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Jali: The Short Story Collection

By: Chris Beckett, An Owomoyela, Nikesh Shukla, Lauren Beukes, Ken Liu, Paul Cornell, Ellah Wakatama Allfrey editor -
Narrated by: Clare Corbett, Damian Lynch, Sophia Nomvete, Laurel Lefkow, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Liz Sutherland-Lim
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  • Summary

  • Written for audio format, this collection of six science fiction stories draw on themes of arrival, discovery and destination. Commissioned especially for Audible, and narrated by outstanding performers, these stories evoke the traditional storytelling of West African Jali as the unknown and distant are brought to life for audiences.

    In this collection Chris Beckett and An Owomoyela use the theme of 'discovery' to shape tales of searching; Nikesh Shukla and Lauren Beukes consider 'destination' in stories of finding a home; and Ken Liu and Paul Cornell each discuss 'arrival'.

    Jali is one of three short story collections written by our favourite best-selling novelists and emerging authors, and curated based on the themes of arrival, discovery and destination. Bard collates contemporary fiction while Skald features six crime stories.

    This is an Audible Original Podcast. Free for members. You can download all 6 episodes to your Library now.

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Episodes
  • Ep. 1: When Will We Get There?
    Apr 10 2018

    Victoria is the 'wild card' pioneer on a ship that carries all the hope for the future of humanity. Every seven weeks Victoria and one of her shipmates (on an all-female crew) is woken up. For several days they conduct inspections of the ship and its precious cargo of seeds and embryos – and converse with the ship AI, Athena. When the ship tells Victoria that it has identified a planet that could be their new home it also sets her a moral dilemma that will have lasting repercussions.

    The award-winning Chris Beckett interrogates the nature of happiness, purpose and duty.

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    57 mins
  • Ep. 2: The Star That Sings in Darkness
    Apr 10 2018

    On a century-old journey Keihi is woken up by her ship. She has been travelling the stars, seeking a possible new home for the inhabitants of Earth. But she has been travelling for so long, with so many disappointments, that she doubts there is still anyone left at home for her to report to.

    When her ship wakes her, it is to the view of a strange star, one that is shielded by an engineered 'second skin'. And the star is trying to communicate. What happens when the discovery you have been hoping for comes in an unexpected form? What happens when you have forgotten how to hope?

    A bold emerging voice in the SF field, An Owomoyela's prose is faultless, beautifully crafted and boldly imagined.

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    56 mins
  • Ep. 3: Anuj
    Apr 10 2018

    In this story Nikesh Shukla introduces a new superhero for our times. Anuj is a good boy from a nice family who have sent him from Amenebad to Bristol to study law. All he wants is to work hard, get his degree, and maybe find some friends along the way. But weeks into his trip he realises nobody seems able to see him.

    A meeting with fellow classmate Cynthia leads Anuj to ask: is he becoming invisible or is he being erased? With characteristic humour and a keen social message, Shukla uses the classic superhero story to interrogate what it means to be a stranger in a strange and unwelcoming land.

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    25 mins

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