The City Born Great is an audiobook by N. K. Jemisin, narrated by Landon Woodson. The unabridged Audible edition runs 0 hrs 46 mins.
Publisher’s Summary
“Landon Woodson’s captivating singing opens this stand-alone short story…Woodson’s agile and engaging narration makes listeners wary of the ominous threats and feel all the anticipation for the battle to come.” — AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner
In this standalone short story by N. K. Jemisin, author of The Fifth Season, winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, New York City is about to go through a few changes.
Like all great metropolises before it, when a city gets big enough, old enough, it must be born; but there are ancient enemies who cannot tolerate new life. Thus New York will live or die by the efforts of a reluctant midwife…and how well he can learn to sing the city’s mighty song.
The City Born Great is a Tor.com Original.
Audiobook Details
- Narrated by: Landon Woodson
- Length: 0 hrs 46 mins
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Release year: 2020
- Audible category: Literature & Fiction / Classics / Science Fiction & Fantasy
Listener Ratings
The City Born Great holds an average listener rating of 4.5/5 from 119 Audible ratings.
On Audible, ratings for this title break down into narration performance and story separately:
- Performance (narration): 4.7/5
- Story: 4.5/5
- 5-star ratings: 65% of all ratings
What Audible Listeners Are Saying
5/5 stars — “A City for Our Times”
Heroic in a novel way. I enjoyed the entire trilogy and would have learning more about this intrepid band.— Tara, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “What a wonderful short listen”
The voice actor did a phenomenal job sucking you into the stores at the very beginning. Great little story And very well written— Xavier, Audible listener
4/5 stars — “Less a Short Story or Novella than a Poem”
Billed as a necessary prelude to The City We Became by Hugo Award Winner N. K. Jemison, this work reads more like Performance Art.I’m not a big fan of Sci-Fi or Fantasy but its New York theme intrigued me so I gave it a try. I’m not sure I completely followed what was going on but the Author created an atmosphere that drew me in. I enjoyed this short work and may give the next one a try.
— Tom, Audible listener
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