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A review by books_ergo_sum
Emergency Skin by N.K. Jemisin
adventurous
5.0
The other day, I shared a bunch of collective liberation themed nonfiction books to my stories. And a friend was like ‘hey, have you read Emergency Skin?’
What an excellent sci-fi fiction recommendation! This teensy novella reminded me what sci-fi should be. And it was so well written that I had happy-tears in my eyes the entire time.
It had a robot-y narrator (like, Murderbot or Alliance by Etta Pierce). It was written in this highly amusing “royal we” first person plural present tense (it was giving The Goblin Emperor). And the main character never thought any thoughts or spoke any words in the text and yet they were the main character?? It was like the writing equivalent of a magic trick. And it was about collective liberation!
Highly highly recommend! And it’s one of those audiobooks that’s available through KU, so that’s fun.
What an excellent sci-fi fiction recommendation! This teensy novella reminded me what sci-fi should be. And it was so well written that I had happy-tears in my eyes the entire time.
It had a robot-y narrator (like, Murderbot or Alliance by Etta Pierce). It was written in this highly amusing “royal we” first person plural present tense (it was giving The Goblin Emperor). And the main character never thought any thoughts or spoke any words in the text and yet they were the main character?? It was like the writing equivalent of a magic trick. And it was about collective liberation!
Highly highly recommend! And it’s one of those audiobooks that’s available through KU, so that’s fun.