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#3 Emergency Skin

by N. K. Jemisin

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.

Cover of Emergency Skin
Hardcover
Pages 38 pages
Published 2019
Audiobook 1h 4m
Languages English, Spanish

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Publisher's Summary

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.…

Weighted Score
4.01 out of 5.0
Bayesian Score Formula
(R × v + C × m) / (v + m)
R (Avg Rating): 4.02 ★
v (Ratings Count): 345
C (Catalog Average): 3.89 ★
m (Min Weight Threshold): 50
Calculates a weighted average score to prevent bias towards books with few ratings.
Hardcover Avg: 4.02
True Ratings 345
Written Reviews 33
Shelved (Popularity) 599
Users Read 411
Rating Distribution
5
33%
4
41%
3
20%
2
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