Listened to the audio version. Very interesting story format, unique plot, and good message. Definitely recommend!
However, I can't really see the necessity of inserting the police in it...
Very nice futuristic story about what could happen on earth.
Excellent story
This isn't the first time this type of story has been written, certainly (see: James Tiptree Jr.'s "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?'" and Joanna Russ' "When It Changed" ), but it's an excellent example of the subgenre in which a culture that assumes it's superior is confronted by its assumptions. Which is only to be expected from N. K. Jemisin, whose writing never fails to impress.
