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Stories of Tomorrow

De: Veronica Roth, Blake Crouch, Amor Towles, Paul Tremblay, Andy Weir, N. K. Jemisin

Narrado por: Evan Rachel Wood, Rosa Salazar, Jason Isaacs, David Harbour, Steven Strait, Janina Gavankar

Duración: 8 h y 24 m

Resumen del Editor

2020 Audie Award Finalist for Best Short Stories/Collection Audiobook

For some, it’s the end of the world. For others, it’s just the beginning. With brilliant imagination, today’s most visionary writers point to the future in a collection curated by bestselling author Blake Crouch. These stories range from darkly comic to deeply chilling, but they all look forward. Featuring stories by Andy Weir, Amor Towles, Veronica Roth, N. K. Jemisin, Paul Tremblay, and Blake Crouch; with narration by Evan Rachel Wood, David Harbour, Jason Isaacs, Rosa Salazar, Steven Strait, and Janina Gavankar.

ARK, by Veronica Roth, read by Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld)

On the eve of Earth’s destruction, a young scientist discovers something too precious to lose, in a story of cataclysm and hope by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Divergent trilogy.

It’s only two weeks before an asteroid turns home to dust. Though most of Earth has already been evacuated, it’s Samantha’s job to catalog plant samples for the survivors’ unknowable journey beyond. Preparing to stay behind and watch the world end, she makes a final human connection.

SUMMER FROST, by Blake Crouch, read by Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel)

A video game developer becomes obsessed with a willful character in her new project, in a mind-bending exploration of what it means to be human by the New York Times bestselling author of Recursion.

Maxine was made to do one thing: die. Except the minor non-player character in the world Riley is building makes her own impossible decision - veering wildly off course and exploring the boundaries of the map. Soon Riley has all new plans for her spontaneous AI, including bringing Max into the real world. But what if Max has real-world plans of her own?

EMERGENCY SKIN, by N. K. Jemisin, read 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. Get in. Get out. And try not to stare.

YOU HAVE ARRIVED AT YOUR DESTINATION, by Amor Towles, read by David Harbour (Stranger Things)

Nature or nurture? Neither. Discover a bold new way to raise a child in this unsettling story of the near future by the New York Times bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow.

When Sam’s wife first tells him about Vitek, a twenty-first-century fertility lab, he sees it as the natural next step in trying to help their future child get a “leg up” in a competitive world. But the more Sam considers the lives that his child could lead, the more he begins to question the choices he has made in his life.

THE LAST CONVERSATION, by Paul Tremblay, read by Steven Strait (The Expanse)

What’s more frightening: Not knowing who you are? Or finding out? A Bram Stoker Award-winning author explores the answer in a chilling story about human consciousness.

Imagine you’ve woken up in an unfamiliar room with no memory of who you are, how you got there, or where you were before. All you have is the disconnected voice of an attentive caretaker. Dr. Kuhn is there to help you - physically, emotionally, and psychologically. She’ll make sure you reclaim your lost identity. Now answer one question: Are you sure you want to?

RANDOMIZE, by Andy Weir, read by Janina Gavankar (True Blood)

In the near future, if Vegas games are ingeniously scam-proof, then the heists have to be too, in this imaginative and whip-smart story by the New York Times bestselling author of The Martian.

An IT whiz at the Babylon Casino is enlisted to upgrade security for the game of keno and its random-number generator. The new quantum computer system is foolproof. But someone on the inside is no fool. For once the odds may not favor the house.

©2019 Ark © 2019 by Veronica Roth. Summer Frost © 2019 by Blake Crouch. Emergency Skin © 2019 by N. K. Jemisin. You Have Arrived at Your Destination © 2019 by Amor Towles. The Last Conversation © 2019 by Paul Tremblay. Randomize © 2019 by Andy Weir. (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

A great mix of stories!

I found this collection of short stories enjoyable and a good mix. I was happy to discover that no two were similar in any way and each had great characters and unique stories. I hope to find more collections like this as it was a nice break from listening to a complete novel at a go.

That was fun!

I coulda done without a lot of the tech jargon stuff in the last one, but I loved all of them. Definitely something I'll read again soon.

a very good collection of short stories.

All the stories we're good, but I absolutely loved 'Randomize'. I will more than likely listen to this book again.

excellent stories!

I'm typically not a short story reader, but I picked up this collection because of the authors who took part in the anthology. I was very pleasantly surprised. each story was unique and all dealt with a dramatic step forward in technology. I highly recommended if you are a fan of speculative fiction.

All Are Just Amazing

I would be hard to pick a favorite out of these stories because they all were very good. The name of the collection says it all. Sometimes science gets ahead of itself. I wonder about the story about a pandemic. It is quite sad that we are living through Covid19 now.

Good overall

Good stories overall, but some where better then others.

ARK, by Veronica Roth - 3-stars
SUMMER FROST, by Blake Crouch - 5-stars
EMERGENCY SKIN, by N. K. Jemisin - 3-stars
YOU HAVE ARRIVED AT YOUR DESTINATION, by Amor Towles - 4-stars
THE LAST CONVERSATION, by Paul Tremblay - 3-stars
RANDOMIZE, by Andy Weir - 4-stars

Sci fi meets dystopia

This collection of short stories is the best I have heard in a very long time. Scifi meets dystopia in a good way. Each story comes with its own temperature and moods, and combines tech and contemporary challenges into some very fascinating stories. A must-listen!

Definitely has that Black mirror feel

I really enjoyed the stories. the first one I found to be a little slow but the rest captured my imagination gave me that Black mirror feel that I've been missing out on. highly recommend especially if you catch it on sale like I did.

Disjointed and varying approaches jolting

Andy Weir brought me to this story. I immensely enjoy his books. The first two were interesting and captivating for me. The third went sideways with the fourth trying the tie back some. The fifth just didn’t make sense, cohesively speaking. My 0.02.

Don’t know what the mixed reviews are about

I found all of the short stories entertaining and and and the narrators were great.